Now it’s just me, myself and my husband at home to eat alll my baking I’m having to switch to baking small batch mini things so that my quarantine diet won’t consist of soley baked goods. Starting with these mini cakes! I baked mine in a mini cake pan I have which I am absolutely in love with, but considering I don’t expect many others to have one to hand, I’ve adjusted the recipe so that you can bake as a sheet cake and cut out the mini cakes. The cake batter is pretty versatile so if you did want a small batch you could halve the recipe and bake in a cupcake pan or any other mini cake pan you have. It’s a little more work than a standard cake, but it’s that little bit extra that I think we all need a dose of right now! They are also perfect to freeze any mini cakes not eaten straight away to keep your freezer stash stocked.
Substitutions
Speculoos: you can easily change with whatever nut butter you fancy.
Buttermilk: you can make a substitute buttermilk with milk and lemon juice (or other vinegar). Combine 1/2 cup milk with 1 1/2 tsps of lemon or vinegar and let stand for 5-10mins until curdled slightly.
Speculoos Mini Cakes
Ingredients
dry
190g (1 1/2 cups) all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
wet
120g (1/2 cup) flavourless oil
225g (1 1/4 cup) dark brown sugar
2 eggs
120g (1/2 cup) buttermilk
125g (1/2 cup) speculoos/cookie butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
speculoos frosting
100g unsalted butter, slightly softened
100g powdered sugar
220g full fat cream cheese, slightly softened
85g speculoos (aka cookie butter)
Instructions
In a large bowl mix all the dry ingredients and spice mix together. In another bowl whisk all the wet ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold in until just combined.
Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake until a toothpick into the middle comes out clean, checking for doneness at 20mins. Allow to cool for 15mins and then transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before icing.
Frosting
Turn down to low and slowly add the icing sugar until fully mixed in. Turn up to medium high and beat till light and fluffy.
To assemble
