Surprise! How To Make This Sweet Pinata Cake
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Surprise! How To Make This Sweet Pinata Cake
Jumping on the rainbow foods bandwagon? Learn how to make a pinata cake and surprise your guests with its colorful interior!
Prep Time
1
hour
Cook Time
20
minutes
Servings
0
servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
- 1 3/4 cups superfine sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons whole milk
- 2 1/4 cups unsalted butter
- 7- 7 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pink food coloring paste (or your chosen color)
- 35 ounces colorful mixed candies
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and line three 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper.
- Using an electric hand mixer, beat the butter and superfine sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift in the flour, baking powder, and salt and fold through evenly with a large spoon. Stir in the vanilla extract and milk until combined.
- Divide the mixture between the prepared pans, spreading evenly. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pans for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
- Meanwhile, for the buttercream, beat the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in pink food coloring paste, until you reach your required color.
- Once the cake layers are cold, take one layer and cut a hole out of the center using the cookie cutter. Repeat with a second cake layer. Sandwich these two layers together with some pink buttercream, then cover the top layer with more buttercream. Fill the central hole with mixed candies, then place the final uncut cake layer on top to enclose the candies completely.
- Use the remaining buttercream to cover the cake completely, then gradually (without eating too many!) cover the whole cake with the remaining mixed candies.