Dot Cakes
How to make the viral TikTok Homemade Dot Cakes recipe. These colorful mini cakes are soft, sweet, adorable, and perfect for birthdays, parties, or fun baking days at home.
Servings: 10 small cakes
Equipment
- 9x13 inch baking dish
- Handheld electric mixer
- Small mason jars (or similar cup/container)
Ingredients
- Non-stick spray
- Cake mix (any flavor) plus the water, eggs, and oil according to the box
- Frosting (any flavor)
- Sprinkles
- Butter knife or icing spatula
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ (or the temperature indicated on the box)
- Prepare baking dish with non-stick spray
- Mix the cake batter (cake mix, water, oil, and eggs)
- Optional: add sprinkles in the cake batter
- Pour the cake batter into the baking dish
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes (according to the instructions on the box)
- Let the cake cool for 20-30 minutes
- Press the mason jar into the cake
- Pull the jar up and out of the cake, and gently press the cake to the bottom of the jar
- Add a scoop of frosting on top
- Flatten the frosting so that it is even with the top of the jar
- Press the frosting into the sprinkles and enjoy!
Notes
Don't waste the extra cake! Consider breaking the remaining cake apart by hand and placing into additional jars.
