Banana Cloud Cakes - from Kiwicakes test kitchen

These dessert cakes are topped with a yummy vanilla cream, whipped up in minutes. There's no last minute dash to the supermarket to buy cream when Easy Frost is on standby in your pantry! I love the pure white billowy texture and my family loved the taste.

  

I simply made a vanilla cake recipe with a couple of drops of banana creme oil flavouring added. I cooked it as individual shapes in my greased and floured dessert shell pans. Remember not to fill batter too high as they will rise. You could make a favourite cake like coffee, carrot or red velvet and take these desserts in any direction. Turn them out to cool on a wire rack.

Many of us bakers have a stack of various pans stashed in the cupboard. Get them out, dust them off and enjoy the novelty shapes! Nowadays you can also buy 6-12 cavity pans of funky shapes like snowflakes, baskets, fluted bowl and square to jazz up your food presentation.

I trimmed the bases of my mini cakes slightly so would stand up straight. Then I simply followed the packet instructions for Easy Frost vanilla mock creme and piled it in.

Some fresh banana slices and some banana candy topped this desert off nicely and it was a hit with all ages.

Bring a Plate Minis - from Kiwicakes test kitchen

This bright offering always goes down well at parties. They are the perfect bite size so never any waste! Your favourite cake recipe will make dozens in mini cupcake papers.

Simply top with a little swirl of easy frost icing and place a special lolly on top to hide the peak. I used gumballs this time but we have all sorts of old fashioned lollies to suit your theme. Think snails, coins, strawberries, pigs, aliens, hearts, bats, teeth, leaves etc...

Another easy way to lift a standard cupcake is to give it a light spray of colour mist. No need for an airbrush here! I used yellow and it gently highlights the peaks of the easy frost swirl. Great to have on hand for a little pop of fun!

Bubblegum Ice-Cream - from Kiwicakes test kitchen

Make ice-cream in minutes using easy frost powder! Here it is presented in a dotty ice cream paper cup to match the shimmer pearl powder blue gumballs atop.

Simply measure 100g easy frost and 100ml water into a plastic screw top jar and shake to combine. Add 3ml bubblegum flavour and shake again. 

At this stage you can either pour it into your ice-cream maker and press start or simply beat with a handmixer for 1-2 minutes until it looks like whipped cream and freeze for 3 hours. Serves 2.