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Old 09-21-2008, 12:28 AM
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so i made about 225 cupcakes for my friends wedding (carrot and homemade confetti) and she wanted the giant wilton cupcake as well. that thing was such a pain to decorate! but here is one pic... the giant one was not assembled all the way, its still on the cardboard for transport. you get the idea!

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Old 09-23-2008, 01:55 AM
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looks nice! Does giant cupcake seem like an oxymoron? When does a cupcake become a cake? Yours is in a cupcake wrapper, so it must still be a cupcake.
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Old 09-23-2008, 06:46 PM
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Pff.....a little while back my art student cousin started asking me weird cake and icing questions. Turns out she was making a cupcake large enough for her and 2 of her classmates to sit in and pick at for an art show. Can't seem to find any pictures, but THAT was a giant cupcake

P.S. It was a lot of 9x13 cakes stacked, iced on top with "shortening-cream"
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Old 09-23-2008, 07:09 PM
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looks nice! Does giant cupcake seem like an oxymoron? When does a cupcake become a cake? Yours is in a cupcake wrapper, so it must still be a cupcake.
To answer your question, it is no longer a "cupcake" when it is no longer cooked in a cup.

But seriously, looks sweet. I say we, as a forum, get in the Guiness book of world records for the largest "cupcake" ever made......






And EATEN! LOL!
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I just worked at a cupcakery earlier this year and we offered the giant cupcake. It became my enemy. They 2 sides weren't done at the same time, so we had to use one pan for each part of the cupcake. It was a pain to decorate, even after we developed a system. You have to be SO careful. If the botom part cracks at all, you're dead. We filled the inside a bit so the proprortions are worth 30 bucks.

Good to know I'll never have to bake one of those again. I was about to kill myself. Cupcakes make me want to kill myself.
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Old 09-27-2008, 05:30 PM
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Cupcakes make me want to kill myself.
they are so cute, and yet so evil!
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Yeah.. if anyone would know, I WOULD. I never want to eat another one again.. but I'm really good at making them.
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i do love cup cakes just because of its cup shape and yummy taste
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