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Mini Cake Bites

Today is the last of the bite sized desserts – for now.  These little cakes are bigger than a bite, but smaller than a cupcake – with giant sized flavor!

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Here are the recipes for two – Coconut and Chocolate Mocha…..

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Chocolate Mocha

What you need:

Frosting:

Enough chocolate chips to put three on top of each cake

How to Do it:

Mix the cake according to the directions, except substitute the water for cold coffee.   Spray cooking oil into mini muffin tins and fill about 2/3 of each cup with cake batter.

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Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Allow to cool completely (I put them in the refrigerator.)

To make the frosting, put all the ingredients (except the extra chocolate chips) into a food processor.  Process until smooth.

Carefully cut the tops off the little cakes.

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Remove from the muffin tin and cut in half.

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Top the bottom half of each with about a tablespoon of frosting.

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Put the tops on and frost completely.  This part gets a little messy, but fun!  If you freeze the cakes before-hand they are easier to frost and get fewer crumbs in the frosting – but the thaw quickly.

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Top each cake with three chocolate chips and put on a serving plate – they are ready to eat!

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Makes about 1 ½ dozen cakes

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But wait, there’s more!

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Coconut Cake

What you need:

Frosting:

 

How to Do it:

Mix the cake according to the directions, except substitute melted coconut oil for the regular oil.  Spray cooking oil into mini muffin tins and fill about 2/3 of each cup with cake batter.

Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Allow to cool completely (I put them in the refrigerator.)

To make the frosting, put all the ingredients (except the shredded coconut) into a food processor.  Process until smooth.

Carefully cut the tops off the little cakes.

Remove from the muffin tin and cut in half.

Top the bottom half of each with about a tablespoon of frosting and a sprinkle of coconut.

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Put the tops on and frost completely.  This part gets a little messy, but fun!

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Cover each cake with coconut and put on a serving plate – they are ready to eat!

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Makes about 1 ½ dozen cakes

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