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Last week Avenida (our new home Community for us Golden Oldies) had a class for decorating cakes. You don’t have to invite me twice to this fun and yummy class! Little did I know that when I signed up for it, I would be making 10 chocolate cakes for the ladies while one of the sweet ladies on staff here made 10 vanilla cakes!

She told me that she wanted the cakes to be made in the 6” round cake pans so off I went in search of a 6” round cake pan! These little cakes are just so cute and fun to have when “company comes a callin”. (Sorry the country hillbilly comes out ever so often!)

What fun we had gathered around the table downstairs all grabbing the pretty Fall sprinkles, colored sugars and even edible Fall leaves! it is always such a Wonderful way to bond with new friends as you sit and work (or eat) with food. There is just something special about sitting, laughing doing that. ! It is truly a gift from God.

When the class was over, I had 3 cakes left to bring back home. So I covered them and placed them in ziplock bags and into the freezer. FYI…a normal size cake mix makes 3 of these precious little doll cakes. so this morning I pulled one of the cakes to thaw and am taking it when we meet friends for lunch for them to take home!

Since I had some chocolate frosting already made up, I sliced the cake in two layers. Warmed up about 1/4 of the frosting for 14 seconds in the microwave and poured it over the bottom layer! Then pulled out the red raspberry preserves and nuked for about 12 seconds about 1/4 cup and spread over the chocolate frosting! Places the top layer on top and nuked about 1/3 cup more of the chocolate frosting and poured over the top and sprinkled some Fall sprinkles on top.

These are great little cakes to keep in the freezer for hostess gifts or when someone is sick or just to sit and munch on when you are craving something sweet…..like we do very night around 8:00!

Use what sounds good to you: Nutella or whatever goes with the flavor of cake you make! But don’t deny yourself this little baking pan….it will become one of your favorite baking dishes!