How Many Cupcakes From a Cake Recipe?
A two-layer 9-inch cake recipe makes about 24 standard cupcakes.
The answer
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Use your recipe as it is.
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 24 standard cupcakes.
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Common sizes
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Size
Times 1. Use your recipe as it is.
Your recipe
×1
Use your recipe as it is.
From 2 × 9-inch rounds to 24 standard cupcakes. Scaled this way, it fills the new pan just as full.
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 24 standard cupcakes.
Your recipe also fits these, as it is:
- 2 × 8-inch squares
- 12-cup bundt
- 2 × 9 x 5 inch loaves
- 9 x 13 inch pan
- 13 x 18 inch pan
- 24 standard cupcakes
Questions bakers ask
How do I convert a two-layer 9-inch cake recipe to cupcakes?
A two-layer 9-inch cake recipe makes about 24 standard cupcakes.
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 two-layer 9-inch cake recipe as it is as cupcakes?
It makes about 24 standard cupcakes.
What other pans take a two-layer 9-inch cake recipe without changes?
2 × 8-inch squares, 12-cup bundt, 2 × 9 x 5 inch loaves, 9 x 13 inch pan, 13 x 18 inch pan, 24 standard cupcakes. Each holds within about 12% of the same batter, so the cake comes out just a little thinner or taller.
More pan conversions
- How Many Cupcakes From a 9x13 Cake Recipe?
- Loaf Pan to Muffins Conversion
- Bundt Pan to Cupcakes Conversion
Selling it?
A different pan changes what the cake costs you
×1 the batter is ×1 the ingredient cost. Price the new size from what it really costs to make.