Mini Christmas Cakes In Muffin Tins

Soak overnight in 2 cups juice i used gingerale and 30ml brandy.

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. Put 8 paper or foil muffin cases into a muffin tin. Preheat the oven to 160 c fan oven 140 c gas mark 3. The cuteast little bite sized cakes.

Triple line the sides of cake tin with baking paper ensure it. If following the recipe above and using six tins the mixture won t completely fill the 400g tins but will bake just as well. Makes 16 regular muffin sized cakes or 12 texas muffin sized cakes. Bake for 45 minutes or until cakes are firm.

Spoon into 6 x 1 cup capacity 250ml non stick muffin tins. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Cut into star shapes using a cutter and place on top of cakes before serving. I also sprayed the liners lightly for easy removal.

Brush the top of each cake with half of the apricot. Add 2 cups self raising flour mix into fruit 1 2cup at a time. I made the 3 ingred. 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.

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. Pecan pie mini muffins while these are delicious year round you could easily turn them into an edible christmas gift. 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. Recipe 1kg of fruit.

If you want to serve individual cakes use larger muffin tins skip the crumbs and freeze the cakes until serving. When cooked remove muffin tins from the oven remove cakes in their papers from muffin tins and cool on racks. I did bake about 8 minutes longer the suggested time. Next challenge is to decorate them.

What size tin cans should i use for mini cakes. Bake at 325 for 22 24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. I used small 200g sized tins for my christmas cakes but you can use 400g tins instead if this is what you have. Recipe yesterday ad baked them in mini muffin tins.

Cool the cakes in the tin for 2 3 minutes then turn onto a wire rack and leave until completely cold. The paper peels off the frozen cakes easily. This plumps up the fruit to make the muffins deliciously moist. Cover and leave in a cool place for up to 2 days though at least overnight.

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