I was a little nervous using it for the first time because I had read reviews and suggestions for it and there was a problem with the sizes of the top and bottom being different and baking differently. I followed a recommendation to fill the bottom, bake it for 10 minutes and then fill the top and finish baking. Towards the end of the baking time I was concerned about the bottom being over baked. Then I was concerned that I didn't spray the sides well enough and they would stick. Both fears proved to be unfounded.
Then I became super adventurous by creating a wrapper for the cupcake out of candy melts. (I found these directions helpful.) I've never done anything like it and there was a serious possibility that it would crack or fall apart. I figured if that happened I would just use the buttercream icing to frost the sides or just leave the sides of the cupcake as cake.
Fortunately, it worked out really well. The top edge was a little uneven but I wasn't concerned. Chris nervously pointed out that the cupcake probably wouldn't fit into the candy wrapper since they were make in the same pan. I reassured him and said I had planned on trimming the cake to fit into the wrapper.
I was going to cover the big cupcake with rosettes made with my star tip, but it looked awful. I'll have to practice that one. I just smoothed down the rosettes and added three on the side. The rosettes did look great on the individual cupcakes.
The one thing I would do differently is to possibly slice the base of the cupcake and add a layer of icing. Or I saw an example of hollowing out some of it and adding fruit. Yum! Otherwise, this worked out great and I'm looking forward to doing it again.
