Sunday, 24 June 2012

Vanilla and Chocolate Mini Tea Cakes


The theme for this month's Forever Nigella is 'Afternoon Tea'.  I knew immediately that I wanted to use my Williams-Sonoma mini tea cake pan that I bought from America. I made 2 flavours - vanilla and chocolate as you just can't beat the classics. I used Nigella's spruced up vaniila cake recipe and old fashioned chocolate cake recipe both of which I've made previously with good success and this was no exception. The cakes were delightfully moist and tasty but the real wow factor came from the shape of the cakes. How cute are they?

Forever Nigella #16 is being hosted by Fleur from Homemade by Fleur. This month's challenge is to prepare and blog any Nigella Lawson recipe with the theme of 'Afternoon Tea'.  Forever Nigella is organised by Sarah from Maison Cupcake.



 My Williams-Sonoma Mini Tea Cake Pan

 I bought this mini ice cream scoop which is called a cookie scoop from the same store - it's perfect for filling these cakes, 1 scoop per cake! 

 ready to go in the oven 


 fresh from the oven... will they come out of the pan easily? 

 The chocolate version

 hurrah! no sticking to the pan at all 

 a dusting of icing sugar increases the wow factor :) 


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33 comments:

  1. Susie @ Fold in the Flour24 June 2012 at 22:50

    Wow, these look gorgeous! I remember making eyes at your mini cake pan when you told us about it - great to see it's being put to good use :D

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:42

      I am totally in love with this pan :) I'm busy planning other occasions to use the tin!

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  2. Victory Rolls & Mixing Bowls24 June 2012 at 23:15

    O wow I love this pan what a cute idea, you always make such lovely treats :)

    Nom! X

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  3. Homemade By Fleur24 June 2012 at 23:37

    These little beauties look amazing. LOVE the tin and mini ice cream scoop. But what I really love is that you have just left them plain. It would be so easy to decorate these, and yes that would look great too, but sometimes a little bit of sponge cake (without icing) is just what is called for. Thank you for entering this months Forever Nigella.

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:45

      I did think about decorating them but I ran out of time and my decorating skills are very amateurish. Sometimes you just cant beat plain and simple especially with bundt cakes where the shape is the wow factor. Thanks for hosting Forever Nigella!

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  4. Gloria Baker25 June 2012 at 00:32

    I love all these minis look awesome!!

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  5. Dawn @ Words Of Deliciousness25 June 2012 at 04:26

    The mini teacakes are so cute and yummy looking.

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:47

      Thanks! They are deceiving in size as I ended up eating half a dozen of these!

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  6. barbaraK25 June 2012 at 04:56

    Thanks for sharing, this is great for a tea party :). Also wanted to share some cake recipes at "everything-cake.com"

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  7. Suelle25 June 2012 at 09:38

    What a fantastic cake pan - the results look pretty good too!

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:48

      Thanks! I'm sure I'll be using this pan again and again :)

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  8. Unknown25 June 2012 at 09:46

    Wow those look really good, I want a fancy cake tin now! :)

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  9. Jo25 June 2012 at 12:36

    I'm so jealous of your tea cake pan! They all look so cute and have turned out perfectly.

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:50

      Thanks! I knew I had to buy it when I saw it. Never mind that it's quite heavy to carry in a suitcase!

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  10. thelittleloaf25 June 2012 at 13:25

    I love the look of that tin - those mini cakes are insanely cute!

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:50

      Thanks - they really are super cute, aren't they? :)

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  11. Caroline25 June 2012 at 20:39

    I love that baking tin - I'm such a sucker for thing like that! The cakes look really cute - and beautiful all piled up together. I do like that Nigella recipe for 'spruced up vanilla cake' - I've used it a couple of times and it's a great texture!

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:51

      I'm a complete sucker for things like this too! Nigella recipes have always worked for me.

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  12. Anonymous25 June 2012 at 22:21

    The new pan is rather posh! Loving the cakes they are so cute and tiny and perfectly mouth sized.

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:51

      Thanks! Problem with perfectly mouth sized is a lot of them end up in my mouth! :)

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  13. Cookie Sleuth25 June 2012 at 23:20

    So beautiful!

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  14. Anonymous26 June 2012 at 03:00

    What a fantastic idea for afternoon tea, and so cute, too!

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:52

      I want to have a weekly afternoon tea party now so I can bake these more often :)

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  15. sarahtriv26 June 2012 at 15:39

    I absolutely want one of those cake pans! Those moulds look adorable! Thanks for taking part in Forever Nigella x

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    1. Baking Addict26 June 2012 at 22:53

      I'm so pleased I bought this mould. There were a few I wanted which I will probably buy when I next visit America but I couldn't resist this one. x

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  16. Charles27 June 2012 at 21:20

    Ah, this mould looks so cool - at first I was so shocked thinking it must have taken days to make so many dainty little cakes in different shapes... it never occurred to me that maybe they made a mould specifically like this. What a fun thing to have!

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    1. Baking Addict27 June 2012 at 23:49

      LOL I would not spend days making these! I had these done in an evening - very quick and simple. The mould is amazing, I'm so pleased I bought it :)

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  17. Elizabeth29 June 2012 at 17:50

    So cute!

    http://agirlinherkitchen.blogspot.com/

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  18. Benita5 March 2016 at 10:03

    I have the same pan, but never thought to use Nigella's cake recipes for it. How long did the cakes take to bake?

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  19. Spookie28 January 2022 at 18:41

    I have the same mould, bundt pan, but everything is always sticking ...
    Could you telll me how you prepare the pan? How warm is your oven? How long are the cakes in the oven? And last but not least: could I have the recipe?
    Thanks so much!

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  20. Wife and Mother of United States Marines26 July 2024 at 17:16

    I know it's been many years, but the scoop: is that the one inch diameter or the one and a half inch that fits these pans so well? I have the pans but the scoops I have don't seem to be the right size.

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