Today y’all I’m adding Mama Reed’s Vanilla Wafer Cake to the list of recipes I worry what your life will be without!
This cake is the kissing cousin of my Apple Dapple Cake. They come from a different branch of the family but chances are if you have the good sense to like one of them, you’ll like the other as well.
My mother got this vanilla wafer cake recipe from her grandmother, Mama Reed. Mama Reed had an expansive array of recipes but this cake was my mother’s favorite by far. When she married my father, this was the first recipe she asked for to use in her own kitchen.
Ingredients for Vanilla Wafer Cake
You’ll need:
Eggs
Coconut
Milk
Vanilla wafers
Sugar
Nuts (we use pecans -pronounced puh-kahns)
Place vanilla wafers in a large sealable bag and crush them with the rolling pin or any other stress relieving device.
Crush your vanilla wafers like this (see above).
Beat up your eggs well and coarsely chop your pecans…
Then toss all ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix until well blended, about two minutes should be more than enough. Until it looks like this. You can do this with an electric mixer or a spoon.
Now if y’all don’t dip a spoon in that and take a bite then something is wrong with you!
Pour into a greased and floured tube/bundt pan.
(I just dip a paper towel into some shortening and smear it all over the insides of my pan, then put a few tablespoons of flour in and turn my pan while patting it a bit until the flour has coated the inside. Then I hold it over the trash can upside down and pat it until the excess falls out)
Bake at 350 for one hour.
Oh my goodness gracious, don’t we all just love Mama Reed now?
Serve to Vanilla Wafer Cake to happy people! (If they weren’t happy before, they will be now!)
Mama Reed’s Vanilla Wafer Cake
Ingredients
6whole eggs
3.5ozcan of coconutif you use bagged sweetened flaked coconut, just use 1 cup – don’t use frozen
1/2cupmilk
12ouncebox vanilla wafersMama says don’t use generic ~eyeroll~ I’ll do a “no comment” on that one coz y’all know what I do…
2cupssugar
1cupchopped nutswe use pecans
You might also enjoy: Mama Reed’s Tea Cakes
Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze
Apple Dapple Cake
Apple Pound Cake – and Being the Person You Need 🙂
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I never in a million years would have guessed that I would ever make yogurt. I don’t know why, but I just never really considered that I even could make it. Mostly because I honestly didn’t know the process of how to make yogurt. And… then I got a pressure cooker.
As it turns out, making yogurt is really easy to do. And what’s better? You can make it just the way you want, in any flavor you want, and as tangy as you want. Plus, making it yourself saves you calories AND money! So, as scary as the concept may seem, it’s definitely worth trying out!
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! These cute, festive treats are perfect for 4th of July or any time you want to be patriotic! Check out more patriotic recipes here.
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: 10minutes
Cook Time: 12minutes
Total Time: 22minutes
Servings: 40
Calories: 112kcal
Ingredients
1box white cake mix 15.25 oz box
1small box vanilla Instant pudding mix3.4 oz box
5large egg whites
1 1/4cupssour cream or yogurt
1/2cupmilk
Vanilla Glaze
3 1/2cupspowdered sugar
1/4cup+ 2 TBSP hot water
2TBSPbuttermelted
1tspvanilla extract
sprinklesfor 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.
I recommend you freeze the mini cupcakes baked, but not dipped in the glaze. Store the cupcakes in an airtight container or freezer bags for up to 3 months in the freezer. Once you’re ready to serve them, let them thaw on the countertop, then proceed with the instructions for making the glaze and dipping the cupcakes.
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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