It is sometimes confusing to what size of a cupcake that is being offered for sale. There are a variety of liners or cups which can be used to line your cupcakes. The choice of designs and sizes are endless. Here are the ones used by bayudelights.
We like to stick to only a certain size and design for a certain cake to make life easier. But going for varieties of design and sizes make your life merrier. So it is up to you if you're making your own.
The solo cups which we usually buy come in 3 sizes; the 3.25 oz, 2.5 oz and 2 oz. Sometimes, they are also referred to as the L, M and S solo cups respectively. On the other hand, the paperliners come in all sorts of sizes, from 1 to 11 or more. It is also easier to eat from the paperliners, the solo cups are harder thus slightly difficult to tear or open up. Especially for kids.
For our cupcakes, we use both solo cups and paperliners. Below is an example. On the left is the 3.25 oz solo cup while on the right is the size 9 paperliners.
For Standard Cupcake Sets, we use the size 9 simply because that is the biggest size that can fit the window box with inserts for the cupcakes. And they're nicer looking (we like the shiny silver or gold) and cheaper too.
The Specialty Cupcake Sets uses the 3.25 oz solo cup. 16 pieces of this size can fit into a 10" square plastic box.
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| Top view: 3.25 solo cup vs size 9 paperliner |
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| Front view: 3.25 solo cup vs size 9 paperliner |
We also use the 2 oz solo cup for custom designed cupcakes and the 2.5 oz for gifts. So the choice is still actually endless :-) *wink*
