Wymeaka's World: Giant Skittles Cupcake Recipe

I made this yesterday and WOW! A huge hit in my household. Everyone loved it. Take a look and try it yourself. It is very simple.

Let's get started.

Giant Skittles Cupcake

Ingredients

· I also used my vanilla frosting to decorate, which you can find here http://wymeakasworld.blogspot.com/2013/08/super-easy-vanilla-buttercream-frosting.html

· Wilton Giant Cupcake cake pan

· Skittles of your choice

Method

· Preheat oven and bake the strawberry flavoured cake according to my recipe above. While the cake is baking make the frosting according to the recipe above.
· Make sure cake is ready to be removed from the oven by inserting a toothpick or a knife it on the middle if it comes out clean then the cake is ready.
· Cool the cakes in a pan on a wire cooling rack for about 30 minutes, then remove them from the pans and cool on wire racks until completely cooled.
· Place the cake which is the bottom of the cupcake into the freezer for 10-15 minutes (this allows clean cutting and less crumbs). Remove the cake from the freezer and place on and place on your cake board or serving plate. Take a very sharp knife and cut about and 1 ½ inches from the edge of the cake all around in a circle. Very carefully scoop out the middle of the cake (save the scooping).

· Carefully pour the skittles into your carved cupcake base, fill it up level with the base top.

· Take your buttercream and squirt a little onto the skittles and place the top of the cake onto the base. This will seal the cake.

· You are now ready to decorate anyway you would like.

I hope this has been as fun making as it has been for me. I love this cake and it’s great for surprises and guess what’s inside games.

As for the scooping you saved - Get a mug and layer the cake in the bottom, then jam, the cake, then jam, keep layering until you reach the top of the mug, now make a large swirl with your left over frosting.

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