Comments on: The great cupcake project

By: abby

abby — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:42:29 +0000

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!!!

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:54:23 +0000

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.

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:51:37 +0000

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?

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:12:53 +0000

Sorry, there have been a few problems with the photo’s. You should be able to see them now.

By: Lan

Lan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:22:56 +0000

Louise, the photos aren’t showing up for this post, any chance you can rectify this as I’d love to see them!

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:02:39 +0000

I think merry Christmas to all and happy baking

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:59:00 +0000

My guess is that she used a pair of scissors.

By: Kathleenmcguirk

Kathleenmcguirk — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:50:00 +0000

Evie, How did you cut the pans apart? Thanks.

By: jennifer adalla

jennifer adalla — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:45:26 +0000

.,ay thanks for posting a recipe so i can prepare for my desert.,

By: TL

TL — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:25:46 +0000

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.

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:11:59 +0000

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.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:15:23 +0000

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/

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:09:56 +0000

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.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:58:49 +0000

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.

By: Louise

Louise — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:31:24 +0000

sarah.a: its cake

By: sarah.a

sarah.a — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:43:16 +0000

Hi louise those big cupcake so cute I just want to know the top of the cake is it cream or cake?

By: linda

linda — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:44:45 +0000

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.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:36:44 +0000

Miss uae: you can get from most cake decorating stores and not only WS.

By: Miss uae

Miss uae — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:08:19 +0000

wooooow its very nice ^^ but where can i buy this pan?

By: Louise

Louise — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:35:54 +0000

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.

By: susan the shoppe owner

susan the shoppe owner — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:43:22 +0000

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???

By: evie

evie — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:03:52 +0000

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!

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:23:34 +0000

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.

By: rani

rani — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:53:34 +0000

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!!!

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:53:24 +0000

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.

By: Binta

Binta — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:49:24 +0000

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?

By: Louise

Louise — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:10:23 +0000

I think too…

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:37:38 +0000

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!

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:24:41 +0000

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.

By: k

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:42:50 +0000

that is so cool great job

By: apparentlyjessy

apparentlyjessy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:44:37 +0000

What a lovely giant cupcake, and lovely pictures, and such lovely tiles you have! All lovely!

By: carmen

carmen — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:27:06 +0000

wow
wonderful big cupcake
xoxo

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:15:35 +0000

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?

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:04:55 +0000

Beautiful !!!! It looks great…

By: Mari CCS

Mari CCS — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:55:19 +0000

Definitely lovely Louise, Congratulations! Finally it seems you enjoyed your new adquisition I wish I could have it too !

By: Sierra

Sierra — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:06:24 +0000

oh wait, neeeevermind. i thought the pan was in two parts. duh.

(i = epic idiot).

By: Sierra

Sierra — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:42:02 +0000

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.

By: Dhanya

Dhanya — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:37:57 +0000

Wow it looks so pretty. Now it makes me want to get one of those pans:)
Thank you.

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:14:19 +0000

i made this also.. word of caution, it didn’t fit in my cake taker!!! it was gorgeous though..

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:08:35 +0000

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.