How to Transport Cupcakes — So remember the other day when I showed you all of those cake mixes I bought for the committee event I signed up for? Well yesterday in between blogging, folding laundry and playing with Lucy the trouble dog, I whipped up a whopping 600 cupcakes.
Maybe that sounds like a lot, but really it wasn’t too bad. Once I got a rhythm down– mix, scoop, bake, do something for 15 minutes, mix, scoop, bake, do something for 15 minutes, the 9 hours it took to bake all those suckers was more like a mini workout.
If you have a short attention span, you should totally try it sometime. Who knows, you might feel inspired to open a bakery afterwards.
Plus, as an added bonus, this morning my house smells like a bakery. The only downside is my stomach aches from sampling a few too many cupcakes {c’mon it was a tough job but someone had to do it}.
So, if you ever find yourself in a position where you have to bake and move 600 cupcakes, here are a few pointers.
All cupcake liners are not created equal!
My favorite ones for special events are brown glassine cupcake liners. They’re classy, grease proof and you can usually find them on ebay for a sweet deal if you buy them in bulk.
Strawberry Boxes!
Once you bake all the cupcakes, you’ll need to transport them. While cupcake carriers are great if you need to move a few dozen, stackable strawberry boxes from Costco or your local grocery store are the way to go when you need to move hundreds of cupcakes.
Just stack them up and you are good to go. No jiggling, no shifting around and they are incredibly easy to carry as well. Well I should say the guy who was walking by who I asked to carry them inside the building said they were easy to carry.
Well, either they were easy to carry or he was impressed with himself that he didn’t drop them as he walked uphill and up a flight of stairs. I’m not sure which.
Anywho, berry boxes. I’m telling you, they rock! So there you have it, how to transport cupcakes!
Oh, and if you are looking for some cool things to do with all those extra eggs shells you’ll have after baking 600 cupcakes, check out this post on 10 Cool Things to Do With Eggshells.
Keep calm and bake on.
~Mavis
Karina says
I wish I knew this trick last summer! We had a heck of a time coming up with a method to transport all the passed hors d’oeuvres for our wedding that had to be heated off site.
Madam Chow says
Great tips and lovely cupcakes – I will have to remember to use the topping on them!
Erin Gaskell says
Mavis,
That;s an awesome idea. I once baked 12 dozen cupcakes for my child’s preschool teacher’s daughter’s wedding (whew, that was a mouth…I mean finger-typing-full.), Anyway, wish I had thought of the strawberry boxes at Costco….that’s have been perfect! LOVE the boxed cake Ideas. I bake and decorate cakes, and my good friend recently decided that homemade (gourmet) cakes was the only way to justify up to and over $100 per custom designed cake. But I am just too stretched for time to go the for scratch cake recipes.
By the way, You must have had to augment your chicken eggs with store bought…no??? Just curious!! 🙂
Tanya Peila says
For that many cupcakes I use the disposable cupcake containers and transport in the big Ikea blue bags. Each bag can hold 9 dozen cupcakes!
Tanya says
So how many cupcakes will fit in one of those Costco berry boxes?
Mavis says
About 50. 🙂
wendy says
You deserve a medal for that effort, the most i’ve ever made in one go was four dozen, well done
Dani says
This is a fantastic idea, I have 500 to transport soon and was agonising over spending a fortune on cupcake boxes! Just a quick question, how do the cupcakes not move about inside the boxes? Are there liners or anything inside each box to secure them/hold them still like in regular cupcake boxes? Thanks x
Mavis Butterfield says
No lines, but if you pack them in the boxes pretty tight and make sure the frosting is not hanging over the edge of the cupcake, you should be fine. 🙂
Tarey says
How does it affect the quality of the cupcakes? Did they end up dry?
TWheeler says
I know it’s a few years late 😉 but I just used this berry box genius method a few weeks ago for 800 cupcakes and I used non-slip mats under the cupcakes and wrapped them in serane wrap to keep fresh during transport. Best idea ever…
Mavis Butterfield says
I agree, even after all these years it’s the best way to transport cupcakes! 🙂
Cristina Salazar says
I have those same boxes from Sams. Do you know how many cupcakes each one held. So I know how many I need to get.
Mavis says
About 50.
Tammy Bennett says
You just saved my life!! Started my filled cupcake & cupcake in a jar business last year and sell at the Flint Farmers Market. My first weddings are approaching and I was panicking on how to transport 300 cupcakes into the back woods down a 1/4 mile dirt road. Strawberry boxes will be perfect. Going to buy those brown liners as well. Thank You! Thank You! I can now sleep:)
Victoria says
Wow…9 hours for 600 cupcakes sounds AMAZING to me! Great job!
Rhonda Walker says
What are the dimensions of the strawberry boxes?
Melissa Bekkum says
I think I could just about kiss you right now. Thanks for the great idea! Did you wait until the last minute to ice them or were they ok like a day ahead? Curious minds want to know. Thak you again!
Mavis Butterfield says
We iced them the night before and then put Saran wrap over them. 🙂 🙂 🙂
JacQuetta A Jenkins says
Oh my gosh! You just saved my life. I have a vendor’s event coming up and was wondering how to transport 600 cupcakes. Now I know. Thank you.
Amalija says
I don’t have a Costco card and I have never really shopped there.. How do you actually obtain the strawberry boxes? Do they give them for free? Who would I ask? lol! Thank you to anyone who reads this!
Mavis Butterfield says
Ask anyone in the produce department of any grocery store.
Shereen says
Good afternoon. Thanks so much for your superb advice. Would you be so kind as to let me know how much berry boxes you used? I have to bake 400 in a week’s time and was thinking of a more secure way to travel and keep the cupcakes safe.
Andrea says
Thank you so much for this information….I have to bake 500 cupcakes next weekend for an event and was wondering how to transport….awesome idea!!! I feel so much better about it now Thanks AGAIN ‼️