Giant Cupcake - Classic Ice-Cream Swirl Style! A Cupcake Addiction How To Tutorial

A gorgeous Giant Cupcake decorated in a classic, spiral topped swirl design. If you love cupcakes, you'll love this MASSIVE cupcake even more - the perfect birthday cake for pretty much anyone!

In my opinion, there is nothing NOT to love about this design - it's the quintessential cupcake, reinvented in plus size!

Link to Buttercream Frosting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_xqvYCfrpU
Link to Modelling Chocolate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihemVp1EcY
Link to Giant Cupcake Basics 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG3n1OHwMYk
Link to Giant Cupcake Basics 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekRTQZPxtRA
Link to Giant Cupcake Basics 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJfs8gBbC8Q
Link to How to Ice a Cake Board: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGZfKH8Y1Xo


Tools&Equipment:
Giant Cupcake in giant cupcake case (see basics series - link above)
Modelling chocolate or fondant in your desired colours (I used ink and white, a little blue and some purple)
Cake Board (I iced mine to match the colours)
Buttercream frosting (a single batch should do - I put mine in a piping bag with a loyal #20 plastic piping tip)
Large red candy - gobstopper, choc orange ball, gumball - roll a ball of red fondant
Paintbrush
Water
Pizza Cutter
Fondant Roller
Corn flour (starch) or icing sugar for dusting surface
Off-set spatula or butter knife

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Happy Giant Cupcak-ing :) xx Elise