My first batch of lemon poppyseed mini-cupcakes was in June 2012. Coincidentally, I used the same lemon cake brand and poppyseeds. The two emphases were as follows:
- Regular-size vs. mini-cupcakes made using aluminum pans that had round wells
- Separation methods between the cake batter and pan wells
This time, I triedd using silicone pans with square wells. One panful, I used scoops/spoon to dispense batter. The other panful, I pitcher-poured. (Pitcher dispensing is so much faster!) I also enriched the recipe with an extra egg and used milk instead of water. Richer flavor and body.
Wellll, the session did not go anywhere as well as I'd hoped. Various websites touted non-stickiness of silicone, and that the physical flexibility would allow quick release of baked items.
Alas, throwing caution to the wind, my un-oiled pans, filled with ~95% batter, yielded cringeworthy amounts of baked cake in the wells. The hoped-for flick-of-the-wrist cake releases kind of worked. They were fugly, better served in dim lighting.
The video shows straightforward steps that worked well until I got to the dispensing, baking, and cake extractions. (Pay attention to the kitchen versions of road caution signs.)
Calories and Sodium
The yield was from filling the cupcake wells higher than I should have. I have a recollection that I'd wound up with 77 at another baking session. Another wrinkle to the calculations is that much of the cake stuck to the pans. More units, fewer calories each. Same amount of units but successful detachments from pans, more calories each.
I did not list poppyseeds in the table. Google results show negligible stats for calories, sodium, or practically any other noteworthy nutrient.
Silicone Pan Resources That Seemed Persuasive at the Time
- "Silicone vs Paper cupcake liners"
- "How To Use a Silicone Muffin Pan?"
- "Webake Mini Brownie Pan Square Silicone Baking Mold for Keto Fat Bomb, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Blondie"
- "24-Cavity Metal Reinforced Silicone Mini Muffin Pan by Celebrate It™"
- "Good Question: Help! Why Do Cupcakes Always Get Stuck In These Silicone Muffin Cups?"
- "What are the advantages of silicone molds?", subsection of "Grease the silicone mold - is it really necessary? - Wisefood"
Related: "Lemon Poppyseed Mini-cupcakes"
