Mini Lemon Cakes

Mini Lemon Cakes Is an easy recipe for a quick sweet treat! The cake bites are super soft, tender and made by adding a few essential ingredients to a box cake mix. They are then topped with a lemony tart glaze that balances it all out. Super delicious!

Mini Lemon Cakes

You know I love a good mini dessert! My obsession runs long and deep. To go along with our lemon these on this post, one recipe that I just love our my Mini Lemon Cream Pies.

The best recipe for mini Lemon cakes.

And you also know that I love a good easy recipe that makes a big impact! These Mini Lemon Cakes are just that. Super simple and it makes a lot, too.

Lemon cakes garnished with lemon zest and mint leaves.

Even though they look dainty and petite, they are full of zesty goodness and packed with so much flavor!

A quick and easy lemon cakes!

How To Make Lemon Cake

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Using a mixer, blend the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, milk and zest together for 2 minutes on medium speed.
  3. Generously spray two standard muffin tins with cooking spray.
  4. Place 1/4 cup of batter into each tin.
  5. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
  6. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before running a sharp knife around the edges.
  7. Transfer cakes to a wire rack and repeat with remaining batter.
Recipe for mini lemon cakes.

How To Make A Lemon Glaze

  1. In a medium bowl mix powdered sugar with lemon zest.
  2. Add in corn syrup and lemon juice 1 tablespoon at a time until it is smooth.
  3. You don’t want it to be too runny.
  4. Spoon glaze over the top of each cake and let it drip down the sides a bit.
  5. Sprinkle a little lemon zest and garnish with tiny mint leaves.
Small lemon cakes with a tart lemon glaze.

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Mini Lemon Cakes Recipe

Mini Lemon Cakes

Amy Williams mynameissnickerdoodle.com
Mini Lemon Cakes Is an easy recipe for a quick sweet treat! Soft and tender cakes topped with a tart lemon glaze. Super delicious!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, glaze, lemon, Lemon Cake, mini dessert
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 14 minutes
Cooling Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 32 Servings

Ingredients

FOR CAKES

  • 1 Box Lemon Cake Mix
  • 3.5 Box Lemon Instant Pudding Mix Vanilla works, too. It just won't be as lemony!
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 3/4 Cup Milk or Water
  • Zest From One Lemon

FOR GLAZE

  • 2 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 3-4 TBSP Fresh Lemon Juice
  • Zest From One Lemon
  • 1 tsp Light Corn Syrup
  • Mint Leaves Optional

Instructions

FOR CAKES

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Using a mixer, blend cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, milk and zest together for 2 minutes on medium speed.
  • Generously spray two standard muffin tins with cooking spray.
  • Place 1/4 cup of batter into each tin.
  • Bake for 12-14 minutes.
  • Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before running a sharp knife around the edges.
  • Transfer cakes to a wire rack and repeat with remaining batter.

FOR GLAZE

  • In a medium bowl mix powdered sugar with lemon zest.
  • Add in corn syrup and emon juice 1 tablespoon at a time until it is smooth.
  • Spoon glaze over the top of each cake and let it drip down the sides a bit.
  • Sprinkle a little lemon zest and garnish with tiny mint leaves.
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