Mini Christmas Cakes In Muffin Tins

Cool the cakes in the tin for 2 3 minutes then turn onto a wire rack and leave until completely cold.

Mini christmas cakes in muffin tins. Recipe yesterday ad baked them in mini muffin tins. Spoon into 6 x 1 cup capacity 250ml non stick muffin tins. If following the recipe above and using six tins the mixture won t completely fill the 400g tins but will bake just as well. They look festive on a decorative tray wrapped in red or green cellophane or tucked into a giveaway cookie plate.

Preheat the oven to 160 c fan oven 140 c gas mark 3. Makes 16 regular muffin sized cakes or 12 texas muffin sized cakes. When cooked remove muffin tins from the oven remove cakes in their papers from muffin tins and cool on racks. Cut into star shapes using a cutter and place on top of cakes before serving.

Add 2 cups self raising flour mix into fruit 1 2cup at a time. Brush the top of each cake with half of the apricot. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. The paper peels off the frozen cakes easily.

To decorate dust icing with a little icing sugar and roll out to 3mm thick. Next challenge is to decorate them. I used small 200g sized tins for my christmas cakes but you can use 400g tins instead if this is what you have. Triple line the sides of cake tin with baking paper ensure it.

I made the 3 ingred. Recipe 1kg of fruit. I did bake about 8 minutes longer the suggested time. This delicious moist cake mix is perfect for a large family sized christmas cake double the mixture to make 2 medium sized christmas cakes 20cm or 1 large deep 26cm 1 very small 10cm christmas cake.

Cover and leave in a cool place for up to 2 days though at least overnight. What size tin cans should i use for mini cakes. Bake in batches if necessary at 150 c 300 f for about 40 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of a cake comes out clean. The cuteast little bite sized cakes.

If you want to serve individual cakes use larger muffin tins skip the crumbs and freeze the cakes until serving. Put 8 paper or foil muffin cases into a muffin tin. Fill paper lined miniature muffin cups almost full. Bake at 325 for 22 24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Then topped half with cherry pie filling and half with semi sweet melted chocolate. Divide the cake batter evenly between the cups of the tin and bake on a low shelf for about 25 minutes or until well risen golden brown and a skewer inserted into the centres comes out clean. This plumps up the fruit to make the muffins deliciously moist. Bake for 45 minutes or until cakes are firm.

I also sprayed the liners lightly for easy removal.