There is a paper called rice paper used in cake decoration which is white and relatively tasteless and can be eaten. When making cupcakes or muffins people frequently line the cupcake pans with ordinary paper cups sold for the purpose of preventing the batter from sticking to the pans during baking. But it is a nuisance to peel off the paper when eating the cupcake. It would be convenient if the liner paper cups were made of rice paper so that the consumer could eat the whole thing without the very troublesome procedure of peeling off the paper cup which can, at times, be difficult.
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If you use a teflon cupcake pan you don't need to use the paper cups. The cupcakes fall out when you turn the pan over.
Regarding rice paper, isn't it applied to the cake after the baking is done? It seems to me rice paper soaks up moisture from the frosting and becomes nearly indistinguishable from said frosting.
I use teflon pans and they still stick. But you might be right about the rice paper.
You'd use some form of reuseable non-stick liner. The sub shops use them to make their buns.
You could use something like a really thin flour tortilla baked into the shape of a cup, or use something like ice cream cones as baking cups (I think I've seen that done). There is a very thin pastry crust used to make baclava that might also serve.
There is such a product available. When I was a kid, I had a Japanese friend who'd bring cupcakes to school with edible rice paper baking cups. I think your best chance to find some would be in a Japanese grocery store. Perhaps a search on the internet would find a source too.
I agree that it's a great idea. No need for cleaning up (there still is with Teflon muffin pans) & the muffins or cupcakes stay neater when packing them - no sticky bottoms. I remember finding the rice paper tasteless & it dissolved easily in my mouth so you didn't even notice it.
Or silicone, which is now being made in oven-safe cookware, can make a flexible cupcake pan which pops out the cupcakes without sticking or paper.
Does anyone know where I can buy edible rice paper cupcake cups in New Zealand?