Funfetti Cake
A fluffy homemade Funfetti birthday cake with rainbow sprinkles topped with a light cream cheese buttercream frosting and an array of sprinkles. This Confetti Cake recipe is the perfect birthday cake!
Servings: 16
Equipment
- 1 8 inch round cake pan
- 1 9 inch round cake pans
- 1 kitchenaid mixer
- 1 measuring cups and spoons
- 1 spatula set
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups Flour
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Butter (softened, cut into cubes)
- 2/3 cup Buttermilk
- 3 large Eggs
- 1 large Egg White
- 2 Tablespoons Oil
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 1/3 cup Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix (dry)
- 3/4 cup Rainbow Sprinkles
Vanilla Frosting:
- 1 cup Butter (softened)
- 4 ounces Cream Cheese (softened)
- 3 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar (may add 1/2 cup more for stiffer frosting)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons Heavy Cream or Milk (optional)
- 1 cup Rainbow Sprinkles (on top of the cake)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a standing mixer, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat the butter into the flour mixture, one cube at a time. Continue to beat until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Add the 1/2 of the egg-milk mixture and oil and beat the batter is light and fluffy. Add remaining egg-milk mixture and vanilla pudding and mix just until combined. Take a spatula and scrape the sides of the bowl. Add rainbow sprinkles and fold into batter.
- Spread into greased (with non-stick cooking spray or butter/flour) 8 or 9-inch cake pans and smooth tops with a spatula. Bake for 16-22 minutes, depending on the depth of pans. If the cake layers are thin, they will cook for less time than the thicker layers.
- Let cakes cool. Run a knife around edge of cake pan and flip over. Frost with vanilla frosting.
Vanilla Frosting:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and softened cream cheese for 2-3 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl. Add powdered sugar and vanilla and cream together for several minutes. Add cream or milk, if needed.
- Frost the cake and top with rainbow sprinkles.
