I decided today I would finally try out my new cupcake pan. So with all the ingredients ready I started and thought that it would be fun for you to see how it works 
I used the recipe that comes with the pan, a vanilla butter cake.
I baked it on 325 F (165 C) for about 1 hour and 30 mins. At that moment the “swirl” part was done but the bottom needed 15 minutes more. So I placed a piece of tinfoil over the cakes for the last 15 minutes. The cakes went out of the tin very easy. I carved off a little bit of the “swirl” to get it more levelled and assembled the cakes with IMBC.
All left was to add the IMBC to the top. Not an easy job to do as I had to do it over two times. First a light crumb coating and then I placed it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes so that it would harden before I added the last layer. Now if you wanted it to be smooth like its showed on the pan? a smoothing touch with your hands (wearing gloves of course) would do the trick.
Then there was not much else to do than to add some sprinkles. I made these a couple of days agoe out of rolled fondant. Here it is all finished and ready to eat
Happy Caking
Louise
53 comments
abby says:
Dec 26, 2011
thannks a lot cake journal , know I now how to do icing so I dot have to go to the market and buy icing:D!!!
ashley says:
Dec 22, 2011
Will the cookies turn soft when its left outside to dry overnight? since the icing is made with raw eggs, must the cookies be kept in the fridge? or how long can they last out after icing?
Louise says:
Dec 26, 2011
My cookies never turns soft when drying overnight. The icing is made with pasteurized egg whites so I do not keep them in the fridge just a air tight box.
Lan says:
Dec 19, 2011
Louise, the photos aren’t showing up for this post, any chance you can rectify this as I’d love to see them!
Louise says:
Dec 19, 2011
Sorry, there have been a few problems with the photo’s. You should be able to see them now.
Kim says:
Dec 19, 2011
I think merry Christmas to all and happy baking
jennifer adalla says:
Aug 2, 2010
.,ay thanks for posting a recipe so i can prepare for my desert.,
TL says:
Jun 27, 2010
I have a giant cupcake pan too, but it is a silicon pan not the one from WS.
I actually use two box cake mixes and it works fine, but i do bake it at 325 instead of 350 and it is for much longer.
I think the chocolate wrapper on the bottom is a great idea.
You can also find premade giant sprinkles instead of making them in fondant.
Louise says:
Mar 7, 2010
Lauren: Ahh you did the chocolate cover
I love that tip. Did you also cover the bottom of the pan with chocolate? Great to hear that it worked with chocolate and not candy melts. I cant get those to work.
Lauren says:
Mar 4, 2010
Hi
great cake! i’m a bit of a cake novice but gave the giant cupcake a go recently for my mums birthday. Take a look at it here: http://bambini.me.uk/2010/03/the-giant-cupcake-adventure/
Louise says:
Feb 27, 2010
Maggie: Thank you for the great idea
i have seen on a blog one who made a candy melt collar from the “bottom” and placed the cake/bottom inside.
Maggie says:
Feb 25, 2010
I bought the Wilton Giant Cupcake pan. The receipe that comes with it makes more batter than needed, so I don’t fill it up as full and use the left over batter to make some small cupcakes. The hour baking time in my oven is perfect with no problem. Cake releases out of the pan with ease. I add a filling where the top swirl meets the bottom cake and use a very large star tip to decorate the swirl top, which is very easy to use, no mess and works perfect to keep the “swirl look”. I wrap the lower, unfrosted part of cake, with clear or color food safe plastic wrap as this give it the look of a cupcake liner and keeps the unfrosted cake from drying out. I also like to wrap a pretty decorated ribbon around the plastic wrap to fit a special occasion, and then frost the swirl cake with colored icing to match a color from the decorated ribbon.
Louise says:
Nov 3, 2009
sarah.a: its cake
sarah.a says:
Oct 31, 2009
Hi louise those big cupcake so cute I just want to know the top of the cake is it cream or cake?
linda says:
Oct 16, 2009
Yes, the recipe also supplied on my cupcake packaging was the chocolate pund cake – it is a very heavy cake! I have also tried to make a madeira style sponge but I cant get the measurements right. The vanilla buttercake recipe sounds fab for what I am doing. I cant find it anywhere and I have contacted wilton for it with no luck.
Louise says:
Oct 9, 2009
Miss uae: you can get from most cake decorating stores and not only WS.
Miss uae says:
Oct 7, 2009
wooooow its very nice ^^ but where can i buy this pan?
Louise says:
Sep 23, 2009
Susan the shop owner: I once made one with Rice Krispie treats. The top can be used as a beehive, bottom for a flowerpot. Many different ways to use it.
susan the shoppe owner says:
Sep 16, 2009
I purchased one to use for my daughter’s first birthday, but then returned it because of bad reviews it had received. Now, after reading your little post on it, I’m thinking about giving it a chance after all. How could any cupcake be a bad cupcake???
evie says:
Apr 18, 2009
My Mother-in-law gave me the silicone Giant Cupcake Pan. It did not have any instructions, so I had to try some practice cakes.
I cut pans apart because the top cooked faster than the bottom.
