Holstein Housewares Non-Stick 6-Count Electric Cupcake Maker Machine – Bakes 6 Cupcakes, Muffins, Pizza Cups, Cinnamon Buns – Perfect for Gifts, Birthdays, Holidays, or Bake Sales, Red

I absolutely adore my cupcake maker! Living in the sweltering heat of south Louisiana summers, the thought of turning on the oven to bake muffins or cupcakes is usually a hard pass. This little appliance is a lifesaver. It allows me to indulge in my favorite homemade treats without turning my kitchen into a sauna. It heats up quickly and bakes evenly, making the process so much faster and cooler than using the oven.I can't recommend this cupcake maker enough! It's a fantastic solution for anyone who loves to bake but wants to avoid the excess heat, especially during the warmer months. It's easy to use, easy to clean, and produces delicious results every time. Seriously, this has been one of my best purchases this year!

This appliance makes great muffins. I have used Martha White muffin mixes and Jiffy Corn Muffin mixes. I followed the directions on the back of the packages exactly, and had excellent results. Martha White has a muffin mix called Birthday Cake which is more like cake than muffins. If one puts a little icing on them, it is like having cupcakes! I have purchased canned biscuits and canned cinnamon rolls (not the Grands, but the small diameter cans) and tried them in this muffin maker, and had perfect results. Pillsbury and whatever house brand products came out equally well. However, canned crescent rolls were a total failure. If you go to the Ken Click YouTube channel, he has a recipe for biscuits made in the Dash pie maker. I took his same full recipe, divided it in half between two muffin cups, and the resulting biscuits were wonderful. We now like biscuits cooked in this maker better than when baked in an oven. I have divided cake mixes in half, making only half the mix, and the resulting cupcakes turned out perfectly. The weirdest thing I did was make little crustless egg quiches in this muffin maker, and they also came out very good. So now I can do a breakfast of eggs and biscuits at the same time, but the eggs cook more quickly than the biscuits. Depending on how big a bite one takes, there are at least 2 to 4 bites per item made in the appliance. The men in my family were pleased that these muffins or eggs were not the mini one bite sizes. There is a recipe booklet that comes with this maker, but I have not tried any of the recipes. I can say that the recipes use common ingredients found in most stores. Caveat: The non stick surface is not the most wonderful in the world, but neither is it awful. I put about a teaspoon or less of oil in one of the cups, then use a silicone pastry brush to spread the oil to the other cups and lid. Clean up is a snap, but it would not be wise to use a sloppy wet sponge/dishrag to clean up this appliance. The plates are NOT removable and there is a very tiny space between the plates and the housing of the appliance where water can drip down into the electrics. I would most definitely purchase this muffin maker again. It is versatile, easy to use and clean up, and doesn't heat up my small southern kitchen. Also, it easily stores on its end like a suitcase, and does not have to store flat on its feet taking up room in my small cabinet.

recently ordered this cupcake maker, and honestly, I really liked it because it saved me a lot of time compared to what I used to spend using a traditional oven. It heats up very quickly. It's also very easy and practical to use, and easy to keep clean, thanks to its nonstick coating that doesn't stick or leave residue.I highly recommend it.

Not that I've been a cupcake everyday kind of person, this machine makes it so easy to have cupcakes any time! Cooking in right at 8-10 minutes, they are done just that fast! I made up a couple of recipes on my own - my breakfast muffins was chopped up tater tots, some frozen mixed green and red bell peppers with onions, shredded cheese, bacon bits (the packaged salad kind) and 6 eggs - mixed together, this "cupcake" took 12 minutes to cook, but I had 12 breakfast muffins that were SO GOOD! Then again, I made chocolate cupcakes from a cake mix in 8 minutes. I made up a pumpkin cupcake with an already opened can of plain pumpkin, a couple of eggs, 2 cups flour, baking soda and powder, a cup of sugar, pumpkin spice and some nuts mixed with half milk and half water. I filled the machine's wells near the top and 8 minutes later, light, fluffy and tasty pumpkin spice cupcakes! This machine is great, but the one thing I'd change if it was my machine would be a better way to know it was ready than just the red and green lights on the top. I would also have an OFF/ON button so that I didn't have to unplug the machine to turn it off! The red/green, I would change to "heating/ready" or something like that. Other than that, I really love how this machine makes cupcakes/muffins so fast!

I love this little thing!! I just tried it prior to this review. Cooks so much faster than the oven. 7-10 mins per batch and doesn't heat up the house, it's so fun to use and I love the color. I made way more than 6 jumbo, I accidentally made a bunch of minis I think close to 20, I ate a few before they were all done and didn't think to count....my only issue is no on/off button. I don't like when appliances turn on when plugged in. But i can look past that because i love everything else about this gadget so much! I love anything that makes my life easier. I recommend a pancake batter squeeze bottle or something similar to make adding batter easier, quicker and less messy. Using the right amount of cooking spray will make the clean up process quick and easy.Edit- I forgot to go into a bit more detail on how easy clean up is. Really easy, after its completely cooled off just take a damp dishcloth that isn't dripping wet and a tiny amount of soap. Then simply wipe it down.

I've only used this once for cupcakes. All the other times it was muffins. It cooks great but the muffins don't look to good but the taste great. It's easy to use and fairly easy to clean. They aren't very easy to get out. I use a small rubber spatula to go around the sides and then try to lift them out. I didn't see anywhere in the instructions on how much to put in it. I put the batter in the bottom entire bottom and they turned out fine. I would buy it again.