OK does anyone have a decent receipe to use with a silicone giant cupcake maker.

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DC has one of these and is pushing me to make a cake using it - the "ideas" booklet says "use a packet cake mix" i'm afraid hell will freeze over before I waste time cooking something that tastes, and has the texture of the box its in.

Ideas appreciated!!

I have one of these, and this is the recipe I use

7 eggs
350g sr flour
350g butter/marg
350g sugar
splash vanilla and milk

Beat marg and sugar til pale, add eggs, one at a time, with a spoon of flour, then fold in remaining flour until just combined. Put the mix into the base first, up to the line then put the remainder in the top. Put the base in the oven @ 150 for 10 mins before adding the top. Bake for about another hour. Leave to cool for about half an hour before trying to turn it out or it will break up

Join together with buttercream, it will last about a week at room temp. Don't put it in the fridge, they go dry very quickly

Thanks - it would have been nice if they had put a basic recipe in the booklet, packet mix (pah!)

I'm sure I can adapt to chocolate/lemon/almond from this.

I've got a lovely choc one too, its a little long winded but so lovely you won't think twice about using it!

220g Butter or marg
220g Dark chocolate
6tsps instant coffee
160mls water
125g sr flour
125g plain flour
50g cocoa powder
1/2 tsp bicarb
480g caster sugar
4 eggs
35ml vegetable oil
110ml sour cream(if you don't have sour cream, mix a tsp lemon juice with the 110m milk and leave to stand for 10/15 mins)

Melt chocolate, butter, coffee and water in a pan on a low heat.
Sift the dry ingredients together (flour, cocoa, bicarb) stir in sugar.
In a separate bowl whisk eggs, oil and sour cream together.
Pour egg mix and chocolate mix into the dry ingredients, mix well
Pour into cake tin and cook 160c
Bake for about an hour for the giant cupcake, sometimes needs 5 minutes longer. Again, leave it to cool for about half an hour before turning out

Have fun!

I would use (sorry, don't have it to hand so you will have to google it) Nigella's buttermilk birthday cake recipe - it is firm enough to hold it's own weight, where lighter cakes would collapse, but is moist.

I have one and I think a packet mix is equivilent to an 8inch round cake.

DD asked me up buy her one of those.
I told her to bog off!

I've not heard anything good about them, and I own half the JML catalogue!

Would you have a link to the mould? Sounds interesting, it would make a great birthday cake, wouldn't it?

I got this one and it was great Cupcake

Thank you.

Thats the same one we have. BUT it was lovely - thanks imnota - forgot to set the timer so I think it took a bit longer in my oven but we iced with the butttercream icing from Mary Berrys butterfly cakes and decorated with sprinkles and jelly tots.

I did think I would make it and then ebay the kit when DC wasnt looking but Im pretty sure we will be using it again, everyone loved it!!