One box cake was not big enough for our tastes, so I made a bananna cake and increased it my one half. Next time I will try doubleing it.
I cook at 325 for over an hour.
It has been fun practicing!
Kathleenmcguirk says:
Mar 4, 2011
Evie, How did you cut the pans apart? Thanks.
Anonymous says:
Mar 4, 2011
My guess is that she used a pair of scissors.
Louise says:
Feb 8, 2009
rani: what did you grease the pan with?? maybe next time you want to try the pan bake at a lower temp. for a little longer? I always do that with 3D pans.
rani says:
Feb 3, 2009
I tried this yesterday and my cake fell apart and was VERY difficult to get out the pan. It also had the very “crispy” touch to the outside of teh cake.
Yours looks amazing tho!!!
Louise says:
Jan 31, 2009
Binta: If it is the same pan and not the one from Wilton then the recipe should be on the back of the cardbord like on this photo:http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/the-great-cupcake-pan-has-arrived
At the moment I dont have the time to write down the recipe but there are several online recipes on butter pound cake so please try and google.
Binta says:
Jan 23, 2009
I just recently purchased the gaint cupcake pan. The Vanilla butter cake recipe that you mention was not included with my pan
. However, a double chocolare pound cake recipe was included and I do not like chocolate. Would you mind sharing the vanilla butter cake recipe?
Louise says:
Jan 21, 2009
Becky says:
Jan 21, 2009
You are more than welcome!!! It’s the least I can do for all the “gifts” you have given your readers
Now I’m REALLY anxious to see what it looks like with fondant!!! I bet that will be just spectacular!
Louise says:
Jan 19, 2009
Thank you all for the comments. Much appriciated. Yes you can do so much fun with this like make the swirl with ice cream. I was also thing of maybe carve out the center of the bottom and fill it with MM’s.
Next time I will try and decorate it with fondant.
Thank you dear Becky for this wonderful gift. You are such a sweet heart.
k says:
Jan 19, 2009
that is so cool great job
apparentlyjessy says:
Jan 19, 2009
What a lovely giant cupcake, and lovely pictures, and such lovely tiles you have! All lovely!
carmen says:
Jan 19, 2009
wow
wonderful big cupcake
xoxo
Beth says:
Jan 18, 2009
I was just looking at those pans at Confectionary Houses website. It looks beautiful. What I am wondering is how do you cut it and serve it, since it is such an odd shape?
Ann says:
Jan 18, 2009
Beautiful !!!! It looks great…
Mari CCS says:
Jan 17, 2009
Definitely lovely Louise, Congratulations! Finally it seems you enjoyed your new adquisition
I wish I could have it too !
Sierra says:
Jan 16, 2009
oh wait, neeeevermind. i thought the pan was in two parts. duh.
(i = epic idiot).
Sierra says:
Jan 16, 2009
So I’m looking at the website to buy the pan, and I’m kind of confused as to how you bake the swirl. Does it come with a stand or something? : Mrr.
Dhanya says:
Jan 16, 2009
Wow it looks so pretty. Now it makes me want to get one of those pans:)
Thank you.
Helen says:
Jan 16, 2009
i made this also.. word of caution, it didn’t fit in my cake taker!!! it was gorgeous though..
Whitney says:
Jan 16, 2009
I see the giant cupcake mold at the stores and am always tempted to buy it. Now it’s official I have to get it! Thanks for sharing.
Joanne says:
Jan 16, 2009
Wow! What a great job.
Line says:
Jan 16, 2009
Becky says:
Jan 16, 2009
Yea!!!! Congrats on the cupcake; I’ve been waiting to see how it turned out…beautiful, of course. I would probably only bake the bottom of the cake, though, and just put 2 feet of icing on the top of it.
Janet Kiesler says:
Jan 16, 2009
This makes me want to go out and buy the pan also. Very nice and neat job decorating. I would like to know how you made the sprinkles (so small) out of fondant.
Rhonda says:
Jan 16, 2009
That pan is so fun! I’ve been trying to find an opportunity to make another one!!
Your cupcake looks great!!
Rhonda
Anonymous says:
Jan 16, 2009
It`s so easy and nice!
Sandee says:
Jan 16, 2009
Louise, what a fantastic looking cake! And you do such a great job documenting with the photo’s! Thanks for sharing.
Sandee – Cake Thoughts
AnaMobula says:
Jan 16, 2009
Hi, Louse!! Great Cupcake and fun!!! Sprinkels are made fron rolled fondant??
Ana
Vibeke says:
Jan 16, 2009
Wow… that cupcake looks so pretty…
Silvia says:
Jan 16, 2009
wow ..no no triple wow
that is fantastic just amazing!
good job!
Pam says:
Jan 16, 2009
I have this same pan and I love it. The last time I used it I frosted the top just like yours, but I also frosted the bottom with chocolate. (Because I really love frosting). It looked really cute!
Janelle says:
Jan 16, 2009
I made one for my birthday – my husband and 6 year old son decorated it. It didn’t turn out quite that lovely, but it was still cute.
susan says:
Jan 16, 2009
A masterpiece…I want one of those pans so badly! Now that I see it completed I may just go buy it for myself!