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| See recipe for mini chocolate cake below |
My youngest creative little heart is always throwing
birthday bashes for his stuffed animals.
He makes decorations, plans games for all their stuffed animal friends
and makes and wraps gifts for them. He
often uses play food or builds a cake out of paper or legos, but this week he
heard wind of a thing that his friend got: Easy Bake Oven. I’m sure my easy bake oven is still in my
parent’s basement. I remember it with
mixed feelings, the idea is so appealing, but the light bulb that heats it
never really did that stellar of a job at cooking the miniature cakes and
cookies and when the kit ran out of tiny mixes, the honeymoon was officially
over. I cook with my kids all the time
with our boring old regular sized oven, but most recipes make a large cake or a
dozen or so cupcakes which isn’t really what we need when mouse or a beany baby
is celebrating. Yesterday was decidedly
Om Nom’s birthday. If you aren’t
familiar with the little green monster from the game “Cut the Rope” he is a
cute friendly green monster that munches candy.
A small peppermint candy (or doughnut – there are optional settings for
this) is tied by a rope and dangles out of reach. The object of the puzzle game is to figure
out how to get the treat into Om Nom’s mouth.
I found some ceramic ramekins adapted a recipe to make the perfect cake
for Om Nom. Below is the recipe so you
can also help your little creative one bake a miniature cake for a pretend tea
party or birthday bash for their favorite stuffed animal. Have fun letting your creative little heart
celebrate.
Mini Chocolate Cake makes two 3 ½ inch cakes
Ingredients:
1/3 c. flour
1/8 tsp corn starch
3 Tb granulated sugar
2 Tb unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 Tb vegetable oil
¼ tsp vanilla
¼ c. milk
1 tsp white vinegar
1/3 c. flour
1/8 tsp corn starch
3 Tb granulated sugar
2 Tb unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 Tb vegetable oil
¼ tsp vanilla
¼ c. milk
1 tsp white vinegar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees spray ramekins with baker’s non-stick spray with flour
whisk together dry ingredients pour in wet and stir
Bake 20-24 min
Cool 15 minutes on a rack
Buttercream Frosting:
4 Tb butter
½ tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
1 c. powdered sugar
1-2 Tb milk
4 Tb butter
½ tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
1 c. powdered sugar
1-2 Tb milk
Beat together
divide into small bowls and add food coloring to make different colors
frost cooled cake
divide into small bowls and add food coloring to make different colors
frost cooled cake
Enjoy!
