Air Fryer Cup Cakes

Last Updated on November 6, 2022 by MOe

Weekends are a perfect time to spend bonding with your family. One of the best ways to bond is over sweet food! Make some cupcakes using an air fryer, which makes it super easy to bond and have fun with the whole family. All you need are a few ingredients and a few steps.

It’s heavenly cupcakes in no time at all.

What you can usually bake in the kitchen like desserts can also be baked with ease in an air fryer. Save time and clean-up when you use your air fryer instead of the traditional oven. In the summer, don’t heat up your kitchen by using the oven – keep it cooler with the air fryer. Once you get the hang of using your air fryer for baking, you’ll never look back. Your family and friends will love how moist and fluffy your cupcakes turn out in just a few minutes!
If you’re making cupcakes in an air fryer, it is definitely recommended to use reusable baking cups. I’ve never used paper liners in the air fryer, and I guess some (those with foil inside) may work. However, paper liners without a baking pan? I just imagine they would completely open up/spread out, giving you a really wide and flat cupcake.

As easy as making cupcakes in the air fryer is, there are a few things you need to keep an eye on. The air inside the air fryer will make for some misshapen cupcakes. At least that’s been my experience. Some of the tops may be pointy, while other parts stay rounded – typically off to one side.

But it’s easy to work with – I just trimmed a little bit of the top off before topping them with frosting. I don’t have a piping bag or tips, so I put my homemade buttercream frosting in a sandwich bag and cut one corner off to add details. Or you can just decorate them as is – no one will mind when they are eating a tasty cupcake! During December, you could use red frosting with white dots to make Santa hat cupcakes (note for December: make Santa hat cupcakes in December!).