Description
Impress your friends and family this year with a little gift of the teeniest, tiniest, and cutest Speckled Egg Cakes!
Ingredients
Units Scale
CAKE
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup malted milk powder
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups milk
FROSTING
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup malted milk powder
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon milk
- food gel coloring (Pink rose, Creamy peach, Cornflower blue)
- shredded sweetened coconut, toasted
- malted milk eggs
- Speckling recipe HERE
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease up to 8 4-inch round backing pans using a baking spray with flour; set aside over a large baking sheet.
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, malted milk powder, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and vanilla, continue beating until well blended.
- On low speed, mix in flour mixture and milk in 3 parts. Divide batter evenly among the 8 prepared baking pans, about 3/4 cup batter or half-full.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow cakes to cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl using an electric mixer on low-medium speed, beat butter until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, malted milk powder, 2 teaspoons of vanilla and milk, beat until well blended.
- Divide frosting evenly into 3 small bowls, add small amount of food gel coloring and mix thoroughly.
- Using an angled spatula, frost each cake layer, stack and frost the sides of the cake.
- For the speckling effect, refer to Speckled Easter Cupcakes here. Sprinkle shredded coconut over the center of the cake and top with a few malted milk eggs. ENJOY!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Cake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: speckled egg cakes, mini cakes, tiny cakes, easter cake, malted milk cake, vanilla malt, layered cake