Sweet Little Cakes Baked Right in the Jar!
Looking for a unique, yet simple dessert for a baby shower or birthday party that is sure to garner plenty of ooohs and ahhs?
If you can bake cupcakes from a mix, then you can make these wonderful little "Baby Food" Lookalike Cakes.
Here's how it's done:
Makes one batch, one flavor
- 2 dozen standard baby food jars, labels removed, sterilized
- Cake batter
- Frosting
- Sprinkles (color coordinated for type of babyfood
- Baby Food Jar Label PDF (choose birthday or baby shower)
- Full sheet adhesive labels (or regular paper and adhesive spray)
- Prepare your favorite cake batter (from scratch or mix).
- Fill each jar 1/3 full with batter. I like to place the jars in the depressions of a standard cupcake pan for support while baking.
- Bake approx 18 minutes (depending on your cake recipe), until cakes are cooked through
- While cakes are cooling, prepare your frosting.
- When cakes have cooled, top cakes with frosting.
- Adorn frosting with green sprinkles for peas or orange sprinkles for carrots.
- Print out labels and wrap around jars
Tips/Ideas: I like to make Carrot Cake to go with the Carrot labels. If you like Green Tea, you can get a wonderful green cake for the sweet pea jars by adding add Matcha (Green Tea) powder to white cake batter.You can also add food coloring to your batter to have a colored cake, but white cake works well and looks appetizing too.When I made created this project I only had jimmy-style sprinkles on hand. Next time, I plan on using nonpariel-style sprinkles for a finer look.
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Oh, I am sooo doing this...I decorate for all the showers at my school, so how fun would this be!
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Lezlee
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [08 Jul 12:00pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria
ReplyDeleteOh, that is too cute! Reminds me of a tart in a jar recipe I saw on a blog not too long ago.
ReplyDeleteIts a great post. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea......I love the creativity and even coming up with new labels.....I'm sure these would be a hit at any baby shower!
ReplyDeleteWow - that is a GREAT recipe for a baby shower!!
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Oh, and the W stands for... nope! It's a secret (I'm a school teacher and don't want my families hunting me down)
These are SOOO darling! It makes me hope someone I know gets pregnant soon. Hehe.
ReplyDeleteYou know I love stuff in a jar!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea! Very cute - great baby shower treat. Peace. ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! Thanks for stopping by.
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ReplyDeleteSo absolutely darling!!,
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea!
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Paula
Great idea love it! But I can't get the labels to print :(. Help. I opened it in safari and nothing
ReplyDeleteHello there, commenter above (sorry, couldn't find your name). Which label were you trying to print? I checked all four links by clicking on the "HERE", and all four documents came up in Firefox. Let me know which label is giving you trouble, and perhaps give a different browser a shot. Jenn
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ReplyDeleteIs it better to use 4 oz jars or 6 oz?
ReplyDeleteGreat question, Britt. I'm going to have to double-check the next time I go to the grocery store. I can't remember what size I used without actually looking at the jars. I'm 99% sure it was the 4oz. size, but will comment again after I double check.
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hi! i happen to discover your blog while looking for a reese recipe for a friend then i found this. these are great. just wondering, are bottles safe for baking? i know you were able to bake from it, but isn't it going to break?
ReplyDeleteAre you able to make different designs...specifically label with rubber ducks for baby's first birthday? Been looking everywhere for printable patterns online.
ReplyDeleteIs there any way you can make one with rubber duck on it for 1st birthday? Been looking everywhere for printable patterns.
ReplyDeleteAre you able to make different designs...specifically label with rubber ducks for baby's first birthday? Been looking everywhere for printable patterns online.
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