Festive Funfetti Cake (Print Version)
A cheerful vanilla butter cake swirled with colorful sprinkles and finished with sweet buttercream frosting.
# What You Need:
→ Cake Components
01 - 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
02 - 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
03 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
04 - 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
05 - 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
06 - 4 large eggs, room temperature
07 - 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
08 - 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
09 - 3/4 cup rainbow sprinkles (jimmies)
→ Buttercream Frosting
10 - 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
11 - 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
12 - 2-3 tablespoons milk or cream
13 - 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
14 - Pinch of salt
15 - Extra sprinkles for decoration
# How To Make:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.
02 - In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt until well blended.
03 - In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.
04 - Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract.
05 - Alternate adding flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, starting and ending with flour. Mix until just incorporated, being careful not to overmix.
06 - Gently fold rainbow sprinkles into batter using spatula. Distribute evenly without overmixing to prevent color bleeding.
07 - Divide batter evenly between prepared pans. Smooth tops. Bake 25-30 minutes until toothpick inserted in center emerges clean.
08 - Let layers cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans and transfer to wire racks to cool completely before frosting.
09 - Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and salt. Continue beating until light, fluffy, and spreadable consistency achieved.
10 - Once layers completely cool, spread frosting on top of one layer. Stack second layer on top. Cover entire cake surface with remaining frosting. Decorate with additional sprinkles.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- Every bite feels like a party, with those tiny bursts of color reminding you that celebration is baked right in
- The vanilla cake is impossibly tender and moist, never dry or dense like some homemade versions can be
- That buttercream frosting is the kind people dream about, silky smooth and just sweet enough
02 -
- Room temperature ingredients are not optional, they're the difference between a dense cake and one that practically floats
- Jimmies are your best friend here, those tiny ball sprinkles will turn your batter into a tie-dye experiment gone wrong
- Patience during cooling pays off, frosting a warm cake is a shortcut to melty disaster town
03 -
- Add a teaspoon of almond extract to your frosting for that classic bakery flavor nobody can quite put their finger on
- Turn this into a three-layer cake by dividing the batter among three 8-inch pans and reducing the bake time by about 5 minutes