Cup cake/patty pan sizes

[Astrid]

Ok, is it just me, but I can find different sized patty pans but not the tins that match. The large patty tins fit a muffin tin, so that is fine as I have those. It is the medium sized patty pans I have the trouble with, I am unable to find a tin that suits. Some recipes call for the small tin, as I have found that the recipe with say it makes a certain number of cupcakes, but I get no where near that amount.

So it there a tin size out there somewhere, or is everyone just putting the smaller papers in the larger tins?

[LaDeeDa]

You can buy cupcake tins hun....I got mine from KMART and they are just smaller than the muffin ones

[DaintreeDream]

I know what you mean. Everything seems to be heading towards the supersized cup cake, which to me is a muffin.

I just use my muffin tray for the 'normal' cupcake sized patty pans, I have noticed that the only small cupcake trays are rounded so you cannot put patty pans in them.

I will be interested to see if anyone knows where to find one.

ETA: Thanks Dee, will have to go look in Kmart.

[Astrid]

You can buy cupcake tins hun....I got mine from KMART and they are just smaller than the muffin ones

Mine does not. I have checked out Kmart, Coles and House so far. Next stop will be the local hospitality supplier.

[LaDeeDa]

have you tried buying smaller cupcake papers and just using the muffin tin for support?
If you buy the foil tins they are support in themselves IYKWIM.
I buy most things like that online.

[Astrid]

Well House finally stocked some patty tins (they were actually called that). They stock a number of patty pans, but none that fit. I have some old ones at home that do fit, but I was not able to find another pack at my local supermarket. There were some that looked right, but when I got them home they were too big. So looks like I will need to buy the patty cases online. Completely frustrating finally finding the tin size that I thought I wanted, only find it may be a bit useless down the track

[KatieRabbit]

I bought some from Big W late last year. They are small patty size and fit the Allens (or Alpen's, can't remember the brand) papers in the small size- the white and the multicoloureds. The tins were cheap and bright silver so not nonstick and only came in six holes (so I got two!) but were the smaller size that I had been searching for.

[Astrid]

The tray I found fits the Alpen papers, so I think when I finally find a shop down here that sells them I will be buying the lot!

No Big W down here, lots of talks of one and fights over where it will go. Just wish they would make up their minds and get it built!