Patent ID: 8499684

Claim:
A cupcake/muffin hole maker ( 10 ) for promoting even baking throughout, and for providing a fillable pocket in cupcakes, muffins and like bakery products, the system comprising, in combination: a baking pan ( 14 ) formed of a sheet ( 16 ) in a generally rectangular configuration, the sheet having a length a width, the sheet being formed with a plurality of depressions ( 18 ), each of the depressions being in a frusto-conical configuration with an upper diameter and a lower diameter and a depth, the depressions being in an aligned row of plural depressions and an aligned column of plural depressions, the sheet having a periphery ( 22 ) encompassing the rows and columns of depressions, the upper surface of the sheet having inter-spaces ( 24 ) on opposite sides of a plurality of the depressions, the depressions adapted to receive batter to be heated for baking cupcakes, muffins and like bakery products; a plate having upper and lower surfaces; a plurality of tubes each having an upper end secured to the lower surface of the plate, the tubes each having a lower end positionable in an associated depression, the upper and lower ends of each tube being separated by a tube length; and a plurality of similarly configured posts, the posts each having an upper end secured to the lower surface of the plate, the posts each having a lower end positionable on the upper surface of the sheet at an associated inter-spacing.