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Cute Mini Cakes For Beautiful Celebrations


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  • Author: Emily Jane
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 44 mini cakes 1x

Description

Birthdays call for themed decorations and cakes. Mini cakes are delicate pieces of art that enhance the beauty of any celebration, whether weddings or birthdays. The colorful decorative cakes are show-stoppers and eye-catching!

I attended my best friend Giselle’s wedding in France, and the famous Petit fours caught my attention there. Petit fours are small decorative cakes, meaning “small oven” in French, often served at celebrations. John’s tenth birthday was also around the corner.

I decided to make mini fancy cakes, and countless ideas flashed in my mind. It was not only a great idea but also a fun experience for John and me. While making the batter, I added Nutella chocolate flavor because John is Augustus from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. He is wildly obsessed with chocolate, most precisely ‘A Chocolate Ghost’. John and his friends loved the mini cakes’ ideas, and they were like spying on these cake stands.


Ingredients

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For a Single sheet cake (It makes a single cake sheet. Repeat the recipe for a second layer cake)

  • 125g butter, at room temperature and unsalted
  • 125g sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla syrup
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 30g of Nutella or any other chocolate cream
  • 2 medium-sized eggs
  • 100g all-purpose flour

For Nutella Frosting

  • 160g dark chocolate
  • 120 g Nutella chocolate

For Decorations

  • Ruby (pink) chocolate
  • Semo sweet chocolate
  • Sprinkles
  • White chocolate
  • Brown chocolate (mix of dark brown and white chocolate)

Instructions

Notes

  1. The main secret of getting more level cakes is the temperature. The cake dome occurs when the temperature is high and the sides of the cake become hot. This causes the corners of the cake to brown faster, and then the middle part of the cake rises, forming a dome. To avoid this problem, the temperature should be ideal for an even layer. The temperature range that works best is 160-170°C.
  2. Don’t cool the cake in a sheet pan. It will become stiff and may become difficult to remove from the pan. Cooling the cake after baking is necessary to avoid crumbling.
  3. If you can’t find ruby chocolate, you can make pink chocolate by adding a few pink food colors in white melted chocolate. Make brown chocolate by mixing white chocolate and dark chocolate. Experiment with different colors according to your theme.
  4. The parchment paper should also be on the side so the cake does not leak and form uneven edges. Carefully line the pan with parchment paper. If necessary, hold the paper with holders to level the edges.
  5. Remember, cake decoration is your creativity. You can cut cute small cakes in different shapes, like circles, squares, or hearts, and decorate them with strawberries, blueberries, and other fruits. Other decorations are edible flowers, sprinkles, edible glitter, and frostings.
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: French, American