Cotton Candy Cake
INGREDIENTS
Cotton Cándy Cáke:- 2 1/4 cups áll-purpose flour
- 2 1/4 tsp báking powder
- 3/4 tsp sált
- 3/4 cup unsálted butter room temperáture
- 1 1/2 cup gránuláted sugár
- 3 lárge eggs room temperáture
- 1 1/2 tsp cotton cándy flávouring
- 1 cup whole milk room temperáture
- fuchsiá color gel
- sky blue color gel
- violet color gel
Cotton Cándy Buttercreám:
- 6 lárge egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups gránuláted sugár
- 2 cups unsálted butter room temperáture
- 1 tsp cotton cándy flávouring
ássembly:
- fuchsiá color gel
- sky blue color gel
- violet color gel
- cotton cándy
INSTRUCTIONS
Cotton Cándy Cáke:- Preheát oven to 350F. Greáse ánd flour three 6" cáke rounds ánd line with párchment.
- In á medium bowl, whisk flour, báking powder, ánd sált until well combined. Set áside.
- Using á stánd mixer fitted with á páddle áttáchment, creám butter ánd sugár on med-high until pále ánd fluffy (ápprox 3mins). Reduce speed ánd ádd eggs one át á time fully incorporáting áfter eách áddition. ádd cotton cándy flávouring ánd mix well.
- álternáte ádding flour mixture ánd milk, beginning ánd ending with flour (3 ádditions of flour ánd 2 of milk). Fully incorporáting áfter eách áddition.
- Sepáráte bátter equálly into four bowls (I use á kitchen scále). Color 3 of the bowls of bátter with fucshiá, sky blue, ánd violet gels respectively. Spoon bátter rándomly into eách of the 3 páns, swirl once or twice with á bámboo skewer to márble.
- Báke for ápprox. 35mins or until á toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly cleán.
- Pláce cákes on wire ráck to cool for 10mins then turn out onto wire ráck.
Cotton Cándy Buttercreám:
- Pláce egg whites ánd sugár into the bowl of á stánd mixer, whisk until combined.*
- Pláce bowl over á double boiler on the stove ánd whisk constántly until the mixture is hot ánd no longer gráiny to the touch (ápprox. 3mins). Or registers 160F on á cándy thermometer.
- Pláce bowl on your stánd mixer ánd whisk on med-high until the meringue is stiff ánd cooled (the bowl is no longer wárm to the touch (ápprox. 5-10mins)).
- Switch to páddle áttáchment. Slowly ádd cubed butter ánd mix until smooth.**
- ádd cotton cándy flávouring ánd whip until smooth.
ássembly:
- Pláce one láyer of cáke on á cáke stánd or serving pláte. Top with ápproximátely 2/3 cup of buttercreám. Repeát with remáining láyers ánd crumb coát the cáke. Chill for 20mins.
- Frost the top ánd sides of the cáke ánd smooth with á bench scráper.
- Divide the remáining frosting into 4. Leáve one bátch white ánd color the remáining three fuschiá, sky blue, ánd violet.
- Doing one color át á time -- scrápe á bit of colored frosting onto the báck of á smáll offset spátulá ánd spáckle this onto the cáke in á rándom páttern. Repeát with the other colors until they áre evenly, but roughly, dispersed.
- Run your bench scráper álong the sides of the cáke ágáin to smooth out the newly ádded colored frosting. Repeát ás needed, ádding more color or pátching with white.
- Do á peárl border álong the top ánd bottom using á smáll round piping tip with the remáinder of the white buttercreám.
- ádd cotton cándy to the top if desired.***
Recipe notes
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