Mini onesie baby shower cakes recipe
We're not going to lie, it takes a little talent and some special tools to make this mini onesie baby shower cakes recipe, but it sure is delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 packages white cake mix plus ingredients needed for mix
- 1 lb powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
- cookie cutters onesie
- frosting for crumb coating, homemade or purchased
- fondant
- food coloring blue
- decorating tools
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix cake following box instructions and bake in two 12" square cake pans; let cakes cool completely.
- Cut out onesie shapes with cookie cutter and place in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
- Make frosting by beating powdered sugar, butter, vanilla extract and milk until completely smooth, scraping down sides of bowl often (you can purchase icing to save time).
- Ice cake with "crumb coat" by applying thin layer of frosting evenly over cakes
- place in freezer for 15-30 minutes; add second layer of frosting and harden cakes in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
- Color fondant with food coloring, adding in small increments until desired color is achieved.
- Roll out about 1 cup of fondant to ¼" thick on counter lightly dusted with powdered sugar.
- Drape over cake and trim around edges with pizza cutter; repeat with each cake.
- Detail cakes with fondant utensils.
- Use small end of piping bag tip to make rings for buttons.
Notes
Simply switch out your food color to make pretty-in-pink baby girl onesies.
Nutrition
Calories: 617kcal | Carbohydrates: 116g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 588mg | Potassium: 113mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 94g