Custom cupcake boxes with fitted inserts for 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 or 24 cakes, and tall enough that the piping and toppers don’t touch the lid. Window lid if you like, your bakery logo on top, and white SBS, kraft or corrugated if you deliver.
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Frosting is the whole problem, honestly. Pipe a two inch swirl of buttercream and put a lid an inch and a half above the cake and you already know what happens, and then with no insert the thing tips over at the first corner the driver takes, so with our custom cupcake boxes we fix the height first and give every cake its own hole.
Most of the people ordering? Home bakers at farmers markets. Storefront bakeries. Wedding dessert caterers. A lot of them start out on plain white stock boxes and come back a few months later, once it clicks that the box is the first thing a customer looks at after paying.
Singles, twos, fours, sixes and dozens cover most orders, and then 24 for parties and offices. A standard cupcake usually wants a cavity around 2.5 to 3 inches across, minis about 1.75, jumbos closer to 3.5.
Height’s where people slip up. Measure from the bottom of the liner to the tip of the tallest decoration, then add at least a quarter inch, and if you’re doing a mini tasting box of 12 or 24 (people love trying four or five flavors at once, it’s a big seller for office orders) the same rule applies, just smaller. Our cupcake box sizes guide has typical dimensions by count if you want a starting point before asking for a quote.
The insert is just a flat card with round holes punched to your liner size. Cupcake drops in, stays put.
Sounds simple, right? But the hole size really matters, because go too big and they still wobble around, go too small and the paper liners get squeezed so every cake looks pinched at the waist, and that’s the kind of thing a customer notices on Instagram.
We can also make them reversible, standard on one side and mini on the other, so you only stock one insert. Muffins are wider and usually not frosted, so they go in our shallower muffin boxes instead.
A window in the lid lets people admire the decorating without opening anything up. White SBS looks clean and the colors print bright. Kraft has that farmhouse feel (and most kraft boxes are recyclable). Driving orders across town? A corrugated base copes much better when someone stacks three boxes on a car seat.
Then summer. Buttercream softens fast in a warm car, and a chilled box hitting a hot afternoon sweats, which can make thin board go limp around the window, so if you deliver in July we’d go a touch heavier on the board and not seal the box airtight.
Print can stay simple. Logo on the lid, your social handle on the side, done for most bakeries. We’ll set up the dieline and lay out the artwork free, and you see a digital proof first. Seasonal runs like our Christmas cupcake boxes can sit alongside the everyday design, and the rest of our bakery packaging boxes cover cakes and cookies.
Around 4 inches inside for most frosted cupcakes. Tall swirls or fondant figures can need 4.5 to 5.
Sure, with a reversible insert, you’ll just have more air above the minis. Plenty of bakers just order two insert types for one outer box.
Ground shipping anywhere in the USA is, yes. Want to test the fit with your own bakes first? We can send a physical sample, just ask for a quote with your counts.
Building a full product line? Take a look at custom bakery packaging boxes, custom cake boxes with logo, custom candy boxes and custom chocolate packaging boxes. Everything in this range is listed under bakery packaging boxes. Not sure about size? Read packaging cakes and pastries.
