Rainbow Ruffle Polka Point Confetti Cake

How's that for title? I persuasion if ane persuasion from Pinterest was good, 3 position together would live better! Seriously, when planning my daughter's cake for this year, I showed her all of the fun cakes I had been pinning...the rainbow layer cake, the tie-dye rainbow cake, the polka point cake...and nosotros decided to position all of that inspiration together into ane cheerful creation!

Last yr I shared a round-up of the birthday cakes I've made for her inwards the past, which bring ever been decorated alongside some variety of blueprint on the top. This fourth dimension I switched gears as well as brought the political party to the within of the cake every bit well. I wanted to endeavor ane of these corking ideas I'd seen, but she was adamant most wanting FUNFETTI cake! So, that nixed the rainbow or necktie dye layers. But, I persuasion I could comprise the funfetti alongside the polka dots, as well as perchance create something fun alongside a rainbow of colors for the icing.

Yesterday yous got a little peek of the cake,

and I hinted at the surprise inside!

I came across a pivot as well as tutorial from Deborah at Once Upon a Pedestal and it was invaluable for making the polka dots on the inside. One thing, I didn't bring a cake popular pan, hence I persuasion I could simply exercise a mini-muffin pan as well as reduce them a lilliputian into spheres if needed. However, the twenty-four hours I was shopping for the cake ingredients before going domicile to outset on it, at my favorite lilliputian bitty grocery store at that spot was a department of CAKE POP pans, marked downward to $6.49! I honey it when the Lord drops lilliputian blessings inwards my lap similar that. That's how I run across it...do you?

I'm glad that I bought the pan, because the recipe needs to live altered for the cake pops hence they are a lilliputian heavier as well as to a greater extent than dense. If I would bring made a regular recipe inwards the mini muffin pan I'm non certain it would bring worked every bit well. Just inwards example yous desire to endeavor it, as well as I intend the mini muffins would move simply fine if yous don't bring a cake popular pan, here's the recipe for that part:

1 criterion cake mix of choice

add 1 extra egg inwards improver to what's called for

replace H2O alongside milk, but 1/2 the amount

1 packet pudding mix (vanilla for a white cake, chocolate for chocolate, etc.)

I referred to Deborah's tutorial to brand the cake balls using a white cake mix, hence divided it into v bowls to brand dissimilar colors.

The batter volition live really thick as well as goopy-for lack of a amend word, but yous instruct my drift, right? Also, I entirely cooked them for most 1/2 every bit long every bit the instructions stated, since they would live cooked to a greater extent than afterwards on when within the batter for the layers.

For my 3 layer cake, I used most of 3 funfetti cake mixes. First I mixed ii of the boxes, spread a lilliputian inwards the bottom of (2) ix inch layer pans, position vi cake balls randomly on the batter, as well as hence covered alongside to a greater extent than batter. I cooked those ii layers, as well as when the pans had cooled I followed that physical care for to re-use a pan as well as made ane to a greater extent than layer alongside the remaining box of cake mix. I did soundless brand 8-10 cupcakes alongside that batch every bit well.

When all of the layers were baked, I wrapped each layer inwards plastic twine as well as froze them overnight. I've discovered this is substitution to making cakes easier to frost! The side yesteryear side morning time I made several batches of this frosting recipe from Julie of At the Picket Fence. It was slow as well as delicious, as well as click over to banking concern agree out the awesome surprise filled Science Cake that she made! I frosted the entire cake as well as inwards betwixt the layers alongside the white frosting as well as hence permit it chill ane time to a greater extent than for a few hours.

Meanwhile, I divided some frosting into v bowls as well as colored it alongside the same colors that I used earlier.

I honey the ruffle cakes that I've seen floating simply about Pinterest, but persuasion I would switch it upwards a lilliputian flake as well as vary the colors. This tutorial from Quick Brown Fox Bakery was really helpful inwards creating the ruffle design, although I ask to a greater extent than exercise because my ruffles didn't plough out quite fluffy enough. It helped to "measure" (I used a fight slice of newspaper marked alongside with width I wanted) as well as grade sections out simply about the cake before I started, hence I used those boundaries to instruct dorsum as well as forth alongside each color.

I chose her favorite color, green, as well as kept the move yesteryear a company color, hence added some colored sprinkles as well as a pennant banner made from newspaper scraps as well as prophylactic stamps.