How to Make a Cupcake Cake

RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post by mariebal (51) | (11/25/2008) Contact I am confused about step 2. Would you tell me if I am using the leftover cake mix after making the 2 round cakes before making the cupcakes? When it say's "make as many as you desire" of cupcakes - how many can you make from what's left of the two round cakes? Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post By Kay (Guest Post) (10/27/2008) The first answer is correct, it is called a base-ice tip and you should put a dab of icing under each cupcake it will shift even with a little movement. And refrigeration helps to set the icing. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post By Kristy (Guest Post) (06/25/2008) Hi Everyone, Great idea's everyone. Check out www.makingcupcakecakes.com for detailed instructions with lots of pictures on how to make CupCake Cakes. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post By Estella (Guest Post) (03/26/2008) Wilton sells a wide (about 2") flat icing tip, get it at Michaels with a newspaper coupon for a couple of dollars. Then just put your cupcakes together in the shape you want (I did a pumpkin for Halloween.) If you're moving it by car, put a dab of icing underneath each one to hold in place, if not you don't need to. Just ice the whole top with the wide tip, you can use a freezer bag to hold the icing with a hole in one corner (barely let the opening of the tip fit through the hole, be careful not to make it too big). Then decorate any way you want. It's so easy to pull the cupcakes apart, and there isn't a ton of leftover (wasted) icing. I saw this in Women's Day magazine and it worked amazingly well. That tip can be re-used any time you want to ice a cake. Don't fill your cupcake papers too full, you want the tops to be flat. I use a 1/4 cup measure and do it quickly so it doesn't actually drop the full 1/4 cup. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post by Katie A. (202) | (03/25/2008) Blog! | Contact I'm pretty sure they use a form to hold the cupcakes in place while they are being frosted. In fact, perhaps the form goes with the item. If so, you could buy a cupcake cake the first time, then use the form to arrange them to make your own the next time. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post by meluvchris418 (24) | (03/25/2008) Profile | Contact hi,we just got one shaped like a cross for easter.they just put a lil bit of icing on the bottoms of the cupcakes to hold them in place.then the just iced the tops.then added roses across the top and down the center of the cross. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post by DGBurton (4) | (03/24/2008) Contact I have not made this myself but here is how it is done. Instructions Difficulty: Moderately Easy Things You'll Need: 2 boxes moist butter cake mix 1 1/2 tsp. of marshmallow flavoring 4 containers of white butter cream frosting 6 tsp. of marshmallow frosting Food coloring Plastic sandwich bags Step 1: Using the directions that are on the cake boxes make two round cakes. Step 2: Follow the directions on the box mix to make as many cupcakes as you desire. Step 3: Cool the cakes and cupcakes completely before you begin to assemble your cake. Step 4: Use 1/2 cup of butter cream frosting to sandwich round cakes together. Flatten the top layer, then cover the top and the sides with the remaining butter cream frosting. Step 5: Put the cake in the refrigerator and let it chill for 1 to 2 hours. Step 6: Take the remaining 2 pints of butter cream frosting and put it into four different bowls. Add a teaspoon and a half of marshmallow flavoring to each of the frosting bowls. Add different food colorings into each of the frosting bowls. Step 7: Pour the different colored frosting into four small sandwich bags with about 1/2 cup of each color. Use scissors and cut a small slit on one side of the bottom of each bag and lightly pipe varying sizes of dots on the layer cake. Step 8: Frost the cupcakes with the remaining colored butter cream frosting. Step 9: Stack the frosted cupcakes in a three-level pyramid on top of the cake to begin the layers of the cupcake cake. Step 10: Continue to build the pyramid by adding seven cupcakes to the bottom layer, three to the middle layer and one cupcake on top. Report Spam or Abuse RE: How to Make a Cupcake Cake Post By Samantha (Guest Post) (03/24/2008) Ok I did this one year fo rmy kids. First time I saw this was a couple of years ago at Walmart and they were pretty cheap about $17. The next year I did it myself, and I decided that after the price you pay for the cake and all the frosting and the time you put into it, it is worth the $17. To take care of the gaps you need a lot of frosting, ALOT! and you need to let it harden too for a while because it ends up getting really mushy and really dirty, good luck and post a pic Report Spam or Abuse