Mini Valentine's Cake Tutorial Alongside Dear Template

By tood 13 Mar, 2021 Post a Comment

Lillie, Lola in addition to I had some fun making some mini valentine's cakes final week. They brand a fun petty dessert thus I idea I would part how nosotros did it inwards illustration anyone wanted to brand some. I had seen several ombre cakes on pinterest in addition to idea it would last fun to try! I had planned on making this a iv layer cake thus nosotros made iv dissimilar shades of pinkish but I didn't brand them sparse plenty thus nosotros ended upward simply doing ii layers on each cake in addition to ended upward making viii two-layer cakes instead of iv four-layer cakes. Here's what they looked similar when you lot cutting into them:

So, the kickoff matter nosotros did was brand the cakes. I love homemade frosting but convey to acknowledge I honor cake mixes to last improve than homemade cake! For this nosotros simply used a Betty Crocker yellowish cake mix in addition to nosotros added graduation amounts of pinkish nutrient coloring. We used ii cakes mixes thus nosotros could brand iv 9" circular cakes, but if I were to produce it in i lawsuit again I would definitely simply occupation i cake mix in addition to brand the layers thinner in addition to perchance brand simply 3 9" circular cakes.

For the icing nosotros used my favorite cream cheese frosting that I got from my mom - when nosotros were petty this was the frosting she ever position inwards her homemade carrot cake. My parents in addition to sisters loved carrot cake but I was non a fan. I would simply consume off the delicious icing in addition to non behavior on my cake. =) Anyway hither is the recipe:

Cream Cheese Frosting:

3 Tbsp. butter

4 to five oz. cream cheese

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 Tbsp. maple syrup (I sometimes produce a total tablespoon)

3 cups confectioners sugar

Soften butter in addition to cream cheese thus add together the remainder of the ingredients until they are prissy in addition to smooth. Depending on how much icing you lot similar you lot mightiness desire to brand a petty extra frosting. We similar a lot of icing on our cakes. For the ii cake mixes nosotros made nosotros doubled the inwards a higher identify recipe in addition to it wasn't quite enough. It mightiness convey been plenty if it weren't for the fact that my helpers in addition to I actually similar to "sneak" licks of the frosting spell nosotros are working. If you lot simply similar a low-cal coating of icing in addition to you lot are making i cake mix for a total of iv mini cakes I mean value the inwards a higher identify recipe would last enough. If you lot similar a heavier coating of icing I would recommend doing nearly i in addition to a one-half times the inwards a higher identify ingredients.

Next I took a the overstep of a habiliment gift box in addition to cutting out iv circles. I used the circular cookie cutter I was going to occupation on my cakes to draw in addition to brand certain they were the correct size:

Now I position i of the cardboard circles on overstep of an upside downwards vase thus that I would last able to twist approximately it to frost the cakes (I am certain at that spot are to a greater extent than professional person things out at that spot made for this, but I ever simply occupation whatever I tin sack honor on hand). Then used a knife to reduce off the overstep of my cake a chip thus it would last a petty flatter in addition to I used my petty circular cookie cutter in addition to cutting out my kickoff layer. I had ii petty helpers thus this move was a chip messy. =)

I position the kickoff layer on in addition to thus added some frosting in addition to thus position on the 2nd layer.

Then I simply frosted the whole matter amongst a yummy cream cheese frosting (recipe above) in addition to added a cutout that said love. We added some glittery sprinkles to the cake in addition to some silvery glitter to the give-and-take dear because toddler sized girls LOVE glitter! =) Frosting the cake was a chip hard partly because I had ii petty helpers in addition to partly because I likely should convey refrigerated the cakes a chip thus they didn't crumble thus much. I had planned on doing something fancier for the frosting but inwards the goal it was simply easier to produce a really basic frosting chore on these. And yes, I know they are a petty on the messy side. =)

If you lot desire to brand your ain dear toppers hither is a template for the i nosotros made.

We made iv cakes that looked similar the i inwards a higher identify in addition to thus nosotros made a few to a greater extent than layered ones in addition to thus Lillie in addition to Lola also did some i layer ones in addition to had lots of fun adding all the sprinkles they wanted on those one.