Recently mini cakes have become so popular; think bento and lunchbox cakes, but let’s make them even smaller. I have really fallen in love with the trend of mini baking, so this week I thought I would share with you how to make your own miniature cake.
Is there anything more fun or cuter than a mini cake. Designed to look like a miniature version of a larger cake, these cakes make the perfect individual gifts. Maybe you have someone who doesn’t eat a lot of cake, these are the perfect size!
Making a mini cake
So how mini is mini? To make my layers of cake I used a 2 inch round cookie cutter which was the exact size of the base of my cupcake. You could also make a round or square cake and use the cutter to cut out the different layers, but by using a cupcake it saved a lot of wastage. So maybe if you have a spare cupcake why not give a mini cake a try!
Watch how to make the cutest mini drip cake
Tips for covering your mini cake in buttercream
If you have ever tried to cover a small cake you will know, the smaller you go the lighter the cake gets. Without the weight of the cake it can be a little tricky to cover as it moves around. In order to cover the mini cake in buttercream I actually started by making my buttercream a little softer than normal. I added a little more milk, which meant I was able to smooth it on a little easier.
I also used a bamboo skewer to hold my cake still whilst I added the crumb coat. You may think as the cake is so mini you can just do one layer, but I think the crumb coat is so important. Once this is added it makes the cake so much more stable. You can then really perfect the outer layer. The best bit is the outer layer takes a fraction of the time of covering a normal larger cake, and is so satisfying.
Adding the little details
For this cake I added some small drips to the side, some mini swirls on the top and a little piped boarder around the edge. The cake also featured a drip using the ready made drip from Happy Sprinkles. I added this into a piping bag and made a tiny cut in the end to get the drips as small as possible.
I used a number 24 piping nozzle, which is like a little mini 2D piping tip, for the mini swirls and mini boarder. One thing that I found really helped was to cut the piping bag down. Because of the size of the cake I didn’t need much buttercream and by making the bag slightly smaller it made it so much easier to hold.
I really love the idea of little miniature cakes. There are endless possibilities for the design and I would love to make a tiered version too. I really hope you enjoy the tutorial. Please let me know if you would like to see some more mini cakes on the blog and over on my YouTube channel. If you haven’t already don’t forget you can subscribe to my YouTube channel for more Free cake decorating video tutorials.
Tools I used
- Happy Drip (HAPPYLYNZ10 for 10% off)
- Turntable
- Piping Bags
- Acrylic discs (LYNZ10 for 10% off)
- Metal Scraper Tool
- PME mini pallet knife
- Number 24 Piping Nozzle
- Number 1 Piping Nozzle
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