How to Make a Giant Chocolate Cupcake
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Make this Mouthwatering Chocolate Giant Cupcake in 10 Simple Steps!
I am often asked how to make my Giant Chocolate Cupcake because it is always a hit when I take one to a get-together. This giant cupcake is very simple to make, let me show you how.
I took pictures as I put it all together, it was so easy! I thought I would share the 10 easy steps I used to make it.
I have to confess in advance....I made it really easy on myself...I cheated a little. Instead of my homemade cake and frosting, I used boxed cake mixes and canned frosting.
A little side note, I think there is a big difference in boxed cake mixes when it comes to flavor and moisture.
My choice for cake mix and frosting is (drum roll, please) Betty Crocker.
With that said, lets get started.
I took pictures as I put it all together, it was so easy! I thought I would share the 10 easy steps I used to make it.
I have to confess in advance....I made it really easy on myself...I cheated a little. Instead of my homemade cake and frosting, I used boxed cake mixes and canned frosting.
A little side note, I think there is a big difference in boxed cake mixes when it comes to flavor and moisture.
My choice for cake mix and frosting is (drum roll, please) Betty Crocker.
With that said, lets get started.
Supplies and Ingredients for a Giant Chocolate Cupcake:
The Easy Recipe!
1 Wilton Giant Cupcake Pan (found below)2 Betty Crocker Cake Mixes, plus eggs, oil and water
1 Can Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting
About 1 1/2 cup of Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chunks
Cake plate or prepared cake board
1 Wilton Large Drop Flower #2D Decorating Tip
Wilton Disposable 12 Inch Decorating Bags
How to Make a Giant Chocolate Cupcake in 10 Steps:
The Easy Instructions!
Step 1- Prepare your 'Giant Cupcake' Pan (see below) by spraying the inside with cooking spray and coating with flour (be generous). You may want to coat it with cocoa powder instead of flour to give it a chocolaty look on the outside instead of a white powdery look.Step 2- Prepare your cake mixes according to package instructions, I added a cup of Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chunks to the cake mix just for some added fun and flavor.
THE WILTON GIANT CUPCAKE PAN!
A must have to make GIANT CUPCAKES
Wilton 2105-5038 Giant Cupcake Pan
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 06/01/2012)
Ya gotta have one of these easy-to-use GIANT CUPCAKE PANS to make a GIANT CUPCAKE!
Step 3- Fill both sides of your 'Giant Cupcake' Pan with the cake mix to about 2/3-3/4 full. There will be a little cake mix left over.I just make another small cake or some small cupcakes for the kids to decorate.
Step 4- Bake at 350 degrees F until a toothpick inserted in to the center of the cupcake bottom comes out clean. I started checking it at about 30-35 minutes.
Times will vary, every oven is different.
Step 5- Allow your Giant Cupcake to cool completely.Then remove from pan by loosening any cake that is stuck to the pan with a butter knife.
Turn the pan upside down onto a cookie sheet or plates.
We're halfway there!
Step 6- Cut top off both the top and the bottom of the Giant Cupcake with a cake knife or a serrated knife. Place bottom of cupcake on a cake plate or prepared cake board.The tops of my cakes disappear fast around here. My 6 children are usually circling around me like vultures to devour them after I cut them off.
How to put a tip in a cake decorating bag:
Step 7- Using the following instructions, place decorating tip #2D in to a 12 inch decorating bag, fill bag with frosting to about 2/3 full.
Put tip 2D into decorator bag and mark bag about 1/2 inch from end of tip .
Pipe frosting on top of cupcake bottom to make a 'glue' to hold the top on.
Then carefully place the top of the Giant Cupcake on top of the bottom with point up.Now for the Icing! The fun part!
Other Things I Used...
to make my Giant Chocolate Cupcake!
Decorating Your Giant Chocolate Cupcake:
Keep going...don't stop...
Keep piping, hang in there, you're almost done! 
You are Done!Giant Chocolate Cupcake top iced!
Wait, there is one more step...it's optional.
ENJOY!!!
P.S. There will be a small argument over who gets the ONLY cupcake!
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What is your favorite kind of cupcake?
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blackspanielgallery
May 23, 2012 @ 9:36 pm | delete
- Nice lens
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gonzalezdenise
May 21, 2012 @ 11:02 pm | delete
- Great lens.
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gonzalezdenise
May 21, 2012 @ 10:57 pm | delete
- Pound cake is my favorite.
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KateHon
May 16, 2012 @ 10:57 pm | delete
- Chocolate cupcakes are awesome, but a giant chocolate cupcake would be super-awesome! Congrats on being featured on being featured on the chocolate monsterboard!
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acreativethinker
May 16, 2012 @ 9:30 pm | delete
- Chocolate Chip cupcakes are yummy, but so are Dark Chocolate Cake cupcakes. Nice lens, thanks for sharing. :)
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glowchick Mar 12, 2012 @ 12:53 pm | delete
- The only thing better than a chocolate cupcake is a GIANT chocolate cupcake YUM!!!
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TheLifestyleChanger
Mar 5, 2012 @ 2:48 am | delete
- Where would we be without Betty Crocker?
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RomanticMe
Feb 15, 2012 @ 8:56 am | delete
- mmmmhhhhh chocolate
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navalava
Feb 15, 2012 @ 3:00 am | delete
- Yummy! I am addicted to chocolate. You are not helping! :)
Will try this one as well.
Great lens!
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