1.Make a cupcake carrier out of a box lid by cutting crosses into a cardboard lid.
2. Bake cupcakes directly in an ice-cream cone.
3. Turn your muffin tin upside down and put your cooking dough over the top of the moulds. You then have cookie bowls which could be filled with fruit or ice cream or both.
4. If you need to transport a job lot of cupcakes, the black plastic trays you get from the garden centre for bedding plants make great carriers.
5. When making muffins, instead of using a spoon to put the mixture into the paper cases, use a spring release ice-cream scop instead. It will release the perfect amount of mixutre into your cases.