Cake was invented for celebrating.
I’m convinced of it! It doesn’t matter if it’s a major celebration or just a simple celebration of two friends getting together, there is always time for celebrating and cake is always necessary. At least I think it is. These fun little mini cakes are the perfect cake to share for all of
It doesn’t matter if it’s a major celebration or just a simple celebration of two friends getting together, there is always time for celebrating and cake is always necessary.At least I think it is. These fun little mini cakes are the perfect cake to share for all of
At least I think it is.These fun little mini cakes are the perfect cake to share for all of
These fun little mini cakes are the perfect cake to share for all of
It doesn’t matter if it’s a major celebration or just a simple celebration of two friends getting together, there is always time for celebrating and cake is always necessary.At least I think it is. These fun little mini cakes are the perfect cake to share for all of
At least I think it is.These fun little mini cakes are the perfect cake to share for all of
These fun little mini cakes are the perfect cake to share for all of life’s celebrations.From birthdays to report card days, to spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you hope to get to know more. Life is too hectic and busy not to take the time to celebrate all of the wonderful moments life hands us. If you have a wonderful day, well then go ahead and celebrate it with one of these cakes. You don’t even need to include anyone in your celebrating and if you have two cakes, I won’t tell anyone.
From birthdays to report card days, to spending time with the ones you love, or the ones you hope to get to know more.Life is too hectic and busy not to take the time to celebrate all of the wonderful moments life hands us. If you have a wonderful day, well then go ahead and celebrate it with one of these cakes. You don’t even need to include anyone in your celebrating and if you have two cakes, I won’t tell anyone.
Life is too hectic and busy not to take the time to celebrate all of the wonderful moments life hands us.If you have a wonderful day, well then go ahead and celebrate it with one of these cakes. You don’t even need to include anyone in your celebrating and if you have two cakes, I won’t tell anyone.
If you have a wonderful day, well then go ahead and celebrate it with one of these cakes.You don’t even need to include anyone in your celebrating and if you have two cakes, I won’t tell anyone.
You don’t even need to include anyone in your celebrating and if you have two cakes, I won’t tell anyone.
Oh, I didn’t mention sprinkles. SPRINKLES are VERY important. Trust me.
They make celebrating more festive with all the super-fun colors.
I added extra sprinkles to the top of the batter, so the mini cakes would have pretty sprinkles all over the tops as well as inside. 
See the tops are covered in colorful sprinkles even after baked. Fun, right? I just love lemon and adding lemon flavor to these mini cakes has you smelling the wonderful sweet lemon aroma as soon as they come out of the oven. Topping them with lemon frosting and tinting it yellow, makes the celebrating even more fun. Spring is here and I just love bright yellow flowers so that was a perfect look for these mini cakes.
- 1 Pillsbury Funfetti cake mix (along with ingredients to prepare)
- 1 teaspoon lemon emulsion/extract
- 1 additional tablespoon colored sprinkles
- 1 container funfetti frosting.
- 1 teaspoon lemon emulsion/extract
- yellow food coloring (I used 1 drop Lemon Yellow and 1 drop Egg Yellow from Americolor)
- Prepare batter according to package directions. Mix in the lemon with the water.
- Spray the muffin top pan with a baking release spray for easy removal.
- Place 3 tablespoons of batter in each portion of the muffin top pan.
- Bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Let mini cakes cool completely.
- Refrigerate the cakes for 15 minutes. (you can leave them in the pans)
- Mix frosting with yellow colors and lemon flavor.
- Place frosting into a piping bag with a 2D tip.
- Place a circle of frosting on a mini cake, stack another on top, place another circle of frosting and then place the top and frost the top piece like a rose.
- Apply sprinkles on top of the frosting before it firms up.
Learn how to frost a rose cupcake here.
Here are some tips on how you can celebrate more:
1. make the most of celebrating by taking the stress off and going back to some basics of balloons and candy along with cake, make for a perfect party
2. celebrate 1/2 birthdays so it doesn’t seem so long before you are celebrating again.just think twice as much fun and cake in every year. Bake a round cake and cut it in half, frost the cake to create a two layer half cake.
3. play games, fill a jar with candy and have everyone guess how many pieces, the winner gets the sweet treat. Grab a bag of peanuts and hide them all over the house. Go on a peanut hunt, fun for everyone. play everyone’s favorite songs for a fun game of freeze dance.
