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Shipping Cupcakes - 12/11/2011 7:44:58 PM   
barelynangel


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Status: offline 		Okay, i figured with all the creative people and holiday bakers etc on this site, someone may be able to help me figure this out:

1.  I am making my dad some of his favorite cupcakes as a surprise this year:

The reason i am making them rather than he just make them up is they are a little more work than your averate cupcake:

1.  You take piecrust and fit that in a cupcake liner thingy and prep that by cooking it for 5ish minutes
2.  You then place a tablespoon of your preferred jelly in the middle of the crust
3. Then you fill it with white cakemix.
4. Glaze to the top while still warms so it melts on the cupcake

All in all, i need to ship this to Chicago from TN, now i don't have an issue with putting them in a box but the problem i am concerned about is the box being tipped over and the glaze getting all messed up.

So any ideas how i can stop the cupcakes from dropping on the top of the box if it gets turned over?
-  I am considering, putting toothpick in the top at an angel forming like a triangle to stop them from dropping.

Any other thoughts?

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/11/2011 7:50:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would simply pack carefully with bubblewrap so that there is no room for the cupcakes to move at all.  Though I can't imagine them arriving without damage... have you seen how packages are handled?  

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/11/2011 7:53:26 PM   
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This one suggests freezing, then shipping overnight.

It also says you can pack them individually, then put the small boxes into the larger.

Just a thought, can the glaze go one after it arrives? That would make it easier, then you can freeze them all, leaving one spot for a package of glaze.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/11/2011 8:01:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		As someone who right now has a claim going with UPS, my advice might not be the best. But if you absoluely don't want the box turned upside down make it semi-pyramid shaped.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/11/2011 11:08:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		Is it a hard glaze? I would stick them in the freezer and get the glaze as hard as possible.
Then I would pack them individually in
small boxes and stuff the whole box so there
couldn't be any movement, might throw in a
cold pack and ship them overnight.
And if they do arrived smashed they're still
edible. I have shipped cakes and decorated
cookies across the country with minimal
damage but it's a crap shoot.






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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/11/2011 11:36:50 PM   
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Actually after just a bit of thought I envision styrofoam and toothpicks.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 8:41:06 AM   
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Good luck!  I have spent years trying to discover the best method for shipping baked goods....not once has the merchandise been received without damage.   Last years was the least amount of destruction, and this is what I did.   Find a block of styrofoam that fits the box perfectly, no jiggle room.  Then cut out just the size of what you are sending, I used an ice cream scoop to make a roundish cutout.   Line the mold with plastic wrap, and cross your fingers.  Yours are particularly tricky due to glaze, maybe try an inner liner of waxed paper, to keep them from sticking to the plastic wrap.




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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 8:46:49 AM   
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Cover each cupcake individually with a plastic cup that just fits the bottom. Plastic holiday decoration to fill the space between the icing and the bottom of the cup. Tape them down to cardboard cut to fit the bottom of the box. Fill with peanuts. Mark the box fragile.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 8:52:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		Every spring, I order baby chicks, and they are delivereed via US Mail. They arrive mostly alive, so the USPS, should be able to handle some cupcakes.

I like the idea of taking them down. Do you use those cupcake liners for this recipe? That would work perfectly. No way the glaze is not going to be a mess, though. I agree, it needs to be put in a separate, sealed container, along with instructions to the recipient.

By the way, why this particular recipe? Part of the trick in successfully shipping things like this is to choose the right items. When I was a kid, and my brother was in Vietnam, my mom sent him Xmas treats, but she was careful to choose things that wouldn't spoil, and could take a little knocking around. Fudge, and divinity and pralines, as I recall.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 12:22:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		The are his favorite from when he was a kid and my gram doesn't cook anymore. He is really hard to buy for and I wanted to send him something he isn't expecting and a surprise.

I don't know what a hard glaze is all I know is I mix it all up and pour it over the cupcakes while they are warm and it like melts into them.

I am goig to make some tonight so I will have a Physical thing to look at and figure out which will help

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 12:28:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Does the glaze dry hard on the cupcakes? If so, it's a hard glaze. =)

That's a really cool recipe, by the way.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 12:28:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wrap them in a pretty bow, nothing else give them a couple changes of panties.....THAT ...is how you ship cupcakes.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 12:48:44 PM   
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Cover each cupcake individually with a plastic cup that just fits the bottom. Plastic holiday decoration to fill the space between the icing and the bottom of the cup. Tape them down to cardboard cut to fit the bottom of the box. Fill with peanuts. Mark the box fragile.


I just saw another tip...secure the plastic decoration to the top of the cup with a dab of semi-soft chocolate and let it harden...like sealing wax. That will keep it from shifting and especially from tipping if the cup is a bit larger than the diameter of the cupcake.


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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 3:42:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		How about packing the cupcakes and the icing (in a tin or something) separately, and the recipient can ice them.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 3:47:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		wax paper, parchment, bubble wrap and see if you can get a couple of egg flats one top and bottom and for sides...

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 4:14:41 PM   
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How about packing the cupcakes and the icing (in a tin or something) separately, and the recipient can ice them.


With a butter cream or something like that its probably ok, but with a glaze it needs to be done while the cupcake is still warm, and before the CO2 bubbles near the surface of the cake collapse (ie reheating doesnt do the trick).


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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 5:17:33 PM   
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Every spring, I order baby chicks, and they are delivereed via US Mail. They arrive mostly alive, so the USPS, should be able to handle some cupcakes.


I had to reply to this!  We had some baby chicks delivered from a hatchery in the Midwest and not one fatality!  Your comment made me laugh, as that is what I told my husband..."they can ship live chickens without a bruise, but a cake is out of their league".  Thanks for reminding me of the chuckle




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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 5:20:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		I will better be able to visualize when i actually make one -- i am going to make my friends be my ginneapigs lol to make sure they taste okay, and i can make a couple the test cakes.

I think what i may do is see if i can find some plastic cups someone mentioned and put them over the top of each one like a cover over the cupcake.  The width gets smaller towards the inside of the cup so the cupcake shouldn't then slide.  I can pack them tightly but am afraid if i don't make sure they can't move up or down, they will get turned over and it will fall on the glaze.

good grief, who'd have thought mailing cupcakes would be so difficult!   And yes, i have to glaze them while they are warm so it melts into them.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 5:26:34 PM   
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I will better be able to visualize when i actually make one -- i am going to make my friends be my ginneapigs lol to make sure they taste okay, and i can make a couple the test cakes.

I think what i may do is see if i can find some plastic cups someone mentioned and put them over the top of each one like a cover over the cupcake.  The width gets smaller towards the inside of the cup so the cupcake shouldn't then slide.  I can pack them tightly but am afraid if i don't make sure they can't move up or down, they will get turned over and it will fall on the glaze.

good grief, who'd have thought mailing cupcakes would be so difficult!   And yes, i have to glaze them while they are warm so it melts into them.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

angel


The up and down movement is solved by the decoration "chocolate waxed" onto the bottom of the inverted cup. (Ie the top of the cover). If you dont want to use a decoration a lollipop stick or wood skewer will do the same thing. It will also minimize the bouncing that will cause the cake to get dense.

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RE: Shipping Cupcakes - 12/12/2011 6:26:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Brain storm... Slurpee covers!   They are hard, round plastic...use a regular plastic drinking cup to surround the cupcake, and fasten the Slurpee cover over the top, attaching it to the cup..I dunno, some form of tape.   If you do this for each individual cake, and pack them into one of those tins, you should be able to fit 8 or so, then pack all the air space with peanuts and fit the tin into a cardboard box, snugly. 




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