For a carnival party, things can definitely be colorful and fun. If children are attending, small snacks that they can devour quickly are a good choice, because experience shows that young carnival guests hardly have time to eat. But adults also enjoy small snacks, as it allows you to taste a bit of everything. Here I have put together a few recipes that are very suitable for a carnival party.
Buffet for a carnival party
Monster muffins
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Recipe for fun-decorated nougat brownies
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Confetti cake
- 400g wheat flour
- 200g sugar
- 5 medium-sized eggs
- 150 ml sunflower oil
- 180 ml orange soda
- 1 packet baking powder
- Icing or frosting
- Sugar sprinkles for decorating and optionally for the batter
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (top and bottom heat). Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Beat the eggs with the sugar for a few minutes until light and fluffy.
Mix the flour and baking powder. Stir in alternately with the oil. Finally, stir in the soda only briefly so that the carbonation does not escape. Optionally, fold in sugar sprinkles or confetti. Spread the batter on the baking tray. Bake the cake for approx. 20-25 minutes.
Let the cake cool down, and decorate as desired with icing, frosting, and colorful sugar confetti.
Tip: Spread with icing, pudding buttercream, or pudding mascarpone cream.
We decided on a mascarpone cream:
Pudding Mascarpone Cream
- 1 packet vanilla pudding
- 50 g sugar
- 400 ml milk
- 125g mascarpone
Mix the pudding powder with sugar and 6 tablespoons of the milk. Bring the remaining milk to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the mixed powder with a whisk. Return to the stove and cook while stirring until it becomes a pudding. Stir in the mascarpone and let it cool down slightly.
We put the cream into the cake. To do this, cut the cake horizontally once with a knife and place the top half on a board. Spread half of the cream on the bottom part of the cake and place the top half back on the cake. Now cover the whole cake with the remaining cream and finally add sprinkles on top.
Colorful coconut buttermilk cake
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Cake – Worm
Something healthy mixed into the cake, and the children didn't even notice. Carrots, apples, and nuts are in this cake. By the way, it is completely vegan and tastes really good:
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Clown muffins
For this, choose a muffin recipe, such as this one:
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Monkey muffins
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Carnival doughnuts (Krapfen)
The easiest way here is to just buy them at your local bakery, but for those who still want to try it themselves:
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Donut caterpillar
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Carnival cookies – Vanilla cookies
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Rainbow muffins
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Funny face cookies
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Schwedenbomben (chocolate marshmallow) heads
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Healthy monster fruit
Even at carnival, healthy fruit is allowed in between. Children like colorful, decorated, and beautifully arranged food. This way, a piece of fruit is eaten every now and then. Here is my monster fruit platter, which was eaten empty very quickly at our party:
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Pizza swirls
The pizza snails are made quickly and the children can hold them well in their hands.
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Sandwiches
Also practical for a carnival buffet are colorful open-faced sandwiches.
Ideas for open-faced sandwiches:
- Cottage cheese and chives
- Egg spread, hard-boiled egg, and sprouts like cress, arugula, radish, broccoli, etc.
- Cream cheese with tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, and sprouts
- Brunch with tomato slices and basil
- Cream cheese with radishes and sprouts
- Liptauer cheese and pickles, finely chopped bell pepper
- Ham, cheese, and decorate with pickles, tomatoes, olives, cucumber
- Salami, cheese, and decorate with pickles, tomatoes, olives, cucumber
- Butter, cheese, and decorate with grapes, walnuts
- cold roast or roast beef, pickles, tomatoes, onion
- Cream cheese, smoked salmon, cucumber slices, dill, piece of lemon
- Cream cheese, Brie, cranberry jam, a little pepper
- Prosciutto, feta cubes, olives, small cherry tomatoes
- Mozzarella and tomato slices alternating, basil and balsamic glaze
- Cream cheese, chicken ham, pineapple pieces
- Hummus, green pesto, carrot slices, arugula
- Peanut butter, cheese, grapes
- Peanut butter, raspberries, and banana slices
- Tuna, olives, bell pepper, onion, capers
Colorful sticks with sausage, cheese and pickles or with tomato and mozzarella
The sticks are super practical for children who are always in a hurry when eating.
The sticks are available in supermarkets in many colors and shapes. I chose colorful sticks that have hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs at the tip. Now you can chop up vegetables, fruit, sausage, cheese, and much more for the little party guests and skewer them.
Red-Yellow-Green Sticks
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Tomato-Mozzarella Sticks
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Grape-Cheese Skewers
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Pizza Faces
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Recipe for Meat Patties
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Spreads
Spreads are very suitable for a carnival party. These are made quickly and are great for a finger food buffet. You can help yourself at any time and the hosts don't have to cook anything during the party.
Bean Spread Recipe
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Flower decoration
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Egg Spread Recipe
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Rooster decoration
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Salmon Spread Recipe
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Fish decoration
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Recipe for a meat sausage spread – Kellergatsch
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Pig decoration
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