Cutie Pie Mini Cakes

These Cutie Pie Mini Cakes are an adorable no-bake dessert for the fall season using Drake’s Pound Cake Mini Bites! These are our FAVORITE Drake’s Cake Mini Bites and they are so fun to decorate! This is a great activity for Thanksgiving or during the holidays. The hardest part about making these cutie pies is not eating the mini cakes straight from the bag! They’re that good!

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You will need:

1 box Drake’s Pound Cake Mini Bites

Buttercream frosting (store bought or get my easy recipe here)

Red, orange & brown food coloring

Pumpkin pie spice (optional)

Red sugar pearls

Cherry extract (optional)

Apple pie filling (homemade or canned)

Decorating tips Wilton #3, #5, #10, #16 and #32

Disposable piping bags

Directions for the Cutie Pie Mini Cakes:

First divide the buttercream into 4 small bowls and mix the red food coloring in one bowl, the orange in another and the brown in the third bowl.  Keep the 4^th bowl white.

Pumpkin:

For the pumpkin pie pound cake mini bites, frost the top of the cakes with orange frosting with a knife

Next using the #16 piping tip, pipe a scallop edge around the mini cake for the crust with the brown frosting.

Now using the #32 piping tip, pipe a small star of white buttercream in the middle of the mini cake.

Sprinkle with a little pumpkin pie spice if desired.

Cherry:

For the cherry pie pound cake mini bites, frost the top of the cakes with red frosting (you may mix in a very small amount of cherry extract to the frosting if you want a cherry taste)

Sprinkle a few red sugar pearls on top.

Now using the #3 round piping tip, pipe lines in a grid pattern on top of the mini cake bites with the brown frosting.

Next using the #16 piping tip, pipe a scallop edge around the mini cake for the crust with the brown frosting.

Apple:

For the apple pie pound cake mini bites, finely chop the apple pie filling and spread on top of the mini cake bites.

Next using the #5 piping tip, pipe lines in a grid pattern on top of the mini cake bites with the brown frosting.

Next using the #10 piping tip, pipe an edge around the mini cake for the crust with the brown frosting.

Then take a toothpick and make small lines around the crust to make it look like crimping.

Finally using a #5 piping tip, pipe a dollop of white buttercream in the middle of the mini cake bite.

Now you have the sweetest Cutie Pie Mini Cakes! They are the perfect bite for dessert after a holiday meal and they are so fun to make using our favorite Drake’s Pound Cake Mini Bites!

For more great fall recipe ideas like my Mini Caramel Apple Cakes, click here