The Ingenious Trader Joe’s Cake Hack I'm Doing for Everyone's Birthday
When a loved one’s birthday flies around — and you’re scrambling for a quick and easy route to impress them with a homemade-ish treat — you’ll want to look towards this clever cake hack going viral on social media.
Recently, Amanda Hernandez, a creator who specializes in gifting ideas, posted a clip — racking up nearly 2.5 million views — with a ingenious tutorial for making a cake using two ingredients from Trader Joe’s.
Here’s how to make the Trader Joe’s fall cake: First, buy three Chantilly Cream Vanilla Bean Mini Sheet Cakes, which retail for $4.99 each, and a pack of dried oranges (if those aren’t in stock, you can use any topping, like TJ’s passion fruit rounds, freeze-dried strawberries, or perhaps their Halloween sprinkles).
First, let the cakes come to room temperature, then scrape the frosting off them and place it in a bowl. To assemble this three-layer cake, stack the cakes on each other with a layer of the reserved frosting in between. Then, frost the outside of the cake. Lastly, to garnish, position a couple of dried oranges (or whichever ingredient you choose) on the edges of the cake.
Home cooks are obsessed with this quick and easy hack. One person commented on the clip, “I love using these little cakes as a time saver!! They’re so versatile! I love how this one turned out.” Another user called out, “This is the best hack I’ve seen.”
Performing a labor of love doesn’t always have to be a chore, especially with this special hack. If you want to get extra technical, you can buy some extra frosting or make a batch from scratch, dye it with food coloring, and pipe it out on the surface of the cake to write a special message.
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