How to Use the Cupcake Cake Pan
Party cake options once limited you to serving a layered cake, a sheet cake or individual cupcakes. Now, you can make a giant cupcake large enough to cut and serve as you would a traditional cake. To prepare one, you need a cupcake cake pan that has two parts, allowing you to bake both the bottom and the top portion of the cupcake cake at the same time. Stacking these atop one another results in a cupcake the size of a regular cake, a dessert to elicit "wows." Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 1 18.5 oz. box of cake mix, batter prepared according to instructions
- Cooking spray
- Flour
- Skewer
- Cooling rack
- Serving platter
- Cake frosting of your choice
- Spatula
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
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Spray the inside of both of the wells of the cake pan with cooking spray. Dust the insides with flour. Turn the pan upside down to shake out the excess.
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Prepare the cake batter according to the package directions. Pour 4-1/2 cups of the batter into the top portion (with the point) of the cupcake pan. Put the rest of the batter into the bottom half of the cupcake (the flat-bottomed half).
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Place the cake pan into the oven and bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes. Insert a skewer into the center of each well to test. Remove the cake from the oven when the skewer comes out without any crumbs sticking to it.
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Place the cake pan on the cooling rack and let the cake sit in the pan for 15 minutes. Turn the pan upside down over the cooling rack to deposit the cake halves onto the rack. Let them cool completely before assembling and frosting the cake, waiting at least 30 to 40 minutes.
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Place the bottom half of the cupcake upright onto a serving platter. Spread a thin layer of frosting on top of the cake with the spatula. Do not worry about the color of the frosting as this layer acts as the glue to hold the top portion of the cake on the bottom. Place the flat portion of the cake's top against the iced portion of the bottom half to create the cupcake shape. Finish covering the rest of the cake with frosting, if desired.
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Tips & Warnings
Substitute any homemade cake batter for the prepared, boxed cake mix. Limit homemade cake batters to those that can fit into this 10-cup capacity cupcake cake pan.