Happy Birthday Funfetti!!! That’s right Pillsbury is celebrating Funfetti’s 25th Birthday.
*Pilllsbury compensated me for this, but I just love cake and can’t help myself, I just had to share this with you. All opinions are my own.
Jocelyn says
April 19, 2013 at 8:54 amThose are such cute little cakes!!! Sprinkles are just so much fun!!!
Michelle says
April 19, 2013 at 12:51 pmDiane, We have two adopted children and have always, always celebrated special days with them – not just their birthdays, but also their adoption days! For both of them that occurred about 6-8 months after their birth, so they have what they call their “half-birthdays” each year. Even though they are both getting into young adulthood now, they still want their special cakes for those days – and more times than not, we must have SPRINKLES on them! I have a cupboard full of various jars of sprinkles so we have no problem fulfilling their wishes! Thanks for all of your great recipes!
kita says
April 19, 2013 at 1:04 pmOk. these are officially adorable. And yes sprinkles go a long way to make everything special.
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says
April 19, 2013 at 1:06 pmThese are lovely cakes, Diane! Such a great recipe for celebrating life’s little moments. I always bake some one something special when I’m celebrating an occasion, usually a birthday, anniversary or graduation!
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
April 19, 2013 at 1:15 pmThese are the cutest!
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April 19, 2013 at 2:22 pmWe make cupcakes to celebrate!
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April 19, 2013 at 5:21 pmWe usually bake together to celebrate, from cookies, cakes to brownies
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April 19, 2013 at 7:00 pmThese are beyond gorgeous!!! (I celebrate by baking, of course!)
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April 19, 2013 at 8:09 pmI bake to celebrate! I bake when I’m sad too…
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April 19, 2013 at 10:32 pmThese are beyond adorable!! Love it!
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April 20, 2013 at 2:30 amI bake cakes
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April 20, 2013 at 4:41 amWe always celebrate the kids birthdays by letting them pick their favorite meal – and dessert, of course!
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April 20, 2013 at 10:33 amMy son likes to help me make cookies to celebrate!
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April 20, 2013 at 9:24 pmMy family is rich in traditions. We love to celebrate birthdays by doing dinner out. Birthday person gets to pick location.
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April 20, 2013 at 9:38 pmWe eat! I usually try to make something special (that the kids request) when we are celebrating 😉
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April 22, 2013 at 4:45 amadorable!!!
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April 22, 2013 at 7:37 amSo so SO adorable!!!
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April 22, 2013 at 9:34 amMy kids would go crazy for these!
Lisa | With Style and Grace says
April 22, 2013 at 10:08 amhow sweet! funfetti cakes use to (still are for some) be a tradition in our family.
Nutmeg Nanny says
April 22, 2013 at 2:49 pmThese are so adorable and fun 🙂 you can’t go wrong at a celebration when you use funfetti!
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April 22, 2013 at 11:21 pmyummy 🙂 nice
Shaina says
April 23, 2013 at 9:17 pmI head to my favorite ice cream shop. It’s so cliche, but it’s what I love. They make a few flavors that I just can’t seem to replicate on my own, yet. (You know I’m trying.)
Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says
April 24, 2013 at 6:28 pmWe make something fun and special at home or head out for pizza and ice cream! Fun cookies, Diane!
Jeanette says
May 4, 2013 at 8:02 amJustin Loves Funfetti. Looks Yummy but you ALWAYS make yummy things. and who ever takes the photos is a GENIUS. I will have 2 make this 4 sure
Jackie Withstandley says
May 4, 2013 at 8:12 amWe celebrate almost everything by making ice cream sundaes. The kids always love ice cream and with all of the different ingredients or cakes/cookes we can throw in, sundae making is different every time!
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May 4, 2013 at 8:30 amThe birthday girl/guy gets to pick what kind of birthday cake they would like, they also get to pick a special activity they would like to do for their birthday!
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May 4, 2013 at 3:39 pmThe whole family gets together for a celebratory meal. The meal prep is shared, because it’s a lot of work for a couple of people to do. If it’s a birthday or celebration for one person, like a graduation, then that person gets to dictate menu. Otherwise everyone gets a say in the menu. We’ve had Mexican, Chinese, French, and Jewish cuisine for the past 4 Christmas dinners. And Greek cuisine for one of my past birthdays.