Best Sweet Pecan Baby Cakes Recipes

BABYCAKES

Steps:

• For the Cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a small mixing bowl add the baking soda, salt, baking powder and flour. Mix thoroughly with a fork and set aside. In a large mixing bowl add the eggs, honey, both sugars and butter. Mix until smooth using a hand mixer. Add the cinnamon and baby food. Mix until smooth. Using a rubber spatula fold in the pecans. Slowly add the flour mixture using a sifter and fold in until ingredients are evenly mixed.
• Place 24 mini baking cups (2-inch, nonfoil) into each hole of the mini muffin pan. Place a 1-gallon resealable freezer bag into a bowl (for support) and pour the cupcake batter into the bag. Seal the bag and cut the tip off 1 of the bottom corners of the bag. Squeeze the batter into each baking cup, filling them only 3/4 of the way full. Place the mini muffin pan in the oven on the center rack. Bake for 12 minutes.
• For the Frosting: In a small mixing bowl add the extracts, milk, cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar. Mix until smooth and creamy using a hand mixer. When the cupcakes are done baking remove each cupcake from the pan and place on a cooling rack. Place the cooling rack in the refrigerator for 5 to 7 minutes.
• Once the cupcakes are cooled remove them from the refrigerator. Frost each cupcake by putting a generous dollop of frosting on the top with a spoon. Garnish top with ground pecans and they are ready to serve.

BABY SWEET POTATO CAKES WITH PECANS AND STICKY CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and baking soda.
• Gradually add half of flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed until blended, and stopping to scrape bottom and down sides of bowl.
• Add remaining half of flour mixture, and beat until blended.
• Add vanilla and next 5 ingredients, beating at medium speed until smooth.
• Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray, filling two-thirds full.
• 3. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 5 minutes.
• Remove warm cakes from pan, and sprinkle with toasted pecans.
• Top each cake with 2 1/2 Tbsp Caramel-Pecan Sauce (*recipe follows).
• Serve with vanilla ice cream or ice-cold heavy cream, if desired.
• *Caramel-Pecan Sauce:.
• Cook butter and sugar in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes or until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• Whisk in heavy cream and coffee granules. Bring mixture to a light boil, stirring constantly.
• Turn off heat, and let stand on cooktop until slightly cool, stirring often. Makes 2 cups.

SWEET PECAN BABY CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 Spray 12-cup jumbo muffin cup pan. In saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and honey. Cook, stirring over medium heat until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in pecans and orange zest.
• 2. In bowl, stir together flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In lg bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Beat on high for 3 mins. Add oil, sour cream and vanilla. Beat until combined. Slowly add flour mix and beat on low until smooth.
• 3. Place 2 tbsp of pecan mix into bottom of each muffin cup. Spoon a heaping 1/3 cup batter over pecan mix in each cup. Place pan on lg baking sheet. Bake about 25 mins, or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 mins. Using a knife, loosen edges of cake from pan. Invert onto a rack. Spoon any pecan sauce from bottom of pan onto cakes. Served best when warm.