Help please (Cake questions)

[kimjim]

I really want to make Chloe's birthday cake and my friend has a giant cupcake mould that she's said I can borrow. I know her birthday isn't for a couple of months but I want to do a trial run!

I just wondered what recipe would be best to use? Also, can someone tell me the best recipe to use for the icing that I can pipe onto the top?

Thanks xxx

[emmaandnoah]

i use a madiera recipe. its what came with my little round tins. makes very yummy cake

600g self raising flour
600g butter
600g caster sugar
9 eggs
drop of milk
1tsp vanilla extract

cream butter and sugar, break eggs into bowl, mix in drop of milk and vanilla. add in egg mix and flour alternate, makes a nice tick batter.
pour 3/4 in base, reat in top. cook for about an hour/hour half at 170

110g butter
500g icing sugar
drop milk
tsp vanilla or other flavourings.

[EvansMum]

Originally Posted by emmaandnoah

i use a madiera recipe. its what came with my little round tins. makes very yummy cake

600g self raising flour
600g butter
600g caster sugar
9 eggs
drop of milk
1tsp vanilla extract

cream butter and sugar, break eggs into bowl, mix in drop of milk and vanilla. add in egg mix and flour alternate, makes a nice tick batter.
pour 3/4 in base, reat in top. cook for about an hour/hour half at 170

110g butter
500g icing sugar
drop milk
tsp vanilla or other flavourings.

9 eggs I use a 7 egg mix for mine. I stick with a victoria sponge recipe too, dont like maderias! Have you tried using glycerine in yours? I want to give it a try but just wondered if it actually works.

Good luck with the cake kimjim. have you seen my photos of the giant cupcake on my facebook? i love making them now Ive got them mastered!

[kimjim]

Thanks Emma and Jenny! Just had a look at photos on Facebook and OMG they are fantastic, wish you lived closer!

Can i be cheeky and ask you to post the recipe please? Also do you use the same buttercream recipe as Emma as it looks so lovely and fluffy?
Thanks xxx

[dmbell]

I tend to stick to victoria sponge when maing giant cupcakes.

My butter icing is usually twice as much icing sugar to butter with a dash of vanilla essence.

[EvansMum]

I have a bit of a dodgy oven so always bake the top and bottom of the giant cupcake seperately.

For the top I use...

240g self raising flour
240g castor sugar
240g marg (I just use tesco's own brand)
4 eggs
1tsp vanilla essence (or there abouts)
1 heaped tsp baking powder

- Basically, just weigh all the ingredients out into bowl and mix with an electric whisk until incorporated.

- Grease the cupcake mould really well (i got mine off ebay for about £10-ish) I butter it, then cover it in flour, and give it a spritz of fry-lite just for good measure.

-Pour the mixture in and cook on gas mark 4 (sorry dont know how hot that would be in electric oven) for about an hour/hour and a half. I dont know exact time cos I just keep going back and checking, occasionally prodding it with a bamboo skewer towards the end to see if its done.

For the bottom I use

180g self raising flour
180g castor sugar
180g marg
3 eggs
1ish tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder

then do the same as above but cook it for less time.

Obviously you can put the 2 mixes together and bake the top and bottom at the same time.

For me, the icing is a bit of guess work, I never measure it out. I use about 150g butter, beat that until soft, add a drop of vanilla and then keep adding icing sugar a bit at a time until its a little thicker than what you need, then add a drop of milk at a time until I get the right, smooth consistancy. Chuck it in a pipping bag and away you go.

[kimjim]

Thank you dmbell and Jenny!

Sorry one last question if I can please What icing tip do you use and do you have a metal or a silicone mould?

Oops that was 2 questions!

Thanks again xxx

[dmbell]

My mould is a metal one.

I use a wilton 1M nozzle for the top, I usually spread a think layer of icing on the top first before i do the big swirl.

You can concertina some pretty wrapping paper to make a "cupcake case" if you dont want to ice the bottom part.

[EvansMum]

Ive got a silicone one off ebay. I love it!

I use a 1b nozzle and just kinda 'blob' it out onto the cake. I also do a thin 'crumb coat' of buttercream over the cake first as sometimes I get gaps inbetween the 'blobs' and it makes it look tidier.

[kimjim]

Thanks girls! Fingers crossed for me xxx