I love pretty cupcake liners! Whenever I post cupcakes in pretty colored liners like I did for my Vanilla Cupcakes or my daughter’s Ladybug Birthday I get lots of questions about where I buy my liners. Most of the questions have to do with why the liners I use keep their color so well, and yet most of the liners you may try lose their color/pattern when you bake in them. There is no “secret technique” that I’m using, just better liners. Most cute printed liners found in craft stores lose their color/pattern when they are baked in. The colored liners I (most often) use are labeled either “greaseproof” or “glassine“. Those are the terms you want to look for if you want to bake in colored liners, and have them keep (most of) their color. Vanilla cupcakes, or light colored batters will keep the liners the most vibrant, but good quality liners should keep most of their color even with chocolate batter. Another option if you want to use up colored liners you have (that are not greaseproof), is to bake the cupcakes in white liners, then set the cupcakes (with the white liners) in the colored/patterned liners before serving.
These are a few of my favorite sources for beautiful cupcake liners (again, look for “greaseproof” or “glassine” if you want them to hold their color).
Bakers Stock (great for brown or white liners in bulk)
I like to store some of my pretty liners in glass jars, for easy access and a colorful display.
Happy Baking!
Thank you! I was asking myself that question the first time I saw the vanilla cupcakes. Now, I know what to look for.
Great info! I am going to check those sites out now….i love beautiful cupcake liners, especially damask ones! I hope I can find some that are greaseproof!
Thanks for the post…I always wondered how to keep the colour of my cupcakes cases…I am now on the hunt for greaseproof or glassine ones over here in Australia.
I think I might have to check out if those websites you listed will deliver to this side of the world.
x manda
Thank you so much for sharing! As a baker, I am always on the look out for new baking items to add to my collection!
Great post!
Thanks so much for the information. I just stumbled across your blog yesterday and sent you a message regarding this topic.
K.Gardner
Thank you! Where do you get your beautiful glass jars? Do you collect them? I am not sure where to start looking for them. I love seeing them in bakeries and candy shops.
Thanks for the information and the adorable cupcake pics! I am a cupcake fanatic and could buy all of these liners in a heartbeat, they are so pretty.
Thank you for posting this as I have been wondering about this. I have purchased several cute liners from hobby lobby and the cute design is not even visible after baking. From one cupcake lover to another I appreciate the recommendations.
-Heidi
Thank you for posting this! I was one of the curious ones and now I know