I am making 120 cupcakes for a wedding, and was wondering if its ok to make them a few days before and freeze them (without frosting of course)? will they still be moist?
also, does anyone have a light, fluffy, moist vanilla cupcake recipe??
thanks in advance!

They will be fine frozen, you can make them a week or two ahead even. They will be moist.

I was just about to ask this same question. I've only got to make about 80, but it's still more than I've ever made at one time.

what's the best way to freeze them?
individually wrapped in plastic wrap or wrapped in batches or perhaps another way?

thanks in advance

Altho time consumming, i wrap mine individually and then place in an air tight container and then straight into freezer.

I wrap them in oven bake paper - or you can use glad wrap (thats what it is called here in Australia.)

At leaast that way i know there won't be any little bits of ice around the cakes....plus the cupcases stay put without gathering any extra moisture.

To thaw - i just take the container out the night before i need them and leave on my bench.

I did this with 220 cupcakes and each one was *brand new* after thawing.

Bluehue

I haven't done huge batches but when I have frozen I put them in a rubbermaid type container or zip lock bags. You really only need to just have them covered to keep them from getting dirty and messed with in the freezer. On the Wilton forum some cakers did a test where they froze cakes completely uncovered and they thawed moist. I have also frozen them with a BC swirl and they thawed out fine for me.

I freeze mine ALL the time. I mean absolutely every cake I make, I freeze. For cupcakes, I just put them on a cookie sheet and cover with plastic wrap. I leave them covered when I set them out to thaw. Moist every time.

Also when I took them out of the freezer I just started swirling the BC right away and they thawed as I kept swirling, they thaw really quickly.

Has anyone tried freezing them with a fruit or custard filling?

I have never done that but think that may not be a good idea, I think the fruit or custard filling could make the cuppie mushy. BC filling would probably work though. Again just guessing with this.

I need to freeze about 50 cupcakes and am wondering how to prevent them from being 'sticky' after thawing.

Does this happen to anyone else ... and what can I do ? any ideas much appreciated.

Vicki