Mini Carrot Cakes

Carrot cake is a staple dessert to have for Easter so how about we we make carrot cake carrots! These are easily made using a pizza cake slice mold and then simply decorating them to look like carrots. A great addition to your Easter dessert table.

What you’ll need:

• Pizza Cake Mold

• Bakery Bling Orange Glittery Sugar

• Piping Bags

• Piping Tips (Wilton 3 & Wilton 32)

• Parchment Paper

• Favorite Carrot Cake Recipe

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How to Make

You can opt for any flavor cake you’d like, but for the purpose of this theme, I made carrot cake. I like to make things easy so I went with Duncan Hines Carrot Cake mix.

Mix up the batter then using an ice cream scoop, add about 1 1/2 scoops into each cavity. Then bake them per the instructions on the package. I usually follow timing for cupcakes, but be sure to check them to be sure you’re not over baking.

While baking, you can make your frosting. If you’d like to make your own American Buttercream, you can use my recipe and tips to help you.

HOW TO MAKE AMERICAN BUTTERCREAM

However, you can certainly use a store bought frosting for these. Cream cheese frosting would pair really nicely.

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Author: Kristen Tagliaferri

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Mini Carrot Cake Carrots

Carrots but make them cake. Delicious little carrots made of carrot cake!

Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 35 Min

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Ingredients

For the Cake

• Box of Duncan Hines Carrot Cake Mix

For the Frosting

• 4 sticks (or 1 lb) of unsalted butter
• 6-7 Cups powdered sugar
• 3-4 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

For the Cake

1. Preheat your oven to 325F
2. Prepare the batter
3. Prep the pizza cake mold with baking or non-stick spray
4. Using an ice cream scoop, add about 1 1/2 scoops to each cavity
5. Place a sheet pan underneath the mold to keep it flat
6. Bake for about 20 minutes; checking for doneness at around 18 mins. Adjust time as needed

For the Buttercream

1. Recipe and instructions are detailed here. You can also use store bought frosting if preferred
2. Take 1 cup of buttercream and add to a small bowl to color green (for the carrot leaves)
3. Color the remaining frosting orange

Decorating the Mini Carrot Cakes

1. Using a piping bag (or ziplock) add orange frosting to the top of each triangle cake.
2. Turn upside on to parchment paper and press down slightly (this should be done on top of a cookie sheet)
3. Freeze for 20 minutes to harden and set
4. Add the remaining orange frosting to a piping bag that is fit with a Wilton #3 round tip
5. Remove the chilled cakes from the freezer and carefully peel from the parchment paper
6. Pipe lines across the cakes in a zig zag pattern then top with the Orange Glittery Sugar; using as much or as little as you'd like
7. Using a Wilton tip #32 with green frosting, pipe the carrot leaves on top

Notes

• Be sure cake has completely cooled before adding frosting
• Use gel food coloring as opposed to water based. This will help keep your frosting from thinning out and will provide a brighter color

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