Sherwood Home Giant Cupcake Mould/Big Top Cupcake Bake Set/Baking

Purchased this cheap version of the giant cupcake tin as I had wanted one for ages but couldn't bring myself to spend £30 or so quid on a cake tin I will only use a few times a year - times are hard! I have had silicone bake ware before so I know it works; you just have to ignore the odd smell from it the first few times you use it and it doesn't seem to affect the taste of the cake at all. I used sunflower oil brushed inside the mold and then dusted with flour to help to release the cake - again, too skint to buy 'proper' cake release spray, which I'm told is great,and then unashamedly cheated and mixed 4 packets of cake mix together as this time I was being 'helped' by a 5 yr old and so we went for speed over style! Worked absolutely perfectly -4 PACKETS OF MIX FAR TOO MUCH 'tho, I had to trim off a good small cakes worth to get the tops level - 3 packets would be about right I reckon. I just set my oven at the temp suggested on the packet and after a while just kept poking my trusted old knitting needle in to test for 'doneness' in the usual way. Obviously the pointy top cooks quicker than the big bottem! Overall great fun and masses of scope for going mad with the icing and decorations on such a large scale. Stuck mine together with jam and butter-cream - yum!

I bought this item to make a giant cupcake for my girlfriend's birthday. I'm a complete cake novice so it took me three attempts to get the desired result as instructions (and ability) were lacking.Don't let this put you off though, the end result is impressive and well worth it!I was also very impressed with the durability of the silicone. During my second attempt I put a lot of cake mixture in the mould which took a while to bake, unfortunately I had started late at night and ended up falling asleep watching TV. I woke up 2 hours later, cake was ruined but the mould was fine all be it a little hot. After it had cooled down the mould cleaned up really well and was completely undamaged!

Ordered this mould and was a bit nervous because of the mixed reviews and I have never used silicone bakeware before. When it came it was not Big Top as advertised (JUMBO Cupcake), however for the price I am really impressed. I am fairly new to baking so I followed the instructions and recipe from Laralans review and I am really happy with my cupcake and it looks fab decorated! I did find that the base and top took the same amount of time to cook 1hr 20m but this will be due to all ovens being diffent so keep an eye on your cake. As the other reviewers have said the key is in the greasing and cooling, I greased mine with butter making sure I got into the spaces and let it cool completely before trying to remove, by that time the cakes had come away from the mould on their own. I did get a bit of a funny smell from the moulds every now and then while they were cooking but this did not effect the cake when it was finished. For the price these moulds are brilliant and if you follow Laralans instructions I don't think you can go wrong.

Well, i bought this as a christmas gift for my friend, she loves cupcakes and i thought this would be pretty cool, now she can make the ultimate cupcake!i am impressed with the product, usually i wouldn't open the box (as it is a gift) but it was already open (!), i took it out and was pleased with what it is, it looks legit and easy to use and clean, i can see my friend using this. my only moan is about the packaging, the box was crumpled, it was open and i'm not pleased, it looks like i've bought it off a dodgy knock-off market stall, either it was the company or (most likely) royal mail (don't get me started!) i think that the reason the box is damaged is because there was no packaging around the box to keep it protected, this is probably because it's extremely hard to break silicone, but still, a broken box is a broken box, not exactly what i wanted to see my friend see when she rips off the wrapping paper.As none of the other customers have said anything about the packaging, i'm assuming it's a one off. i would buy this product again for myself (i love cooking) and i would recommend it to others.happy baking! :)

As a seasoned cake maker I was sceptical about silcone and the actual size of this mould for a celebration cake. The metal versions are 6 times the price so it was worth a try for the money. I took into consideration the reviews but you have to vary the heat settings and recipes to suit your own appliances. I washed the mould in boiling soapy water before use, sprayed it liberally with cooking oil and left it for a day. I sprayed it again before baking and the bottom half was succesful while the top stuck a little and was not cooked properly. The cake needs to bake for a lot longer than suggested {I have a fan oven} 2nd attempt was perfect. My chocolate cake recipe is 9oz of SR flour sifted together with 1oz cocoa and 1+ 1/2 teaspns baking powder,10oz Stork soft beaten well add 10oz caster sugar and beat again. Gradually add 10oz of beaten eggs with a desertspoonful of flour mix to prevent curdling{all done in a mixer}.Fold in remaining flour with a metal spoon and divide between moulds. Bake on seperate trays at the same time on the same shelf at 160 for 25 mins then turn heat down to 150 for a further 40 to 45 mins. Test to make sure thy are cooked and leave to cool for 5 mins before turning upside down on a cooling rack covered with a j cloth to stop the fresh sponge breaking through the rungs. when cold cut both spoges in half and sandwich with chocolate spread. Ready to decorate.

Was not impressed with this product at all. I bought it to make a birthday cake for my daughter. I used a recipe I have used many times before to make little cakes. The cake took much longer to bake than stated in instructions, took about an hour to bake and by the time the mixture was cooked in the middle the outside was burnt. So I tried again putting the oven tray lower and turning down the heat a little, still the same result. Its also very tricky to remove cakes from mould, and yes I did grease them.