I Did It, The Cupcake Cake!

Well never say never, right? My sister in law has been begging me for a while for one of those "Cupcake cakes" from all the commercials. You know those one commercials out there that show you items that your life wouldn't be complete without them. Well of course my sister in law was sold on it the minute she saw it and I think she pushed it so much on me because she knew how much I was against it. Gotta love her. ; ) I guess the reason I was against it was because it came from one of those commercials. It is not a bad item and I guess the commercials work because I know I was eventually begging for a "Snuggie" for me and my chihuahua Bella. LOL. Don't judge me. Anyways I decided because she had her pioneer school coming up it was a good time to surprise her with her cupcake cake. I couldn't believe that I was now searching for the pan that I had been refusing to even use, let alone buy. I guess I could've been Super Cake Boss and carved it but I was looking for easy. LOL. I found the cake pan and I got it on sale. I love sales and coupons. I had to bake and decorate the cake at my friends house because I didn't want my sister in law to see it.

Well it worked out. My mom told me two cake boxes and I didn't think it needed that much but "safe than sorry" is what we go by. I ended up having enough batter for mini cupcakes and a small cake, which was my small payment to my friend for her house and help. A chocolate cupcake cake filled with a chocolate whipped moose, NOT Oreo Filling (LOL), and frosted with cream cheese frosting. I decided to make a mock cupcake paper cup out of fondant and I frosted the top with a pastry bag and tip. To complete the decorations I placed sugar roses on the cupcake cake that I had made while I was waiting for it to bake and cool. Then surrounding the cake were mini chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate whipped frosting. Milk anyone?

I was very nervous whether or not the cake would make it to the school but with good support it made it and was able to provide the surprise I wanted. I would've loved to have been there but I knew she was going to be happy and the picture of the empty cake plate at the end was good proof of the yumminess of it all. So maybe I should take a chance once and a while on items that may seem cheesy or kinda silly and see if with a little bit of creativity, I can't transform it into something awesome.