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Mini Funfetti Cake

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Homemade funfetti cake recipe for two. Small sprinkles cake for two.


Small cake recipe: small funfetti cake recipe

If ever there was a cake that I could eat all by myself, this is it. Homemade funfetti cake for two.

I mean, sure, my chocolate fudge cake was eaten in a span of 4 hours, but I had help on that one. And this cinnamon red hot apple mini cake that the world forgot about was taken down by one fork, mostly.

But this homemade funfetti cake. This cake could have been all mine. If I didn’t have a husband who was supposed to be at the driving range until late, it could have happened. I somehow miscalculated, and thought he’d be home later than usual. I thought I would have more time alone with the sprinkles. Like lovers driven apart, we are.

Small cake made in a 6 inch pan

How to make a small homemade funfetti cake:

When I posted my little guide to the 3 pans you need for small batch baking, my 6″ round cake pan was the most talked about. You guys love my mini cakes! That makes me so happy, friends! I love mini cakes, too! I mean, we all love cake, but we all don’t have 4 sticks of spare butter and 4 hours to make a normal 3-layer cake, ya know? Making mini cakes is a great way to get a little bite of cake in your day, everyday, with minimal effort!

Whenever I make a normal-sized cake, I have to set aside an entire afternoon to do it. My mini cakes, however, can be baked up during nap time! Even on days when a baby that normally takes two 2-hour naps a day is suddenly, randomly, and inexplicably taking 40-minute naps ONLY. I mean, I’m not bitter about it or anything, and that’s definitely not me googling all about 11-month sleep regression patterns. Ugh. Do you see that little finger swipe in the frosting in the upper left most piece of cake? The baby who stopped taking long naps did it.

How to make a funfetti cake from scratch

I pulled this out of the oven just as baby was waking up. Do you think she was dreaming about cake? She’s never had cake…

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I frosted it while she watched. Every time the camera beeped, she stared to watch the photo preview pop up. It was kinda cute.

She was being extra cute, and I kinda felt bad for not letting her have any cake.

But, she’s been on this earth just barely longer than she was in my belly. She has a whole lifetime to eat cake. I, however, only have so many years left, so I better eat this whole cake right now.

Small cake recipe: confetti cake

Please leave me be with my lover, k? Thanks, bye.

Mini Funfetti Cake

Yields 4 slices

10 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

40 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

    For the mini cake:
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg white
  • 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon milk
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons sprinkles
    • For the frosting:
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tablespoons milk (or cream)
  • 1 tablespoon sprinkles

