Use your favorite boxed mix to make these tasty mini cakes for two in less than 20 minutes. They’re light, fluffy, and perfect for baking in your toaster oven!
PREP TIME 5 minutes
COOK TIME 13 minutes
TOTAL TIME 18 minutes
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons Boxed Cake Mix (about 48 grams or 1.69 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons Water
- 1 tablespoon Beaten Egg (do not use the entire egg)
- 2 teaspoon Neutral Oil (we used canola and grapeseed oil)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. If using a toaster oven, adjust the cooking rack to the bottom position, and use the BAKE setting.
- Coat two 4 or 5-ounce ramekins with oil or cooking oil spray and place on a rimmed sheet pan.
- Combine the cake mix, water, beaten egg, and oil. Whisk until smooth and well combined.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared ramekins.
- Bake until the cakes spring back when pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 11 to 14 minutes. Begin checking after 11 minutes, adding more time as needed. (see notes)
- Carefully remove the hot pan from the oven. Transfer ramekins to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, enjoy plain or topped with your favorite frosting, glaze, or a scoop of ice cream.
Notes
To measure the beaten egg, crack an egg into a small bowl and beat with a fork until the white and yolk are combined. Measure out 1 tablespoon. Refrigerate leftover egg and use within 24 hours.
Baking Times
The ramekin cakes baked in our regular oven and countertop oven took 12 to 13 minutes. In our smaller toaster oven, they took about 15 minutes.
The type of ramekin or pan used will affect the baking time. See post for different mini pan baking time estimates.
Convection Toaster Oven Adjustments
Reduce the temperature to 325°F and begin checking for doneness 2 to 3 minutes earlier than the shortest time listed for your pan type.
Sponge Cake Style Cakes
Omit the beaten egg and add 1 large egg yolk (do not add the white, reserve it for different use). The cakes will be denser with a richer flavor.
Egg Substitutions
See post for a description of the resulting texture for each substitution.
- Greek Yogurt – Omit beaten egg and add 1 tablespoon plain Greek yogurt.
- Pumpkin – Omit beaten egg and add 1 tablespoon of pumpkin puree.
- Banana – Omit beaten egg and add 1 tablespoon mashed banana.
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