{"id":29123,"date":"2023-04-17T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/?p=29123"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:40:12","slug":"mini-coronation-loaf-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2023\/04\/17\/mini-coronation-loaf-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Coronation Loaf Cakes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mini coronation loaf cakes that are perfect for the coronation of King Charles. Lemon sponges, lemon frosting, and berries on top! <\/h2>\n

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These little beauties are cute, fun, and so easy to make. They are perfect for any street party or celebration for the coronation in a few weeks time, enjoy! <\/p>\n

Coronation<\/h3>\n

It’s the King’s coronation in a few weeks time, so it seems appropriate to start planning the celebrations. Street party? Watching it on TV? Having a lovely bank holiday? Well a few bakes will always be a popular idea. <\/p>\n

Last time I posted my coronation cake which is light, fruity and a traybake – and I adore it. However, I thought I would post a more bite size cake that would be cute for a table spread, and easier to serve! These mini lemon loaf cakes are ideal. <\/p>\n

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Mini loaf cakes<\/h3>\n

We all know and love cupcakes, and loaf cakes, but why not combine the both?! There is something special that I adore about mini loaf cakes, and I just want to keep on baking them over and over. <\/p>\n

The little cases<\/a> are so cute, and they are a self contained portion of cake that you can simply place onto a large flat baking tray, portion the cake mix into the cases, and bake. <\/p>\n

I tend to use slightly more cake mix per portion compared to a cupcake, as I find they are slightly bigger than a cupcake. I use these mini loaf cases <\/a>and they are just perfect. <\/p>\n

I mix the cake mix like normal; beat the butter and sugar together, add the eggs and flour and lemon extract and mix, and then split between the cases. To be super neat, I used a piping bag, but you can obviously spoon the mix in as well. <\/p>\n

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Buttercream<\/h3>\n

For the frosting, to fit the lemon theme a bit more, I did a lemon buttercream frosting. I love a light lemon buttercream, and when you make a super whipped buttercream frosting it is glorious. <\/p>\n

I beat the butter on it’s own for a few minutes, and then add in the icing sugar and flavouring. At this point, it might still be a little thick, so I mix in 1-2tbsp of boiling water and really beat it like crazy so it’s super light and fluffy. <\/p>\n

Like my coronation cake though, you can use whipped cream if you prefer, but I wanted to make a slightly different recipe this time. You can of course make the frosting whatever flavour you prefer – vanilla, orange, almond, chocolate, etc. <\/p>\n

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Decoration<\/h3>\n

For the decoration, you can have some fun. I purposely used the same piping tip<\/a> but decorated my mini coronation loaf cakes in different ways to give a fun look, but anything works. I find it best to put all of my frosting into a large piping bag<\/a> and then decorate away. <\/p>\n

For other decoration, I used fresh fruit such as strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and then a little sprinkling of freeze dried raspberries<\/a> as well because they always make the best decoration. <\/p>\n

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Tips & tricks <\/h3>\n