Description
Moist mini butter cakes topped with vibrant green and white buttercream swirls, decorated with raspberries, sprinkles, and holiday accents. Perfect for Christmas dessert tables or gifting!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup whole milk
- 2 tbsp sour cream (optional, for extra moisture)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (for frosting)
- 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1–2 tbsp heavy cream or milk
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract (for frosting)
- Pinch of salt (for frosting)
- Green gel food coloring (for half the batch)
- Fresh raspberries (for decoration)
- Edible gold & silver pearls (for decoration)
- Mini meringues or sugar balls (white, for decoration)
- Holiday sprinkles (for decoration)
- Powdered sugar for dusting
- Fondant Christmas trees (optional)
- Mini candy canes (optional)
- White chocolate shavings (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F).
- Grease a mini cheesecake pan, mini cake molds, or a muffin tin (without liners).
- In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, beat softened butter and sugar until creamy and pale (2–3 min).
- Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Mix in half the dry mixture.
- Add milk and sour cream.
- Mix in the remaining dry mixture until smooth.
- Fill each mold about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 14–18 minutes, until lightly golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool completely before topping.
- Beat butter for frosting until fluffy (2 min).
- Gradually add powdered sugar.
- Add vanilla, salt, and cream to adjust consistency.
- Divide frosting into two bowls: leave one white and tint the other Christmas green.
- Fit each color into its own piping bag.
- Pipe tall swirls using a large star tip.
- For green swirls, top with fresh raspberries, white mini meringues, and gold & silver pearls.
- For white swirls, add golden sprinkles, snowflakes, and optional mini fondant Christmas tree.
- Finish all with a gentle dusting of powdered sugar for a snowy effect.
Notes
- Ensure the butter is softened for easy mixing.
- Optional sour cream adds extra moisture to the cakes.
- Adjust the consistency of the buttercream with heavy cream or milk as needed.
- Use a large star tip for piping for best results.
- Feel free to customize decorations based on personal preference.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg