Take a look at these cool homemade Giant Cupcake cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
My daughter is to be the big 30 so I wanted to make her a giant cupcake cake for a surprise. I had to make the decorations first. I made two different flowers in assorted sizes and when these had hardened I coloured the centres of the flowers with some food colouring watered down with … Read more
This was my first attempt at a giant cupcake, for a 60th birthday at work. I made a really rich and moist chocolate mud cake, with vanilla butter cream through the middle and on the crumb coat. The cupcake case is made through chocolate fingers stuck onto the crumb coat and I piped the vanilla … Read more
I didn’t know what to get my friend for her 40th birthday so I offered to make her a cake for her party! She loved it. I used the color scheme of the party to choose cake colors and knew how much she loves chocolate! I used a silicone cake mold, it’s the 3rd time I … Read more
I made this giant cupcake as a smash cake for my 1-year-old daughter. I baked four round cakes and froze them. After taking them out of the freezer, I stacked 2 cakes and put frosting in the middle. Then I shaped into the base of the cupcake. After that, I added the 3rd cake and … Read more
Hi all. For this cake I used the giant cupcake tin I found at Kmart for $4!! Bargain!! So I filled the bottom section of the cupcake first and cooked for 15 mins and then added to the troop of tin and cooked for a further 45 mins. It does take quite a while for … Read more
I was asked by a friend of mine to make her daughter a giant cupcake made with chocolate sponge. I started by making the butterflies out of pink flower paste using a butterfly cutter, these were placed on a piece of foil shaped in a v shape so they dried with there wings up. I … Read more
I made this Giant Cupcake Birthday Cake for my daughter’s first birthday, my inspiration was her invitations. The cupcake is 2 6” cakes that I carved to make the shape, the top of the cupcake is the Wilton Giant Cupcake pan, the base of the cake is three 9” rounds. Both cakes are frosted with … Read more
This is a Giant Cupcake Birthday Cake I made for my niece’s 4th birthday. The pan I rented from a cake store. I used Duncan Hines chocolate cake mix, but I made a pound cake by adding a package of instant chocolate pudding and 4 eggs. I baked the top portion first then the bottom … Read more
This homemade cupcake cake for my daughter’s first birthday. She is my little cupcake so it seemed appropriate. I purchased the Wilton Giant Cupcake pan from my local craft store, and filled it with regular cake mix. Make sure you use enough batter or it wont rise all the way and it wont stack properly. … Read more
This cupcake birthday cake was for my daughter’s first birthday. I decided to try out fondant for the first time and was pretty happy with the outcome. I used two 9×2” round cake pans and the Wilton cupcake pan for the top. I used my kitchen aid mixer (with dough hook) to make the fondant … Read more
This Cupcake Birthday Cake is an 8 inch cake covered with fondant. I cut out the cupcakes out of fondant with a cookie cutter. The large cupcake on top was formed from rice crispy treat cereal, (bottom) and cake (top) and I also used fondant to cover the large cupcake. This was a fun and … Read more
I made this Giant Cupcake cake for my 13th birhtday party over the summer. I started by purchasing a Wilton cupcake pan and baked the cake in that. The flavor of the cake was funfetti. I let the cake cool and the next day I frosted the cake, one half at a time; the bottom … Read more