PIP Giant Cupcake trial

eowynmn

I tried doing the giant cupcake today.  The frosting will be Barnyard red when I do the real cake, but i didn't want to waste all that dye. 

Also I'm going to sift the flower next time, didn't really do that this time and it clumped on the chocolate and made it look funny. I did the bottom half in chocolate, the top half in white.  It was pretty easy! ...at least easier than I thought.

 

 

IckyThump

That looks awesome! How long did you cook it? I just bought the pan online and I'm going to be doing a trial within the next week or so.

102503Natalie

That looks great! Go on witchabadself.

irishgurlkt

yummm...can I be invited?

breezey2323

ummmmmm....giant cupcake! *drool* Looks great! Good job!

eowynmn

65 minutes each half, but I did them seperately.  probably 70 minutes together - I just followed the directions that came with the cake pan. 

Then you know you get the concave ends and you need them to be flat, and you just take dental floss across it (like a block of cheesE) to flatten it. 

brandonsfuturewife07

WANT.

star173

OMG..that's awesome. If I didn't have my own mind, I'd totally do that for K's birthday.

 

Momma.Brown

great job!

*zooms into the kitchen like a mindless drone to make own giant cupcake*

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Brookie-Cookie

you need these

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001BGDI6/ref=asc_df_B0001BGDI6752946?smid=A1I2NPIV8LGLYV&tag=shopzilla_rev_1006-20&linkCode=asn

 looks good though!

BabyCakes3

Can I have a bite? That looks amazing.

eowynmn

Thanks everyone!

 

Brookie, I get a free sheet cake for his first birthday from the local grocery store and I'm going to have them do a farm themed one so it will all go together.  I might stick a plastic figure on the top though. hehe

Jettaky

Did you use a boxed cake? If so did each the bottom and top need a full box? I didn't see instructions with mine.

MirandaHobbes

When you say the flour clumped- do you mean the flour used to flour the pan? You can use dark cocoa powder for that since it is a dark cake and then it will blend it. I haven't tried it but read it on a blog recently.

eowynmn

thanks miranda - great tip!

 

I used 1 mix for each top and bottom, so 2 boxes total.  I used about 3/4 a box mix on each half, and then had about a dozen regular sized cupcakes left over.

Jettaky

eowynmn:

I used 1 mix for each top and bottom, so 2 boxes total.  I used about 3/4 a box mix on each half, and then had about a dozen regular sized cupcakes left over.

Cool thank you!! Would you say that you filled the cake pans 3/4 of the way or less?

eowynmn

I did between 2/3 and 3/4, but I would do more for the top.  That didn't rise as much as I thought it would and the last "rung" didn't fill out.  you can always cut the extra off, but you can't add it from a mold. 

MNheidi

AWESOME!  congrats - you may want to practice that barnyard red on a bit of frosting.  I've taken many classes and putting too much dye in your frosting "can" make it taste a bit bitter...  Where did you find the stars?

LukeAndAmanda

What kind of frosting did you use? Because it looks like it kept its shape well.

eowynmn

 Heidi, I used No-taste wilton red.  I tested a small amount to the color I wanted and it tasted fine ...and even if it tastes funny - i think the kid wont notice the difference honeslty. He's going to be like "mmm SUGAR BOING BOING BOING"

 

best buttercream recipie ever:

 

2 cups Crisco at room temp
1/2 cup butter at room temp
3T cream or milk
3T hot water
2tsp clear vanilla
1/2 T meringue powder
2 pounds powdered sugar

Cream fats together, scrape bowl. Combine liquids in a cup, then add to fats. Combine powdered sugar and meringue powder. Slowly add the powdered sugar to the mixer bowl, just til blended. Scrape bowl again, Blend on medium speed 1-2- min til creamy.

 

miniko

That looks really good. Now I want one of those pans.  Baa! I'm a sheep.

Jettaky

Perfect!! Thank you

bananaQ

That looks wonderful!