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Red Velvet Layered Mini Cakes

Equipment

  • (2) cupcake or muffin pans
  • disposable pastry bag

Ingredients

  • Cake Ingredients:
  • Red Velvet Cake Mix
  • Instant Chocolate Jell-O Pudding 3.4 oz box
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • Icing Ingredients
  • 2 lb bag powdered sugar
  • 1 cup margarine
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 3 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbls milk

Instructions

Cake Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl or using an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the eggs, cake mix, pudding mix, water and oil on medium speed for 2 minutes or until well blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again until all ingredients are incorporated.
  • Line cupcake pans with liners. Fill each liner 2/3 full of batter.
  • Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted and cleanly removed. Remove the cupcake pans from oven, and let cool on a wire cooling rack for 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes and let cool completely.
  • Remove cupcake liner from each cupcake. Using a serrated knife, cut the crowns off the top of each cupcake and then cut again through the middle of the cupcake, creating two even cake discs.
  • Fill disposable pastry bag with icing. Trim tip of bag 1/2" from the end.
  • Holding the bag vertically, begin piping the frosting onto one half of each cupcake disc. Add top disc and repeat piping.
  • Set each mini layer cake in a muffin liner and top with a plastic spider.

Icing Directions:

  • Combine the margarine and Crisco in the bowl of an electric mixer; using a paddle attachment, beat on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.
  • Add half of the powdered sugar and continue beating on low speed for an additional 2 minutes, or until the mixture is creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Add the remaining powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk, and beat until the frosting is creamy and fluffy, about 2 minutes more.  Beat on low speed until light and fluffy.

Notes

Makes 24 mini cakes