Carefully spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases, filling them to about two-thirds full.

Place the cupcake cases into two 12-cup muffin tins.

Until a couple of years ago I did not have a problem with cupcake cases, but now once the cakes cool the cases pull away.

Line two 12-hole muffin trays with paper cupcake cases.

Cupcake cases should be made with thick greaseproof paper so they look good but do not have an oily appearance.

Gently pour batter into each of the cupcake cases, filling them nearly to the brim.

Pop into cupcake cases three quarters full.

A third recipe (with the preparation changed into being made into small paper cupcake cases for children)

Place about 25 paper cupcake cases on a baking tray and fill halfway with the sponge mixture (it will rise).

K Baynes queries the quality of cupcake cases.

In her eggshell-blue kitchen there are four jars holding cupcake cases of varying sizes next to a pastel-pink food mixer.

I can personally recommend Jane Asher's shop, which sells more than 50 types of cupcake case, and all sorts of cake decorating equipment.

Icing Works is a Penarth based supplier of cupcake cases, boxes and icing equipment to cupcake shops.

Vintage tea parties are enjoying a revival at the moment, so chintzy cake stands and floral cupcake cases are destined to feature heavily on 29 April.

But a word of warning: consuming too many contents of the muffin top cupcake case could contribute to that real-life muffin top...

Baking gadgets and brightly coloured kitchen utensils such as cookie cutters, measures and cupcake cases and pudding bowls were also snapped up.

But we're not sure what to make of their latest footwear offering, these, well, how to describe them..., frilly, bottom-heavy, strappy, erm, colourful cupcake cases...?

Cupcake cases are up 305 per cent, while sales of John Lewis's own Satin Anodised range of cake tins and other baking equipment is up 21 per cent.

To highlight the threat to the whales, WWF sailed an 11-metre western gray whale - made of bamboo, cane, willow, recycled mattress foam, wet tissue paper and paint and complete with barnacles made from cupcake cases - down the Thames.

Jazz up your usual cupcakes for Christmas with some seasonally appropriate cupcake cases.

Stir into the popcorn and form into clusters in an oiled muffin tin or in cupcake cases.

Mix all ingredients up, roughly blend, and divide between 5 cupcakes cases.

Line a muffin tin with cupcake cases.

Using a mixer, mix the flour and milk bit by bit then scoop the mixture equally into the cupcake cases to two thirds full.

Divide the batter between the 12 cupcake cases and bake for 17-22 minutes (or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean).