Use an easy doctored cake mix recipe to make make soft and moist mini cakes that are full of subtle tangy lemon flavor, not to mention ridiculously adorable for Easter!
Ingredients according to the back of the boxusually vegetable oil and eggs
3.4ozbox of Instant Vanilla Pudding
1– 2 teaspoons of Pure Lemon Extractyou can adjust this as needed
Simple Lemon Icing
2cupspowdered sugar
1– 2 tablespoons of milk
1teaspoonof Pure Vanilla Extract
Pinchof salt or 1 teaspoon of Pure Lemon Extractthis is optional and only if you feel you need to cut the sugary taste of the frosting down a bit
Mini Cadbury Eggs
Crisco shortening and All-purpose flour to grease the pan
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F
In a large mixing bowl, add in the cake mix, the dry pudding mix, and the ingredients that you need according to the box of cake mix.
Mix the ingredients together following the directions on the cake mix. Then add in the lemon extract.
Prepare the Bundt cake pan. For best results, use a pastry brush to spread the Crisco on the pan. Be careful to get it in all the little corners and spaces. Then dust with flour and shake off excess.
Pour the batter into each cake mold. You will only want to fill it 2/3rds of the way full.
Place the mold into the oven and set the timer.
Check the cake at 20 minutes by inserting a cake tester or toothpick in the middle of the cake. If it comes out with crumbs on it, remove the cakes from the oven. If it comes out still gooey and wet, put it back into the oven and set the timer at 5-minute increments.
When the cakes are done, remove them from the oven and let them sit in the pan for five minutes.
Then invert the cake pan onto a large cutting board or cookie sheet and allow the cakes to release naturally.
While the cakes are cooling, make the frosting.
In a medium sized bowl, add in the powdered sugar, the vanilla, and a tablespoon at a time of the milk/water and then stir.
Once you get the glaze at the consistency you want, add in the vanilla extract and the lemon extract (optional).
If the glaze is too sweet, add in a pinch of salt. That will help cut down on the sweetness.
Once the cakes have cooled, spoon on the glaze onto the cakes and top with the Cadbury eggs and enjoy!