Arieldonenow

I posted a few weeks about my decision to try using the Wilton giant cupcake pan again for my daughter's second birthday. My first attempt wasn't exactly as successful as I wanted it to be. I decided for her second birthday to make her a Minnie mouse giant cupcake using the same cake pan. Anyone who has used this giant cup cake pan can tell you it's a little trickier than average, but I always love a good challenge. I decided that after my first attempt, I had to change several things in order to get  the results I wanted. Since the cake pan is made by Wilton I went on their website and read through all the information and customer comments about the giant cupcake pan and realized that the best results seemed to always come from using a modified boxed cake mix rather than a cake mix from scratch. If you know me, you'll know that the thought of baking a cake from a box mix goes against every fiber of my being. Not because there is anything terribly wrong with box mixes b...

It is such a cliche to say this, but I truly can't believe my daughter turns two this month!! I am ridiculously excited about it and can't wait to bake her birthday cake. Last year I attempted the giant cupcake using the Wilton cake pan, and it wasn't exactly as successful as I would haved liked. After much consideration I decided to use the same cake pan again with a new twist.this time her cake will be a Minnie Mouse themed giant cupcake complete with ears and a bow! I've seen so many adorable versions of mini and giant cupcakes decorated to looking Minnie Mouse I simply had to try it myself. My daughter loves her Minnie Mouse hats and Minnie Mouse toys so she will be genuinely excited to see a cake like that. She has also started to understand the concept of celebrating birthdays with cake and even sings happy birthday to Elmo.. So she will really enjoy this birthday!!  I think I've learnt a lot from my last attempt using this pan and I'm hopeful it's go...