I made these little cakes the other day after seeing a post on the ohjoy blog. The way they turned out made me laugh. I had visions of folding over the tabs to create a little cake thats cup could turn in to its box. As usual though i was a tad over generous when adding the mixture and they rose to much, turning into these little bread loaf looking things. I made the boxes from 15cm x 15cm grease proof paper, you can find the box making instructions here. I used a recipe for maderia cake but i was thinking it might be good for christmas cake, which i dont think would rise much and could maybe even sit and mature for a while once folded. (the picture below was what i was intending initially)

I cut the top off one of the cakes (by cut.. i mean i ate it!:) so you could see what it might look like had they not risen as much.