Mini Easter Egg Cakes

Mini Easter Egg Cakes are another one of my cute Easter Desserts to serve for the holiday! These mini cakes turned out even cuter than I thought they would. And they couldn't be more easy because the recipe uses a cake mix with store-purchased frosting and fun colorful sprinkles. 

Why not make something extra special and cute with these Adorable Mini Easter Egg Cakes. They're another easy cake mix hack that I love to share with you.

I love mini-sized or bite sized recipes. For some reason I always feel as if I can enjoy more of the food when it's smaller than a full sized piece of cake. How about you? When you serve a smaller portion of cakes or cookies, you and your guests can enjoy more!

Table of Contents

• Traditional Easter Desserts
• Helpful Kitchen Tools
• Easy Cake Mix Recipe
• Ingredients
• Directions
• Serving Tips
• Storage Tips
• Mini Easter Egg Cakes

Traditional Easter Desserts

Cheesecake is always a favorite with our family for any holiday. My mom has a great recipe that she's been baking for years. However, my sister always bakes an Italian Ricotta Rice Pie that we all love for Easter. It brings a lot of memories for me every year when I serve it. 

Another family tradition we love to enjoy are our Easter Breads. I have a few different ones that we love to make and share on Easter Sunday with family and friends.

Helpful Kitchen Tools

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Easy Cake Mix Recipe

I used a box of vanilla cake mix and divided the batter between two 9X13 baking dishes.  But you can always use your favorite homemade vanilla cake recipe for these cakes.  If you're really stressed for time, you can use a store-purchased pound cake. 

Ingredients

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• 1 box vanilla cake mix - 15.25 ounce
• 2 containers of icing - 16 ounce size each. I chose cream cheese icing and a vibrant purple icing to decorate.
• Colorful sprinkles to decorate

Directions

Step 1 | Prepare the Cake Mix

• Prepare the cake mix according to the directions on the back of the box.
• I used a hand mixer, but you could even do this with a wooden spoon.

Step 2 | Baking Instructions

• Divide the batter evenly and pour into two 9 X 13 size baking pans that have been lined with parchment paper.
• You want the mini cakes to be thinner than a traditional cake, so I divide the batter between two cake pans. The parchment paper will help you gently lift the cakes out of the pans onto a cutting board. 

Step 3 | Cut the Egg Shape

• Allow the cake to cool and then using an egg shaped cookie cutter, cut out the shapes.  Make sure you dip the cookie cutter in flour to help it not stick to the cake.  
• You can see that I was able to get 6 mini cakes per cake, so 12 in total for me.
• And don't worry, the excess cake was a nice treat for my husband later on!
• Depending on the size of your cookie cutter, you could get more or less. 

Step 4 | How to Add the Frosting

• Place the mini egg cakes on a baking rack that is on top of a baking tray lined with parchment paper. 
• Choose your favorite flavor of canned icing, I chose cream cheese, and heat it up in the microwave for about 10 seconds. You want to be able to pour it, but you don't want it too liquid which is what will happen if you microwave it too long.
• Then start pouring it over the egg cakes.  You'll need to do this a few times to make sure the entire cake is covered.  
• I used a small spatula to make sure the sides of the cakes were covered as well.  

Helpful Tip: You can see from my photo that there is excess icing on the parchment paper. You can scrape it up and reuse it if you find you're running out of icing.

Step 5 | How to Decorate the Mini Easter Egg Cakes

• Once the mini egg cakes are covered, let them dry completely. I placed mine in the refrigerator uncovered overnight.
• Choose your favorite color icing and heat it up in the microwave for about 10 seconds being careful not to heat it up too much.
• You want to be able to drizzle the frosting and if you heat it up too much it will turn into a liquid mess...trust me on this one. 
• Using a small funnel, add the colored icing to your drizzling tool or plastic decorating bottle. 
• Drizzle the melted icing on top of the mini egg cakes and immediately add the sprinkles so they stick to the icing. 

Serving Tips

• I thought the decorated egg cakes would look really cute laying in cupcake liners. You can see the fun flower shaped cupcake liners look perfect for spring. All the colors blended beautifully.
• Place the egg cakes in cupcake liners and then on a serving platter.

Storage Tips

• Store the egg cakes in a plastic container in the refrigerator until you're ready to serve them.
• If you have any leftovers, they should be stored in the refrigerator as well.

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This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2017 with new photos and a new printable recipe card that includes nutritional information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them!