Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Did you have enough
desserts? Well get ready for more!
For my friend’s birthday, I wanted to make her a cake covered in
candies. I’ve had this idea for a while because she loves candy! So why not
cover a cake with the tons of the stuff she loves?? In my case, it would be a
cake covered in bread. Mmm, b...r…e…a…d. The other day, someone asked me what
my guilty pleasure was that I couldn’t say no to, and I realized it was bread. In
fact, skip the cake, just give me a loaf of bread (it can be shaped like a
cake).
Anyways, this year my friend was having a tea party to celebrate the
big day. Last year she had a sleepover (remember this)
and the year before I made a fruit topped cake.
Yay tea party! How refined!
Check out the verdict at the end of the post!
Vanilla Cake
Feel free to use your favorite vanilla cake recipe. I used this one and
baked it in 3 6-inch cake pans.
White Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
1 cup salted butter, softened
4 cups icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup milk
¼ cup marshmallow fluff
Directions
Add all ingredients in a bowl of a stand mixer with a beater attachment
and beat on a lower speed until somewhat combined. Increase speed and beat
until light and fluffy.
Ready for candy. |
Assembly
1. Fill
cakes with your choice of jam. I used black currant.
2. Apply
a crumb coat and place in freezer for 5 minutes.
3. Apply
another coat of frosting and smooth with a spatula dipped in hot water.
4. Got
to town with candies!!!
Verdict: Nailed it! This cake was so fun and easy to make and the candy
options were endless! The birthday girl loved it – as I used her favorite
candies. Here’s a picture of us that evening.
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