Instructions

  1. First, preheat the oven to 350. Spray a mini 6" cake pan that has 2" high sides with cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper (trace it on a piece of parchment paper, cut it out, and fit it in).
  2. Next, beat together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes.
  3. Add the vanilla and egg white and beat until well-mixed.
  4. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and beat for just a few seconds to combine it, and then add all of the milk. Beat until smooth, but do not over mix.
  5. Stir in the sprinkles.
  6. Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan, and place it on a baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with only moist crumbs clinging to it.
  7. Let the cake cool slightly before gently tipping it onto a plate--it should come out easily. Peel the parchment paper off the top of the cake.
  8. Meanwhile, beat together all of the frosting ingredients, except the sprinkles. Stir in the sprinkles last.
  9. Frost the cake, slice and serve.
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  2. How adorable!! I love white cake with chocolate frosting, so I will be making this little cutie with that minor change !
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  3. I love your little cakes and make them often! I have three, and by the time my husband comes home, there is just enough for him for desert! I think it's fair, don't you? But my very favorite cake in the whole wide world is white cake! Like wedding white? Do you have a recipe for that? OMGosh, I'd be SO grateful if you did!
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  4. So cute! I have never had funfetti...it is still crunchy after it bakes in the cake or does it soften? And I know you say the 2 inch deep for the 6 inchers...but is there a brand you prefer? I see at least 3 dif brands, plus a nonstick (ick) and a removeable bottom one. on Amz. I didnt even know cake pans came in six inch. I need to buy one so I can stop bookmarking and start baking! :-) Many thanks~
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    • They're soft and delicious :) Oh, I think my brand is Fat Daddio? Not entirely sure...sorry! I have my eye on the removable bottom one, but it's not necessary for this cake :) Best of luck! :)
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  5. Yowza! I have another stove on order so I can follow your bliss. You are an excellent writer, flavoring it with your Texasisms. Keep it up dear girl, and drive friendly, hear? Y'all stay well!
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  7. What an adorable post, in every way. I love funfetti. Who doesn't? Since I am now an empty nester, I'm wanting to downsize my cakes. I love cake. I love white cake. I am so excited to use my 6"pan (I do a lot of pressure cooking, and these come in handy for that). I can't wait to make this!
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  8. I love all your little cakes, with just my husband and I and our 1 year old, we don't really need full sized cakes. :) These are just the perfect size for us, and so yummy! Good luck on the sleep regressions, they definitely aren't easy, and seem to happen just when you're getting back to a regular schedule!
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  9. Just made this! Mine didn't seem to rise very much. Maybe my baking powder is old? Any other suggestions?
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  11. Perfect timing for a celebration! We just moved into our first house yesterday and this cake looks like a delicious way to celebrate. First round of baking in the new oven! I'll even share (some) with my husband. I usually wait to comment until I've actually MADE something, but I'm too excited this time :D
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  12. Love this little cake. I get bored when I make a 3 level cake and takes me to the next day to get it frosted. But w e love cake and your minis are perfect.
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  13. I have 2 4 inch pans with 2 inch sides (springform). Do you think this would be enough batter and frosting for 2 4 inch cakes? Need to make 2 for my son's 3rd birthday (joint party with another little boy) so hoping this will work!
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    • Hi Rupa! I have not tested the recipe that way. I have no idea how it would work. Generally changing pan sizes isn't a good thing. I would test it before the big day so you don't have two very unhappy little boys!
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  16. I'm sitting here eating a slice of this AMAZING cake and planning to make your "1st Birthday" cake in just two months (gasp!) for my daughter. She has yet to enjoy sugar, but tried to steal a piece of a brownie I was eating a few days ago. I loved reading your blog last year while I was pregnant, and have made your double chocolate chip cookies dozens of times.
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  17. Thank you, thank you! I needed a small cake for my coworker's birthday, next week. Funfetti is her favorite. My search is over, very grateful to have found this and I LOVE the 6" pans!
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  19. Word to the wise- don't use the nonpareil sprinkles in this cake. It will still taste delicious, but definitely not as pretty. :) I also baked them as 6 cupcakes at the same temp for about 19 minutes and they came out well.
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    • Ahh I wish I had seen this comment before making the cake. I used nonpareil sprinkles and the colors just bled everywhere. The cake turned out a blue-ish color inside 🤷🏻‍♀️
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  21. sooo story time. there are 4 of us in our little family: 10 months, 4 years old (today),myself, and my husband (who doesn't eat cake as of yesterday.... what??? ). the above mentioned 4 years old wanted a "tall fetti cake" for her birthday...what???. what's a girl to do, right? i took this glorious recipe, divided it among a 6 muffin top pan and baked those pretties for 15 minutes. let them cool, made some icing, layered them up (only 4 high), iced it, loaded it with sprinkles, and voila! mini "tall fetti cake" for two. bless you and your little cake too.
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  22. I recently moved away from family with my husband. I wanted to make myself a birthday cake but I had initially decided against it -- we honestly didn't NEED a regular sized bundt cake to ourselves (I will guiltily admit that I would have eaten more than half). Thankfully, I found this recipe the day before my birthday (it finally occurred to me to look for small cake recipes). I ran out and bought two 6 inch cake pans for a two layer version. It seemed to have baked up well. While it was good, the cake seemed just a bit dry and the frosting was super sweet. Thank you for introducing me to small batch baking, though! I am in love with your recipe index and fully intend on trying many more of your dessert recipes.
