I adapted this recipe from our Glazed Lemon Cupcakes recipe and am in love! Talk about the easiest method ever for both making the cake and the frosting, or in this case, a thicker vanilla glaze. You can make all 75 of these cuties in under and hour! They’re perfect for parties and the customization choices are endless. Add whatever sprinkles you’d like- have fun with it!

WHITE CAKE MIX RECIPE

This recipe for Vanilla Cake Bites actually starts with a white cake mix! You add a few basic ingredients to the cake mix: a box of vanilla pudding, eggs, sour cream or yogurt and milk. That’s it! Bake the mini cupcakes, then let them cool for about 5 minutes, invert them onto a cooling rack and they’re ready to be glazed!

CAKE BITES INGREDIENTS

Here’s what you need to make these Little Lemon Cake Bites:

–1 box of white cake mix: use any brand you’d like! Make sure you get the 15.25 oz sized box, which is a standard size for cake mixes.

– instant vanilla pudding mix: Aim to keep the cake as white as possible, so regular vanilla, coconut and even banana would work well.

–5 large egg whites: Again, trying to keep the cake a white color, so we use egg whites instead of the whole egg. If you’d prefer to use the whole egg, you can use 4 large eggs.

–sour cream or plain yogurt: You can use any type of Greek yogurt really, but just remember that it will affect the color of the cake bites.

–milk: for baking, I usually try to stick to regular milk or Almond milk

COOKIE SCOOP SIZES

Using cookie scoops really make the process of portioning out the correct amount of cake batter easier. There are 3 standard sizes:

Small Cookie Scoop: Measures a bit over 1 tablespoon of batter

Medium Cookie Scoop: Measures 2 1/2 tablespoons of batter

Large Cookie Scoop: Measures 4 tablespoons of batter

You can make all the bites the same size or you can do some one-bite cakes and some two-bites cakes. The difference is using the small cookie scoop or the medium cookie scoop. A heaping small scoop will give you something in the middle. I like the option of having some smaller bites, so I used both the small and the medium scoop.

HOW TO MAKE CAKE BITES

First preheat the oven to 325° F.  Coat mini muffin tins with cooking spray- note that the non-stick spray made specifically for baking works best!  This recipe makes 75-85 mini cupcakes so I ended up baking 3 1/2 batches in my mini cupcake pan that holds 24 cupcakes.

Beat the ingredients for the cupcakes in a large bowl with an electric mixer for several minutes until smooth and somewhat whipped looking.

Fill each muffin hole about 3/4 way full.  I used a heaping small cookie scoop and it worked perfectly!  Bake each pan for about 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool the pan for a few minutes, then overturn cake bites onto a wire rack.  Turn cakes right side up and let cool another 5 minutes. Then you’re ready to glaze them!

INGREDIENTS FOR LEMON MINI CUPCAKE GLAZE 

To make the easy Lemon glaze, you’ll need:

–powdered sugar

–salted butter, melted: no substitutions

–1/4 cup  + 2 TBSP hot water

– vanilla extract

HOW TO MAKE LEMON DROP MINI CUPCAKE GLAZE

Lay out some waxed paper so that clean-up is easier.

Whisk the glaze ingredients in a medium bowl until smooth. You’ll want the glaze to be a bit thicker than syrup so that it coats each cake bite. Feel free to add more hot water or powdered sugar until you feel like you’ve reached the right consistency.

Dip each cake bite into the glaze and set it on the wax paper. Immediately add sprinkles to the top.

If the glaze hardens a bit, stick the bowl in the microwave for 15 seconds. Repeat until all cake bites are glazed. They take just a few minutes to cool and firm up and they’re ready to serve!

Easy Vanilla Cake Bites

Easy Vanilla Cake Bites are simple glazed bite-sized treats that are so easy to make! Super cute & beyond tasty, these vanilla cake bites will be the hit of the party! 

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Course: Cake, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Vanilla Cake Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes

Servings: 40

Calories: 112kcal

Ingredients

• 1 box white cake mix 15.25 oz box
• 1 small box vanilla Instant pudding mix 3.4 oz box
• 5 large egg whites
• 1 1/4 cups sour cream or yogurt
• 1/2 cup milk

Vanilla Glaze

• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2 TBSP hot water
• 2 TBSP butter melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• sprinkles for topping

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 325° F.  Coat mini muffin tins with cooking spray- note that the non-stick spray made specifically for baking works best!  This recipe makes 75-85 mini cupcakes so I ended up baking 3 1/2 batches in my mini cupcake pan that holds 24 cupcakes.

• Beat the ingredients for the cupcakes in a large bowl with an electric mixer for several minutes until smooth and somewhat whipped looking.

• Fill each muffin hole about 3/4 way full.  I used a heaping small cookie scoop and it worked perfectly! Bake each pan for about 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

• Cool the pan for a few minutes, then overturn cake bites onto a wire rack.  Turn cakes right side up and let cool another 5 minutes. Then you’re ready to glaze them!

• Lay out some waxed paper so that clean-up is easier. Whisk the glaze ingredients in a medium bowl until smooth. You’ll want the glaze to be a bit thicker than syrup so that it coats each cake bite. Feel free to add more hot water or powdered sugar until you feel like you’ve reached the right consistency.

• Dip each cake bite into the glaze and set it on the wax paper. Immediately add sprinkles to the top.

• If the glaze hardens a bit, stick the bowl in the microwave for 15 seconds. Repeat until all cake bites are glazed. They take just a few minutes to cool and firm up and they’re ready to serve!

Notes

Recipe yields about 75-80 cupcake bites.  You can make all the bites the same size or you can do some one-bite cakes and some two-bites cakes. The difference is using the small cookie scoop or the medium cookie scoop. A heaping small scoop will give you something in the middle. I like the option of having some smaller bites.

Nutrition

Serving: 2g | Calories: 112kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 108mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 67IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg

Easy Patriotic Vanilla Cake Bites are simple glazed bite-sized treats that are so easy to make! Super cute & beyond tasty, these vanilla cake bites will be the hit of your 4th of July party!

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