I Had An Idea And I Wanted To Share It :-)
Decorating By crgsnbrown Updated 16 Feb 2007 , 7:21pm by jescapades
Ok so I was eating a pint of ben & jerry's the other night and since I've always got cake on the brain ( thanks a lot cake central 
I had an idea.
I thought, I wonder if I can make a really big cupcake in this thing, it seemed like the perfect shape and size. I've noticed a lot of tiered birthday cakes lately with a big cupcake as the topper, usually carved or shaped out of a smaller cake pan, so I thought this would be perfect for that.
So I cleaned out the container, and filled it about 2/3- 3/4 full of cake batter, and baked it ( set it in a cake pan for stability )
It worked! Here are the pictures of the process, I really roughly decorated it ,so it doesn't look pretty, I just wanted to test the idea really.
P.S.- The date on my camera is wrong, these are from today.
That is an excellent idea! I never thought you can put the ice cream container in the oven. I should get my favorite flavor: Phish Food! Thanks for sharing your idea.
Did you do anything special to keep the cake from sticking to the container when it was done?
Did you do anything special to keep the cake from sticking to the container when it was done?
Sorry about the double post, my comupter messed up when I clicked on submit. 
No I didn't do anything special to the carton first. I just greased it up pretty good with some cake release like I would any pan. 
That's great. We are always thinking aren't we? I visited my son at work (he works at an art supply store) and I was going crazy looking at the different tools that I could use on cakes. Crazy!
This is all I could find online about the containers : " unbleached paperboard container. The ECO-pint kraft paper containers are brown on the inside with a non-toxic white coating on the outside "
So I guess the coating might help it not to burn ? I'm not sure but it didn't burn or even seem remotely like it might in my oven.
We put paper baking cups in the oven all the time with cupcakes and they don't burn, so I assumed that it would be ok 
LOVE THIS LOVE THIS LOVE THIS!!!!!
hazelina82!!! Right there with ya girl! Just another reason for some phish food!!! WWWOOOOOOHHHOOOOO!!!!! LOL
Subaru,
You cracked me up with your post because I agree with you about looking at EVERYTHING as a cake idea. I'm very into digitizing on my sewing machine and there isn't a single embroidery shirt in the stores or wording out there that I don't view as a digitizing project, and now I see everything as a cake! Too funny. Glad I'm not the only one like this!
now i have an excuse to get ben and jerry's. husband will love it, he'll eat most of the ice cream.
Instead of eating all that ice cream and gaining all those pounds, I wonder if a stainless steel cup would work?? http://jas-townsend.com/images/large/s-3010.jpg Hmmm....
What a great idea! I never thought that you would be able to bake in a ice cream container.. Very Creative idea! 
I think that is a great idea. I was just wondering about the fumes from the paint on the carton and if the heat would cause the paint to catch fire. Just a thought, but not as good a thought as what you had!!
what a cute idea! I should stick my head into the freezer and see what i can come up with! lol
chunky monkey, here i come!
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