Recently on a local news program, a reporter and some friends tested out an "As Seen on TV" product. giant-cupcake1 In this case, it was a silicone pan set that would make a cake that looked like a giant cupcake.

How can you miss?  Who doesn't love cupcakes?

Cupcakes are not just for kids anymore.   There are entire bakeries devoted just to cupcakes--and these cupcakes are absolutely works of art.  They're pricey too:  one "cupcakery" charges $27.50 per dozen, and another gets $33 for a dozen delicious mini-cakes.

That's a lot of buttercream, folks.  And that might have sparked the "let's make it at home" movement.  I'm all for that--it's fun to bake cakes at home, and you can customize the decorating to suit your family's preferences.

You'd want to know ahead of time, though, if a specialty cake pan is going to do the job for you.  There were some interesting surprises on that news segment--but the family did conclude that they enjoyed baking together, and the result was delicious, if not picture-perfect.

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