Chocolate Giant Cupcake Recipe

Lots of you have requested cake recipes for a giant cupcake tin, so I thought I’d put them on the blog for you all to use. You can pretty much use any cake recipe but how much? I have to admit in the past I’ve just made a big old batch of cake mix, filled up the tin and then used the extra for cupcakes, so you don’t have to you’ll be pleased to hear I’ve worked out quantities for you!

Ingredients:

225g butter, softened

410g caster sugar

4 eggs, large

90g self-raising flour

280g plain flour

1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

90g cocoa powder

300ml milk

45ml (3 tbsps) vinegar (malt or white wine vinegar is fine)

I’ve tested three different giant cupcake tins and they all take practically the same amount of mix and is the equivalent to a 10″ cake tin recipe.

I know lots of you bake the base and the top separately but in all honesty I’m too impatient for that and in fact there’s only a five minute difference between the top being done and the base fully cooked through, certainly not enough to excessively dry out the top, so shoot me the base and top get baked together!

First up prep your tin – a really important step in getting it out whole. Spray cake release is by far the easiest but greasing with butter will do just the same, just make sure you grease every nook and cranny.

Place a circle of baking paper in the bottom of the base.

Now on with the cake….

Preheat the oven to 140c (fan)/160c/Gas Mark 3. A longer gentler bake means that the cake doesn’t take on a hard thick crust.

Measure the milk and vinegar into a jug, quick stir and then set it to one side.

Cream together the butter and sugar until it’s nice and fluffy – no skimping on this stage please! If you don’t get enough volume into it now, you won’t have enough to fill your tin.

Beat in the eggs one at a time making sure the mix goes light and fluffy again after each.

Now you need to mix in all the dry ingredients and the milk/vinegar mix until it’s evenly incorporated.

Time to fill up the tin.

Fill the top first – and roughly level – fill it to about 2cm short of the rim.

Now add the rest of the cake mix to the base section – this one will have slightly more space to the top of the rim but as it contains more mixture it’s got more oomph to rise. Roughly level them both with the back of a spoon.