How Many Cupcakes From a 9x13 Cake Recipe?

A 9x13 recipe makes about 22 standard cupcakes. For exactly 24, multiply every ingredient by 1.09.

The answer

×1.09

Multiply every ingredient by 1.09.

Or use it as it is and make about 22.

Scale my ingredients ×1.09

Baking it as cupcakes

  • Bake at 350°F (175°C).
  • About 18–22 minutes. Fill each liner two-thirds full.
  • Done when a toothpick in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

Using the recipe as it is

It makes about 22 standard cupcakes.

Your ingredients at ×1.09

What common amounts in a 9x13 recipe become for 24 cupcakes. Weighing is the most accurate way to scale.

In the recipeUse
1 cup (flour, sugar, milk)1 cup + 1 tbsp
2 cups2 cups + 3 tbsp
250 g of any weighed ingredient272 g
1 stick of butter (113 g, ½ cup)123 g
3 large eggs (about 150 g out of the shell)163 g beaten egg (about 3½ eggs)
1 tsp (baking powder, baking soda, salt, vanilla)1⅛ tsp
1 tbsp1 tbsp + ¼ tsp

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Times 1.09. Multiply every ingredient by 1.09.

Your recipe

×1.09

Multiply every ingredient by 1.09.

From one 9 x 13 inch pan to 24 standard cupcakes. Scaled this way, it fills the new pan just as full.

Or use it as it is and make about 22.

Scale my ingredients ×1.09

Odd number of eggs? Beat them and weigh: one large egg is about 50 g (1¾ oz).

Baking it in the new pan

  • Bake at 350°F (175°C).
  • About 18–22 minutes. Fill each liner two-thirds full.
  • Done when a toothpick in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

Or pour the recipe in as it is

It makes about 22 standard cupcakes.

Your recipe also fits these, as it is:

  • 13 x 18 inch pan
  • 3 × 7-inch rounds
  • 12-inch round
  • 2 × 9 x 5 inch loaves
  • 10-cup bundt
  • 22 standard cupcakes

Questions bakers ask

How do I convert a 9x13 recipe to cupcakes?

A 9x13 recipe makes about 22 standard cupcakes. For exactly 24, multiply every ingredient by 1.09. Or use it as it is and make about 22.

What temperature and time for cupcakes?

Bake at 350°F (175°C). About 18–22 minutes. Fill each liner two-thirds full. Done when a toothpick in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

Can I use a 9x13 recipe as it is as cupcakes?

It makes about 22 standard cupcakes.

What other pans take a 9x13 recipe without changes?

13 x 18 inch pan, 3 × 7-inch rounds, 12-inch round, 2 × 9 x 5 inch loaves, 10-cup bundt, 22 standard cupcakes. Each holds within about 12% of the same batter, so the cake comes out just a little thinner or taller.

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