I am SO not a baker! My last cupcakes pulled away from the edge

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dawnnys

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of the cupcake liners, and then when we started to eat them, the tops pulled away from the bottoms (think Seinfeld's "muffin stubs"!), and then the tops fell apart into pieces.

It was a Duncan Hines mix, so any idea what might've been the problem? Too much fat I am thinking?

I filled the tins (with liners) about 2/3 full, and maybe my oven is slanting these days, but they also rose mostly on one side. They were VERY good - moist, chocolately, etc., just funny looking!

 
Sounds like your oven is uneven... I have the same problem

My stove is an old antique Frigidaire and I have to put a folded strip of foil under one side of the pans. The 'pulling away from the edges' sounds like maybe you overbaked it...? I've added as much as 1 cup oil to the Duncan Hines mixes and have never had that problem, so I don't think it's the fat. DH is the only mix I use. You didn't spray the liners with cooking spray did you?

 
Thanks cheezz - no, I didn't use any spray, and I'm pretty sure

I didn't overbake them. I think maybe the tins were a tiny bit smaller than the standard cupcake tins, so maybe the liners got wrinkled and that caused the gapping.

The over-flakiness and falling apart part, I'm still not sure about. Maybe it was just a fluke.

Thanks.

 
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