Description
Learn how to make Pink Cookie Dough Mini Cakes with a soft pink cake base, egg-free cookie dough center, and glossy pink chocolate glaze. Perfect for parties, birthdays, and festive dessert tables.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup milk
- Pink gel food coloring
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (heat-treated)
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- 1½ cups pink candy melts or pink chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp heavy cream or coconut oil
- Pink chocolate chips or candy hearts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a mini muffin pan with liners.
- Cream ½ cup butter and ¾ cup sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, then add 1 tsp vanilla extract.
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt; add to the wet mixture alternately with ½ cup milk.
- Add pink gel food coloring gradually until desired color is achieved.
- Fill muffin wells ⅔ full.
- Bake for 12–15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cakes to cool completely.
- Beat ½ cup butter, ½ cup brown sugar, and ¼ cup granulated sugar until creamy.
- Mix in 2 tbsp milk and 1 tsp vanilla extract.
- Gradually add 1 cup heat-treated flour until a soft dough forms.
- Fold in ½ cup mini chocolate chips.
- Scoop dough into small rounded domes and chill 20–30 minutes until firm.
- Place a chilled cookie dough dome on each cooled cake base.
- Press gently to adhere.
- Melt 1½ cups pink candy melts with 2 tbsp cream or coconut oil until smooth.
- Spoon over each cake, letting it naturally drip down the sides.
- Top each mini cake with pink chocolate chips or candy hearts.
- Chill for 15 minutes until the glaze sets.
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cake
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
Keywords: Pink Cookie Dough Mini Cakes, dessert, party treats, birthday cakes