How to Make a Minion Cake (Chocolate Cake with Nutella Frosting)

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My sister-in-law’s birthday was a few months ago.   Since I make most of the cakes for my family members I decided I better ask if she wanted me to make her one this year.   When I asked my mom she told me that Diana loves Minions and it would be cute to make her a Minion cake.   I figured that would be easy enough and agreed to do it.

I then texted my brother to see what type of cake she would like.   His answer was anything but vanilla.   Not much help so I asked him specifically and he told me anything with chocolate, coffee, or hazelnut.   I thought that was odd since he can’t have chocolate but I decided to go for a chocolate cake with Nutella filling and buttercream frosting.

I made the chocolate cake in a 9 x 13 pan with rounded edged.   It baked up nicely and after it cooled I cut it in half and spread on the Nutella frosting.  I wanted to put chocolate filling on the cake but since Minion’s are yellow I couldn’t figure out any way to do that.  Instead I just made buttercream frosting, dyed it yellow, and spread that on.

The cake was actually really easy to make.  There were only a few details needed to make the cake. I used black chocolate for the google strap and white chocolate for the glasses.   Chocolate kisses were used for the buttons on the pants.

I think it turned out super cute and my sister-in-law loved it!  My mom took the leftovers into school with her and the students thought it was pretty great too.

How to Make a Minion Cake (Chocolate Cake with Nutella Frosting)

Chocolate cake filled with Nutella frosting then decorated to look like a Minion.

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Prep Time: 1 hour hour

Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 24 pieces

Author: Hezzi-D

Ingredients

For the Cake:

• 3 1/2 c. flour
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 c. butter 3 sticks, softened
• 1 3/4 c. sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 1/3 c. cocoa powder
• 1 c. milk

For the Frosting:

• 3 sticks butter
• 4-5 c. powdered sugar
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 1/3 c. Nutella
• yellow and blue food coloring

For Decorating:

• 3 chocolate kisses
• 1/2 c. chocolate melts
• 1/2 c. white chocolate melts
• silver sprinkles
• 1 circular cookie

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, stirring after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
• Mix the cocoa powder into the butter and egg mixture and stir well.
• Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir well. Add in half the milk and mix well. Stir in 1/3 of the flour mixture, mixing well, and then the remaining milk. Stir well and add the remaining flour. Mix until everything is well combined.
• Pour the batter into a 9 x 13 pan lined with foil.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Allow to cool on a wire rack. Once cool use the foil to lift the cake out of the pan. Cut the cake lengthwise in half and set aside.
• In a large bowl use a mixer to beat the butter. Add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, mixing after each addition until the frosting is thick. Stir in the vanilla.
• Remove 1 cup of frosting and mix in the Nutella. You may need to add additional powdered sugar.
• Spread the Nutella frosting in between the cake layers. Put the cake back together and place on a cake board.
• Place 1 cup of frosting in a small bowl and tint it light blue. Remove 3 tablespoons of the white frosting and set aside. Tint the remaining frosting yellow.
• Frost the entire cake with the yellow frosting.
• About 1/4 of the way up from the bottom "draw" a scooping line with a toothpick. Cover the bottom 1/4 with the blue frosting.
• Place two chocolate kisses on the pants, one on each side.
• Take the circular cookie and cover it with the white frosting. Place a chocolate kiss upside down off center in the frosting and set aside.
• Melt the white chocolate in the microwave in 30 seconds intervals, stirring after each time, until melted. Place in a zip top baggie, cut off the corner, and pipe a 1/2 inch thick white chocolate circle bigger then the cookie. Immediately sprinkle with silver sprinkles. Let harden 15 minutes.
• Place the frosting covered cookie in the top center of the cake. Gently lift the white chocolate and silver circle and place it around the "eye".
• Melt the chocolate melts in the microwave in 30 seconds intervals, stirring after each time, until melted. Place in a zip top baggie, cut off the corner, and pipe an outline around the pants.
• Pipe a half smile on one half of the face.
• Pipe the google headstrap on the cake and fill it in with remaining melted chocolate.
• Place the cake someplace cool to set before serving.

Notes

Cake and frosting are Hezzi-D Original recipes
Decorating idea from Betty Crocker