help with birthday cake?

homealone_2

in a bid to save some money on a birthday cake i bought one of those silicone giant cup cake things. but there is no recipe as such on the box beside saying it will probably take 2 box of ready to mix cake mixes. it also says nothing about filling and frosting. has anyone made one of these successfuly and are wiling to share the recipe and method they used. need to have it ready by friday/sat morning.... heres hoping one of you lovely mse people are going to be able to help?

rachbc

ok - you need to find the volume of the mould - fill it with water then measure into a jug.

Then you compare it to the volume of a tin that yo hvae a recipe for. So if the recipe you want says use an 8" tin then measure the volume in a 8" tin. Compare the volumes to work out how many times you need to multiply the recipe

I know I haven't explained that very well but hopefully you get the gist!

shebangs

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Jules__2-2

A good recipe for a first attempt sponge cake is the old 6-6-3 method:

6oz butter
6oz caster sugar
6oz self raising flour
3 eggs

beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy; then beat in the eggs; then fold in the flour (figures of 8) with a metal spoon. Then divide between the tins (one half of a giant cup cake tin is often bigger than the other so divide accordingly).

Usually the giant cup cake tins are pretty huge so maybe double this recipe. Cook at 180 degrees C until when you poke it with a knife it comes out clean. If it starts going too brown on top then put some foil over it. Depending on how deep your finished cake is this could take anything between 20mins and an hour and a half to cook so keep a good eye on it.

Good luck!

natlie

search giant cupcake recipe in google - this is a good one http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/517880/victoria-threader-s-giant-cupcake ice the bottom half (sides) with thin fondant icing stuck on with a little butter cream, ice the top with buttercream and decorate - you can use chocolate nbuttons/smarties to make a dotty cake - a ribbon around the base will help to support the fondant