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All You Need Is A Cupcake Tin For Excellent Mini Layer Cakes
By Jessica Fleming-Montoya
Contrary to what you may think, baking mini layer cakes is actually quite simple if you divvy up your cake batter into a cupcake tin and bake it.
This trick helps you to avoid wasting cake and will make it much easier to get perfectly-sized mini cake layers that are easy to stack.
When the cupcakes come out of the oven, each will work as one layer in your mini cakes. Start by placing a small amount of buttercream on a cake stand and set one layer on top.
The buttercream will help keep the cake from moving around. Next, spread a dollop of buttercream frosting onto the cupcake and use an offset spatula to cover the cake.
Top this with another cupcake, placed top-down, and repeat the process. For extra-even layers, you can level the cupcakes once they have totally cooled down.
You can add a small dowel to the middle for support, and for an extra-tall mini cake, add a third cupcake. Finally, smooth out the cake with buttercream and decorate.