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The great cupcake project

January 16, 2009 by Louise 53 Comments

Great cupcake

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 πŸ™‚ 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.

Great cupcake

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.

Great cupcake

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 πŸ™‚

Great cupcake

Happy Caking

Louise

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Comments

  1. abby

    December 26, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    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!!!

    Reply
  2. ashley

    December 22, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    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?

    Reply
    • Louise

      December 26, 2011 at 8:54 PM

      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.

      Reply
  3. Lan

    December 19, 2011 at 4:22 AM

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

    Reply
    • Louise

      December 19, 2011 at 11:12 AM

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

      Reply
  4. Kim

    December 19, 2011 at 2:02 AM

    I think merry Christmas to all and happy baking πŸ™‚

    Reply
  5. jennifer adalla

    August 2, 2010 at 4:45 PM

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

    Reply
  6. TL

    June 27, 2010 at 6:25 AM

    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. πŸ™‚

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  7. Louise

    March 7, 2010 at 1:11 AM

    Lauren: Ahh you did the chocolate cover πŸ™‚ 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.

    Reply
  8. Lauren

    March 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM

    Hi πŸ™‚ 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: https://bambini.me.uk/2010/03/the-giant-cupcake-adventure/

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  9. Louise

    February 27, 2010 at 11:09 PM

    Maggie: Thank you for the great idea πŸ™‚ i have seen on a blog one who made a candy melt collar from the “bottom” and placed the cake/bottom inside.

    Reply
  10. Maggie

    February 25, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    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.

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  11. Louise

    November 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    sarah.a: its cake πŸ™‚

    Reply
  12. sarah.a

    October 31, 2009 at 7:43 PM

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

    Reply
  13. linda

    October 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    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.

    Reply
  14. Louise

    October 9, 2009 at 12:36 PM

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

    Reply
  15. Miss uae

    October 7, 2009 at 10:08 PM

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

    Reply
  16. Louise

    September 23, 2009 at 8:35 PM

    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.

    Reply
  17. susan the shoppe owner

    September 16, 2009 at 7:43 PM

    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???

    Reply
  18. evie

    April 18, 2009 at 1:03 AM

    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!

    Reply
    • Kathleenmcguirk

      March 4, 2011 at 10:50 PM

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

      Reply
      • Anonymous

        March 4, 2011 at 10:59 PM

        My guess is that she used a pair of scissors.

  19. Louise

    February 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    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.

    Reply
  20. rani

    February 3, 2009 at 4:53 PM

    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!!!

    Reply
  21. Louise

    January 31, 2009 at 1:53 AM

    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:https://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.

    Reply
  22. Binta

    January 23, 2009 at 2:49 AM

    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?

    Reply
  23. Louise

    January 21, 2009 at 11:10 PM

    πŸ™‚ I think too…

    Reply
  24. Becky

    January 21, 2009 at 5:37 PM

    You are more than welcome!!! It’s the least I can do for all the “gifts” you have given your readers πŸ™‚
    Now I’m REALLY anxious to see what it looks like with fondant!!! I bet that will be just spectacular!

    Reply
  25. Louise

    January 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM

    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.

    Reply
  26. k

    January 19, 2009 at 6:42 AM

    that is so cool great job

    Reply
  27. apparentlyjessy

    January 19, 2009 at 4:44 AM

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

    Reply
  28. carmen

    January 19, 2009 at 1:27 AM

    wow
    wonderful big cupcake
    xoxo

    Reply
  29. Beth

    January 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM

    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?

    Reply
  30. Ann

    January 18, 2009 at 5:04 AM

    Beautiful !!!! It looks great…

    Reply
  31. Mari CCS

    January 17, 2009 at 1:55 AM

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

    Reply
  32. Sierra

    January 16, 2009 at 10:06 PM

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

    (i = epic idiot).

    Reply
  33. Sierra

    January 16, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    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.

    Reply
  34. Dhanya

    January 16, 2009 at 7:37 PM

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

    Reply
  35. Helen

    January 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM

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

    Reply
  36. Whitney

    January 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    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.

    Reply
  37. Joanne

    January 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    Wow! What a great job.

    Reply
  38. Line

    January 16, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    πŸ˜€ “the great cupcake pan” is a must-have πŸ™‚ it could also be fun filling the “swirl” with icecream.

    Reply
  39. Becky

    January 16, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    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.

    Reply
  40. Janet Kiesler

    January 16, 2009 at 4:16 PM

    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.

    Reply
  41. Rhonda

    January 16, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    That pan is so fun! I’ve been trying to find an opportunity to make another one!!

    Your cupcake looks great!!

    Rhonda

    Reply
  42. Anonymous

    January 16, 2009 at 3:52 PM

    It`s so easy and nice!

    Reply
  43. Sandee

    January 16, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    Louise, what a fantastic looking cake! And you do such a great job documenting with the photo’s! Thanks for sharing.

    Sandee – Cake Thoughts

    Reply
  44. AnaMobula

    January 16, 2009 at 9:13 AM

    Hi, Louse!! Great Cupcake and fun!!! Sprinkels are made fron rolled fondant??

    Ana

    Reply
  45. Vibeke

    January 16, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    Wow… that cupcake looks so pretty…

    Reply
  46. Silvia

    January 16, 2009 at 7:09 AM

    wow ..no no triple wow πŸ˜€ that is fantastic just amazing!
    good job!

    Reply
  47. Pam

    January 16, 2009 at 5:40 AM

    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!

    Reply
  48. Janelle

    January 16, 2009 at 4:14 AM

    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.

    Reply
  49. susan

    January 16, 2009 at 2:20 AM

    A masterpiece…I want one of those pans so badly! Now that I see it completed I may just go buy it for myself!

    Reply

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