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  27. Just made this cake and have a second one in the oven and it looks nothing like the photo. I made sure I had fresh baking powder and this may be an inch high and the sprinkles really bled and therefore the color at the bottom is dark. May have to try the donut ooey gooey in the morning as a substitute.
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  28. Your wonderful site and books inspired me to buy the 6" cake pan you recommend. I'm wondering if you suggest always baking these baby cakes on top of an additional sheet pan? I've never seen directions for average size cakes like that and am wondering what catastrophe happens if I forget it :P
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  29. I've had a couple of 6" pans for years and haven't used them very often. Not because I never wanted to. Recipes for pans that size are hard to come by so I'm thrilled to find this and your blog. I'm looking forward to trying it for a tea party with my daughters this week.
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  30. I made this cake yesterday with my 6 year old grand daughter. We had so much fun, she loved using the hand held mixer I purchased after ordering your Dessert for Two cookbook. She likes to pretend we have our own cooking show. She added some whole strawberries to the top after frosting. She was so proud to serve the first piece to Grandpa and he liked it so much he asked for seconds. Thanks for the Memories ❤️
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  31. ok... My 6" pans came in the mail yesterday... Too excited to wait any longer... No sprinkles in the house... No problem, make a white cake... My wife said she wanted chocolate frosting.. ok... Grab the Special Dark cocoa... Mix some into the frosting recipe... Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! cutest cake ever... and delicious.... :O) Now I'm convinced I need a mini cake stand...
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  33. just made it and my husband loves it although minus the sprinkles as he prefers it plain. it did not rise as much as yours too but the taste is relish. i read in one of your comments that the 3" height of a 6" pan may cause the cake not to rise much. Oven temp is same as yours although my baking powder may be one yr old. No worries i am doing it again and hope it works better now with a 6" pan of 2" height. wish me luck.
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  34. Made this today, tasted great and was so fun to make. Only issue was that my cake didn't rise like the one above or that I thought it should. Was kind of thin after it cooled, it was little high in the middle. Will definitely try again.
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  35. Wow it looks amazing and I really want to make it but only have 7" , 8" and 9" pans. Can u pls advise on how to alter the ingredients so it can fit in one of those? Also the baking time and temp pleeeaassse!!!!
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    • Hi Mo, no, unfortunately, you really need the right size pan or the recipe won't work. I only test my recipes in the size pans you see listed. I'm not sure how to scale them for each individual pan. Sorry.
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  37. I made it today using aquafaba in replacement of egg,the recipe turned out gr8 it was soft n moist,just wanted to mentioned to anyone who is vegan out there:)
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  38. Made this with my 4 year old son, he loved mixing this together and adding the sprinkles! It tasted delicious!! Will definitely make again.
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  39. Hi Christina, I was wondering if I can use cake flour instead of all purpose. Aslo if I eliminate the salt can I then use salted butter?
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  40. Hi there, so lately I’m really into baking and I’ve tried getting this cake just right, but I can’t ? The confetti never gives my cake small rainbow spots but makes it blue-greenish as if I used food colouring ? Which kind of sprinkles did you use for the cake in the picture? Any tips? H EL P, Anna :)
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    • I think I talked about this in another post (my mini funfetti cakes), and YES, the type of sprinkles you use really matters! I used all different kinds, and the best results were with 'natural' type sprinkles. The regular 'full food coloring' ones from the grocery store bled everywhere! I would recommend ones without any dark colors, like blue or black, if you can! Light rainbow colors would work, or the natural sprinkles from Whole Foods :)
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  42. This looks delicious! Has anyone made this cake before though? Want to try but it looks pretty dense in the photos
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    • It's not dense. It's good, trust me. :) Tons of people have commented on instagram that they've made it, and I've received lots of emails. Check through the 75 comments here; I'm sure more than a few people made it :) My photography skills are not doing this cake justice.
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  43. I'm excited to find this recipe for a smaller birthday cake! Do you think it will hold up OK if I bake it the night before, then wrap it tightly in saran wrap? I don't want to be baking at the last minute. Thanks! :)
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  44. I made this cake in a mini bundt pan with enough for one cupcake and it was delicious. The mini bundt cake I gave as a gift and my husband and I split the cupcake. I didn’t have white sugar so I used light brown sugar instead and it was moist and sweet and i am definitely going to make this again. Thank you!!
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  45. I always see “do not overmix” once flour is added, however, can you please tell me exactly what amount of time does that mean: “beat until smooth but do not overmix”? Is it a minute or two, or just a few seconds ? Thank you.
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    • Great question, Steph! It means stir until all of the flour is incorporated and you don't see streaks of flour anymore. But once that happens, stop mixing. It should take a minute or so.
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  46. This turned out like a charm! I have been struggling to find a good funfetti cake recipe that turnout! Love that this is a small cake, since it's just me…lol. Also, I had purposefully bought the 6"Fat Daddio's pan for this recipe! It worked like a dream! Thank you for sharing this recipe and I'll definitely be back for more!
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