I came across this idea, not searching for Easter cake inspiration, but while trying to help my cousin with some long-distance guidance on making a carrot-shaped cake for her daughter’s birthday. I should tell you that her daughter’s birthday is on St. Patrick’s Day…

I don’t exactly associate carrots with that day, but a birthday wish is a birthday wish! My cousin did a great job accommodating the request and I ended up with the idea for carrot top mini cakes! 

One of the brilliant tutorials I came across was this gem from Jacks and Kate. So smart! They used a bowl flipped upside down (genius), but I thought a bundt cake could totally work as well. Since we have a relatively small bunch gathering for Easter this year, and because I have a compulsive need to make all things small, I decided to make individual desserts with my mini bundt pan. 

Carrot Top Mini Cakes

Supplies

• Mini bundt pan
• Chocolate cake batter (homemade, scratch, whatever’s your jam)
• Frosting tinted orange
• Green Twizzlers
• Small knife
• Small icing spatula

Step 1:

Bake your chocolate mini bundt cakes and allow them to cool to room temperature. Fill your molds a little higher than usual, because we’ll be using that excess cake to create “dirt”. 

Step 2:

Trim the bundt cakes so that the bottom sits flat. Set aside the scraps.  

Step 3:

Place your bundt cake on a plate or serving platter and ice with the orange frosting. Run the spatula around the cake to create horizontal lines, making the cake look a little more carrot-y. 

Step 4:

Use the small knife to cut green Twizzlers into thin strips. Stick the Twizzler pieces into the center of the bundt cake to create your carrot stems. 

Step 5:

Crumble up the chocolate cake scraps. Place the crumbles around the bundt cake, so that it looks like your carrot top is just peeking out of the soil. 

Step 6:

Enjoy! 
I finished my carrot top mini cakes on individual plates, but these would also be adorable done on a long platter set in the middle of the table. To make these more portable, you could set up your carrot top mini cakes in disposable mini cake molds, like these: Crumbcake Paper Molds

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