Praline Mini Cakes

Family and friends will go crazy for mini cakes! Toffee bits add sweet flavor and crunch. MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated August 24, 2011

Make with

Betty Crocker Cake Mix

Ingredients

box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix

cup water

1/2

cup vegetable oil

eggs

1/2

cup chopped pecans

1/2

cup toffee bits

1/4

cup butter (do not use margarine)

1/2

cup packed brown sugar

tablespoons corn syrup

tablespoons milk

cup powdered sugar

teaspoon vanilla

1/4

cup toffee bits

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1

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Generously grease and lightly flour 12 mini fluted tube cake pans or 12 jumbo muffin cups (do not spray with cooking spray).
2

In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Fold in pecans and 1/2 cup toffee bits. Divide batter evenly among mini pans.
3

Bake 18 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4

In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and milk. Heat to rolling boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently; remove from heat. Immediately beat in powdered sugar and vanilla with whisk until smooth. Immediately drizzle about 1 tablespoon glaze over each cake; sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon toffee bits. Store loosely covered.

Almond lovers can get a fix by substituting almonds for the pecans and almond extract for the vanilla.
To keep the cakes from sticking to the cake pans, be sure to generously grease and flour the pans.