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!
Tina Marie- I believe the pink ones with the stripes are from the Wilton company. They are not greaseproof, but could be used as a decorative wrapper. Try Wilton.com
I love the orange and white stripe one 🙂
Do you know where the pink liners with the pastel rainbow came from? They would be PERFECT for a baby shower I am doing and I checked all three sites but didn't see them. THANKS!
Thanks for your tips. I am so sick of buying pretty liners just to have them look like nothing after they are baked. I am obviously buying the wrong type. I am amazed that you can still see that bright blue liner with a chocolate cupcake in it!!
I am in love with your blog…just spent over an hour and a half browsing and reading and saving your recipes to try!! thank you!! I am adding you to my google reader!!!
oooh, this is great! And great resources. I best link on EdibleCrafts 🙂
thanks for the wonderful tip on glassine!
Thanks for the links to purchase the better liners! It's so diappointing to have cute liners only to have the design "disappear" after you bake the cupcakes. I have some displayed in a big jar too, but not as neatly:)
I loved those cupcake cakestands : ) Where can I buy them? I love your blog !
thank you. i just only recently realized there was such a thing as grease proof liners. now my cupcakes will look much cuter!