Mini Garden Cakes

These Mini Garden Cakes are so easy to make! Using the super delicious Drake’s Devil Dogs, these no bake lunchbox cakes are the perfect way to celebrate Spring! They make the most adorable treats for lunchboxes, garden parties, Easter buffets, showers or just because!

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You will need:

1 – (13.63 oz.) box Drake’s Devil Dogs

6 – (6.8 oz.)  mini loaf baking pans with lids (click here to get these on Amazon – affiliate link)

1 (16 oz.) container chocolate frosting

#1A piping tip

Finely crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (about ½ cup)

Green shamrock or flower sprinkles

Green star sprinkles

White flower sprinkles

Orange fondant

Green fondant

Red fondant

Blue fondant

White fondant

Disposable piping bag

Red, orange, green and blue edible markers

Green fine tip edible marker

Small silicone leaf mold (optional)

Mini stainless shovel spoons (optional) (click here to get these on Amazon – affiliate link)

Directions for Mini Garden Cakes:

First unwrap a Devil Dog and place in the mini loaf pan. 

Next unwrap a second Devil Dog and cut ¼ of the cake.

Place the ¼ cut piece to fill the gap in the pan.

Frost the top of the cake with chocolate frosting using the #1A piping tip

Immediately sprinkle the crushed chocolate sandwich cookies on top

Directions for Fondant vegetables

Make a small carrot shape using the orange fondant. Attach a green shamrock or flower sprinkle by pushing it in to the top of the carrot.  You can secure this with a toothpick dipped in water if desired.

Next roll out the green fondant and cut in half using a pizza cutter or knife.

Then roll the fondant with the rough edges on top to look like lettuce, pinching the bottom to secure.

Directions for fondant berries:

Now make strawberries out of the red fondant and poke little holes using a toothpick

Attach a green star sprinkle on top of each strawberry using a toothpick dipped in a little water.

Using a yellow edible marker, make a dot in the middle of the white flower sprinkles.

Press green fondant into a small silicone leaf mold

Mix a little red fondant with blue fondant to make the color of blueberries

Then roll a small amount of fondant in a ball to make blueberries

Roll out white fondant and cut into small strips using a pizza cutter or knife.

Cut the strips into small rectangles for the garden signs.  Let dry 24 hours.

Draw and label the fruits and vegetables on the signs using edible markers.

Attach a toothpick to the back of the signs with frosting or melted chocolate

Place the carrots on one side of the cake – I used 5 carrots in a row

Next place the lettuce on the other side of the cake

Place the strawberries, white flowers and leaves on one side of the cake (again, I used 5 bunches for each row)

Repeat the other side using blueberries

Place the signs at the end of each row.

Now you have THE CUTEST mini garden cakes! Adorable individual cakes that you can give as party favors or pack in a lunchbox!

Place the lid on top for a cute little lunchbox or portable treat and add a stainless mini shovel spoon! So cute!

Devil Dogs are THE BEST! It’s a family favorite of ours and it was so much fun to dress them up for Spring!

For more fun treat ideas for Spring like my Honey Bun Muffins, click here