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Valentine's Day MINI CAKES
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Apr 3, 2025
Let's make these fun Valentine’s Day mini cakes with delicious cake and filling, dreamy buttercream frosting, and easy decorations! This tutorial will start with the three steps to make each mini cake and then move on to the decorations for 3 different designs. 📄Get the RECIPE https://www.britishgirlbakes.com/valentines-day-mini-cakes/ 💫Start your FREE 7 day trial on my cake school https://britishgirlbakes.teachable.com/p/all-you-can-cake/ 🎂LEARN The Basics of Cake and The Basics of Buttercream in my most popular online courses! https://britishgirlbakes.teachable.com/ 👩🏼🍳My 4 Minute Buttercream recipe https://www.britishgirlbakes.com/recipes/buttercream-frosting/ 👍Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to my channel for a new cake decorating tutorial every week! 💬 SAY HI! Website: https://www.britishgirlbakes.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishgirlbakes
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delicious cake and fillings dreamy
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buttercream frosting and fun decorations
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let's make these easy Valentine's Day
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mini cakes I'll start with the three
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steps to make each mini cake and then
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move on to the decorations and Designs
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so step one prepare I'm using cupcakes
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to make these mini cakes the recipe is
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in the video description unwrap them and
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cut each one in half horizontally to
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make two cake layers I like tall cakes
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so I'm using three layers for each one
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which means with six cupcakes you can
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make four mini cakes or just make one or
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two or three and freeze the rest for
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another occasion for the filling and
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frosting I'm using my 4minute
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buttercream a mini batch and that recipe
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is in the video description too you can
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add any ingredients you like to flavor
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this it's so versatile this is DL Dee a
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thick caramel and these are freeze-dried
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strawberries crushed up to make a powder
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add a bit of milk if the buttercream
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gets too thick or more sugar if it gets
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too thin now let's make these
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Valentine's Day mini cakes spread a bit
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of buttercream onto a cakeboard and
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press your first cake layer onto it to
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attach it to the cake board now add your
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filling and Alternate between cake
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layers and filling to assemble your mini
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cake chill in the fridge for 30 minutes
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or the freezer for 15 minutes step three
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is the crumb coat every cake needs a
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crumb coat it's a thin layer of frosting
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to trap any crumbs that come off the
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cake it doesn't need to be neat but it
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does need to completely cover the cake
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it's easiest to do this when the cake is
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cold which is why you chill it first
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when the crumb coat is fairly smooth put
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the cake in the fridge for 30 minutes to
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set and then you're ready to frost and
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decorate now for the designs for this
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first Valentine's mini cake tint
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buttercream pink or whatever color you
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choose and frost the cake get it as
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smooth as you can by scraping around the
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cake a few times and then spread more
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buttercream over any gaps and scrape
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again and again I like to switch to a
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metal cake comb for the last few scrapes
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and warm up the edge with warm water or
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a blowtorch to get the smoothest
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frosting for the top swipe sideway with
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an offset spatula all the way around
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wiping the blade clean in between next
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you'll need a Piping Bag with any open
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star tip this is a 4B and I'll show you
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what it looks like in a second spoon the
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leftover pink buttercream into the bag
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push it down to the end and here's the
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piping tip with lots of short prongs all
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close together work your way around the
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top of the cake holding the piping tip
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just above the cake and squeezing to
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push the buttercream through the piping
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tip letting it bulge a little bit over
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the edge of the cake and then stop
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squeezing and pull the bag up and the
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piping will pull up a bit pulling away
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from the edge of the cake so it's
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perfectly positioned before adding a
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message the cake needs to go into the
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fridge for at least an hour to set the
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frosting these are sweet stamp letters
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and you push them into the frosting to
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leave an imprint which you then paint
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into push each letter gently into the
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frosting and push it at the top and the
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bottom left and right to make sure all
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of it has imprinted in and then pull it
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away you're aiming for a shallow imprint
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just deep enough to see all parts of the
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letter clearly I'm using edible gold
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paint for the letters but you can make
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your own by mixing edible gold Luster
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Dust with a few drops of any clear
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alcohol like vodka or a clear flavor
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extract like clear vanilla or lemon a
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small paintbrush that's quite stiff is
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ideal for painting these little letters
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for the fire Emoji I'm using yellow
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butter cream microwaving it for 5
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seconds to melt it slightly so it's
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runnier and then I can paint it onto a
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piece of parchment paper shaping it to
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make the inner part of the flame I'm
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tinting the leftover pink buttercream
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red and mixing that with the leftover
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yellow to make orange and painting these
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colors around the yellow part of the
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flame this is a buttercream transfer and
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you can use any non-stick paper like
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parchment or wax paper or baking paper
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wipe off any smudges with a toothpick or
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a clean paintbrush and then press the
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flame against the cake pushing it gently
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to attach it put the cake into the
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freezer for 10 minutes or the fridge for
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30 minutes and then peel the paper off
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and voila you are fire another Emoji
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cake next the heart eye emoji starting
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with yellow buttercream to frost the
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cake and once that's smooth put the rest
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of the yellow buttercream into a Piping
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Bag with a small star-shaped tip this is
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a tiny number 16 but a number 32 or a
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199 would work too any small star to
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pipe a border hold the tip just beside
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the cake resting it on the cakeboard and
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squeeze the buttercream out and then
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release your pressure on the Piping Bag
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as you swipe the bag away from the cake
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you'll make a textured bead leaving a
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little tail behind it which you'll cover
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up with the next bead put the cake into
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the fridge for at least an an hour to
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set the frosting and then make some
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stencils using parchment or wax paper
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drawing two hearts for the eyes and a
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smiling open mouth and it's best to do
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this with the cake beside you so you can
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check the size and the spacing cut the
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shapes out of the paper leaving the
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paper around the shapes intact and those
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pieces of paper will be your stencils
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position the first one on the cake press
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it against the cake and then spread
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buttercream over it and smooth it a few
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times to take off the excess and leave a
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thin smooth layer behind then peel off
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the stencil put the cake in the freezer
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for 5 minutes or the fridge for 15
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minutes before you do the next stencil
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so you don't damage the first details if
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the buttercream smudges as you pull the
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stencil away use a toothpick to gently
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scrape off any smudges TAA a heart eye
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emoji cake for Valentine's Day this next
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one is really fun pipe little hearts
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onto a piece of parchment or wax paper
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on a cutting board or tray using a small
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star shaped tip like this number 16 lift
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them up and put them into the freezer
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for 10 minutes while you frost your cake
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when the hearts are frozen you can pick
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them up and press them gently into the
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frosting on your cake to skip the
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freezer step you can pipe these straight
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onto the cake it's just a bit trickier
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to pipe them sideways rather than down
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onto the paper these Valentine's Day
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mini cakes are the perfect size to share
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and they're best enjoyed at room
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temperature so if you make them in
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advance and keep them in the fridge for
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a few days take them out about 2 hours
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before you serve them and that way the
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cake and buttercream will be soft and
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they'll taste their best get the recipe
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