Description
These Mini Easter Egg Cakes are colorful, festive treats perfect for spring celebrations. Made easily with a boxed cake mix and decorated with frosting and sprinkles, they’re fun to create and customize, making them ideal for Easter baskets, dessert tables, or spring parties.
Ingredients
1 box of your favorite cake mix
Ingredients required by the cake mix (typically eggs, oil, and water)
Food coloring
Frosting
Sprinkles or decorations of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven according to the temperature on the cake mix box.
- Prepare the cake batter as directed on the box.
- Divide the batter into separate bowls based on the number of colors you’d like.
- Add a few drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix until evenly combined.
- Pour the colored batter into mini egg-shaped molds or cupcake liners.
- Bake according to the cake mix instructions.
- Let cakes cool completely before decorating.
- Use frosting to design fun Easter egg patterns.
- Top with sprinkles or other festive decorations.
Notes
Use different types of cake mix like lemon, funfetti, or chocolate for variety.
Fill centers with jam or chocolate ganache for a richer treat.
Pastel-colored frosting gives a more natural spring look.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Freeze unfrosted cakes for up to 1 month; thaw before decorating.
If you don’t have egg molds, use a round muffin tin and trim the tops into egg shapes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cake
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
