Mini Christmas Cakes In Muffin Tins

They look festive on a decorative tray wrapped in red or green cellophane or tucked into a giveaway cookie plate.

Mini christmas cakes in muffin tins.

The cuteast little bite sized cakes. 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. Bake at 325 for 22 24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Soak overnight in 2 cups juice i used gingerale and 30ml brandy. To decorate dust icing with a little icing sugar and roll out to 3mm thick. The paper peels off the frozen cakes easily. This plumps up the fruit to make the muffins deliciously moist.

Spoon into 6 x 1 cup capacity 250ml non stick muffin tins. What size tin cans should i use for mini cakes. I used small 200g sized tins for my christmas cakes but you can use 400g tins instead if this is what you have. Next challenge is to decorate them.

Recipe yesterday ad baked them in mini muffin tins. Put 8 paper or foil muffin cases into a muffin tin. Preheat the oven to 160 c fan oven 140 c gas mark 3. Recipe 1kg of fruit.

If you want to serve individual cakes use larger muffin tins skip the crumbs and freeze the cakes until serving. 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. While still hot splash cakes with a capful of extra brandy. Makes 16 regular muffin sized cakes or 12 texas muffin sized cakes.

Cut into star shapes using a cutter and place on top of cakes before serving. I also sprayed the liners lightly for easy removal. Bake for 45 minutes or until cakes are firm. I made the 3 ingred.

Cover and leave in a cool place for up to 2 days though at least overnight. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Cool the cakes in the tin for 2 3 minutes then turn onto a wire rack and leave until completely cold. If following the recipe above and using six tins the mixture won t completely fill the 400g tins but will bake just as well.

Triple line the sides of cake tin with baking paper ensure it. Fill paper lined miniature muffin cups almost full. 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. Pecan pie mini muffins while these are delicious year round you could easily turn them into an edible christmas gift.

Then topped half with cherry pie filling and half with semi sweet melted chocolate.