Christmas Recipes
Holiday Mini-Cakes
Decorate cans with ribbons and offer them as holiday gifts to your loved ones.
Prep: 20 min | Bake: 30 min | Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients
Cake
- 5 (14 ounce) limited edition holiday cans Nestlé® La Lechera® Sweetened Condensed Milk, emptied (reserve milk for other uses), washed and dried*
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 cup chopped crystallized assorted fruits (optional)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/4 cups Nestlé® La Lechera Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 4 large eggs
Topping
- 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 5 teaspoons chopped crystallized assorted fruits for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease and flour empty La Lechera® cans.
Cake
- Combine flour, crystallized fruit, baking powder and cinnamon in medium bowl; set aside.
- Beat sweetened condensed milk and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Fold in flour mixture a spoonful at a time until smooth.
- Pour batter evenly into prepared La Lechera® cans.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cakes comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely in cans. Do not remove cakes from cans.
Topping
- Combine powdered sugar and lime juice in small bowl. Spread top of each cake evenly with glaze. Garnish each cake with 1 teaspoon crystallized fruit.
Notes
* PRECAUTION: Open cans with a safety can opener to eliminate sharp edges from lid. If using regular LA LECHERA® cans, be sure to peel off paper labels before baking.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestlé® and meals.com