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Kids and adults will love this adorable Minion Cake

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
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 40 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