Cupcakes are one of the most favorite comfort food and desserts. It is also easy to bake. Now, I will teach you how to bake a large cupcake with the very basic and easy steps that you can do at home.
Preparations in Baking a Large Cupcake
You no longer have to ask your friend how to bake a large cupcake or ask them to bake for you. You can now make your large cupcake! A little preparation before baking will take you a long way. You should make sure to pick a heavy and dense cake batter. It will help your cake keep its shape, and it will support its top part after putting it all together. You can add color to your batter mixture, or you can also use sprinkles or confetti to add life in your giant cupcake.
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups of crushed vanilla fudge sandwich cookies or 12 cookies broken into 1 ½-inch piece
- 1 maraschino cherry
- 1 recipe Champagne Buttercream
- 2 recipes Milk Chocolate Buttercream
- 3 recipes Go-To Vanilla Cupcakes batter
- All-purpose flour, for dusting
- Two 14.2-ounce tin chocolate fudge Pirouette cookies
- Unsalted butter, for greasing
- Multi-colored sprinkles, for decoration
Ingredients for Go-To Vanilla Cupcakes:
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine salt
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- ⅔ cup of sugar
- 1 ½ stick or 12 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
Ingredients for Milk Chocolate Buttercream:
- 2 sticks or 2 cups of unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 to 4 tablespoons milk
- 4 cups powdered sugar or 1-pound box
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
- Pinch fine salt
Ingredients for Champagne Buttercream:
- 2 sticks or 1cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3 to 4 tablespoons Champagne
- 4 cups powdered sugar or 1-pound box
- Pinch fine salt
Easy Steps and Procedures:
The following are steps and procedures on how to bake a large cupcake. Use four 8-inch cake pans, one 9-inch tempered glass mixing bowl, and two 8-inch cardboard cake rounds. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease the pan and lightly flour it.
- Beat the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, milk, butter, vanilla, and 2 eggs in a large stand mixer or mixing bowl. Mix the ingredients at a low speed for 1 minute.
- Add the egg whites. Mix at high speed until it becomes fluffy and smooth. This should take approximately 2 minutes.
- Pour the cupcake mixture into the pan. Note that it should be 2/3 full of batter.
- Put the cupcake pan onto a baking tray for easy handling. Wait for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the giant cupcake comes out clean.
- Trim off all the excess cake when it is done to fit together neatly.
- Put an icing at the base upside down with a buttercream frosting.
- Put a cover at the base of the cupcake with fondant icing. Trim off excess icing before turning over.
- Put an icing at the top of your cupcake base with a layer of buttercream.
- Put an icing at the top of your cake with buttercream frosting. You can stop until this step if you want a simple cake.
- If you’re going to put an icing with fondant at the top, run your hands through the grooves and trim the excess icing using a pair of scissors.
Easy Steps to Make Go-To Vanilla Cupcakes:
- Whisk the salt, flour, and baking powder together in a medium bowl.
- Beat the eggs and add sugar in another medium bowl. Mix until light and foamy for about 2 minutes. Gradually pour the melted butter and vanilla while beating the eggs.
- Add half of the flour mixture, then add all the milk and the remaining flour mixture. Do not overmix the batter.
Easy Steps to Make Milk Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
- Mix the butter in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
- Mix the powdered sugar and salt on a low speed. Add the vanilla and increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add 2 tablespoons of milk and adjust the consistency with extra milk as desired.
- Melt the chocolate then add it into the buttercream.
Easy Steps to Make Champagne Buttercream:
- Cream the butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
- Mix the powdered sugar and salt at a low speed.
- Add the Champagne and increase the speed to medium-high and mix until light and fluffy.
With the above steps, you already know how to bake a large cupcake, and you can now share your self-made treat with your friends and family.
Conclusion
Now that you already know how to bake a large cupcake, you can do it at your home. With these easy steps, you can make your own and customized large cupcake for yourself or your friends and family. Don’t forget to share this recipe with your friends! Learn more about cupcakes.