Okay there is one thing I am not sure that I quite understand, that is, we all love little cupcakes because they are so adorable, we can have so much fun with them and they are not going to completely decimate our diets with their calories. So if all this is true, what is with the big cupcakes?
I have seen a heap of these around now and I thought I just had to feature some of my favorite ones on this weeks ‘Five of’ post! But tell me, what do you think of the big cupcake? Have you made one?
1. The princess giant birthday cupcake
This absolutely gorgeous cake was created by Peggy’s Cupcakes and is just so pretty! I love the mix of frosting and hard icing flowers on this one.
2. Blue and spotty giant cupcake
The cupcake by Steph on her blog is very well done. She did this one for a man, but I think it shows how you could make excellent mushroom style cupcakes. You would have to carve down the inside a little, but it would look brilliant. Potentially it would become unstable, but hey, it is art!
3. The love cake
I really like this one too, it is a super cute chocolate cake which is covered in chocolate buttercream and decorated with piped icing hearts. The Knife blog got this cool cupcake from La Provence in Beverly Hills.
4. The Christmas giant cupcake
Move over humble Christmas pudding, no one wants your fiery brandy goodness no more! This red bow and ribbon cake is the new centerpiece, but according to the Get Your Coat blog, learning how to ice this well may yet stand in your way!
5. Spoooooooky Ghost Halloween giant cupcake
If we have covered birthdays, valentines day and Christmas, we couldn’t forget Halloween!
This awesome cupcake is from Wilton, but we found the great design on All Things Cupcake!
So that rounds out another five of, what did you think of these big cupcakes, are you going to make one soon? There apparently is a trick to making these cupcake cakes a success. A lot of people have had issues with the middle not cooking properly or it ‘sinking’. This is not because the mixture is wrong (in most cases) but because your oven is set too high cooking the outside, but not the inside. Adjust your heat down to a lower setting and cook the cupcake cake for longer.
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