Holiday Mini Cakes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) package frozen pound cake, thawed
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 -4 tablespoons milk
• food coloring
• flavored extract, to taste
• 5 ounces jelly beans

Recipe

• 1 trim dark sides from top and side of cake. cut cake in half horizontally.
• 2 using a 3 1/2-inch cookie cutter (egg or bunnie for easter; tree or wreath for christmas; hearts for valentine's day; flowers for mother's day), cut 3 mini cakes from each half of the pound cake.
• 3 place mini cakes on a wire rack over a large bowl; set aside.
• 4 in another bowl, stir confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. tint with food coloring and flavor with extract if desired.
• 5 spoon icing over mini cakes, allowing excess to drip into bowl.
• 6 when icing bowl is empty, place rack of mini cakes over empty icing bowl.
• 7 decorate mini cakes with jelly beans. refrigerate until icing is set, about 20 minutes.
• 8 wrap in plastic wrap until ready to serve.