I wanted to use the giant cupcake pan to make a popcorn bucket cake for our church movie night. I thought I might just pipe a "cloud effect' forthe popcorn, but I've seen so many nice popcorn cakes here, I was wondering how you did it?

also, any advice on how to make 2 giant cupcake pan cakes stand up to make a 3-D bucket?

From what i've seen in picture a lot of people use fondant for their popcorn. It looks like a popcorn sized ball with a proportional flower cut out attached to the bottom.

I saw someone used Marshmellows for the popcorn and just cut then in quarters on one end to give it the popcorn effect. You could then buy a can of the yellow Color mist (if you don't have an airbrush) and spray that on for butter =)

As for the cupcakes standing up for a bucket shape... I am not sure I can help you. But I might suggest baking 3-4 of the same size round cake then stacking them and trimming them from the top to the bottom to get the tapered bucket.

hope this helps. Can't wait to see your cake.

Leily

I've done a popcorn cake.. I used buttercream and it was really easy. I used a round tip (probably a 4 or 5). I piped on large ball and then attached 2-3 smaller balls to it. After doing that all over the cake I went back with a brush and some brown coloring to make the center.

Here's a picture..

Thanks!! TammyAZ that's awesome!

I was actually reading how to make a popcorn cake on one of CP's books. She also uses buttercream and just pipes little balls all over. Not only does it sound easy but fuuuuun.

-S