My Giant (Almost) Cupcake

You will soon see why I say "almost." It wasn't pretty... but I'm sharing anyway because it was yummy! This is not a cooking blog and I don't plan on making it one. I do like to bake, but I don't do it very much because I hate cleaning up the mess. But here is my completely made-from-scratch giant almost cupcake.




I used one of those giant cupcake pans. I know you know what I'm talking about. Unless you have never watched TV of course... I got the cake recipe here. Yes it makes a difference whether you use cake flour or regular flour. Use the cake flour!!

I got the icing recipe here. I just used regular milk instead of cream though.

I filled the cake with strawberries sprinkled with sugar. It would also be nice to use macerated strawberries. This was a last minute addition so I just sliced them and sprinkled them with sugar. Also, I'm not old enough to cook with wine ;)

Here is the (over) filled cake. I put too much of the strawberries in so when I sat the top on it....

...the walls of the bottom layer gave way. So I just slathered it with the icing and we ate it :)

The cake was moist and delicious in spite of how it looked. I thought the icing was too rich, but I don't like overly sweet things. The strawberries really made the cake though.

***WARNING*** This cake is not for those watching their weight or for those with heart/cholesterol issues. Together, the cake and icing contain an entire POUND of butter!! That's FOUR sticks!!!