I'm celebrating my birthday over the weekend so I thought it was appropriate to have a beautiful birthday cake on the blog today.
I saw this
idea on Facebook and knew I had to try it. This is by no means a
recipe for a cake... I used boxed cake mix to make it easy (but a
scratch cake can be used as well). Today's post is all about how to
achieve this fun cake.
You can make the cake and polka dots any
color/flavor you wish, so customize away for any holiday or occasion. I
used a white vanilla cake mix and topped it with strawberry frosting. I love pink... what can I say... I'm still a little girl at heart.
Ingredients:
2 boxes of cake mix ( I used white cake to get the color I wanted, but you can do any color or flavor)
food coloring of choice
1-2 tubs of frosting (your choice)
sprinkles or cake decorations of choice
Special tools: cake pop machine or cake pop pan
Recipe idea Source
Here are so tips and tricks from Paula Deen to make that box cake mix taste more like a scratch cake:
1. Add an extra egg than the box suggests
2. Cream butter for the oil they recommend
3. Substitute milk for the water
2 boxes of cake mix ( I used white cake to get the color I wanted, but you can do any color or flavor)
food coloring of choice
1-2 tubs of frosting (your choice)
sprinkles or cake decorations of choice
Special tools: cake pop machine or cake pop pan
Recipe idea Source
Here are so tips and tricks from Paula Deen to make that box cake mix taste more like a scratch cake:
1. Add an extra egg than the box suggests
2. Cream butter for the oil they recommend
3. Substitute milk for the water
Directions:
Make cake batter according to package instructions. Separate out some
batter and dye it for your desired polka dot color(s). I did two colors
of pink and purple.
M
ake
the polka dots using the cake pop machine or a cake pop pan then set
aside. Grease and lay a parchment layer in your cake pan. Pour half
the white cake batter into your pan(s). Then place the prepared cake
pops into the batter. I recommend you make more cake pops dots than you
think. I wish I had put more so each slice when cut had polka dots.
Pour
remaining batter on top of cake pops. Bake according to box
instructions or until cake is fully baked. You cake pops will not bake
more... they will still remain soft. Cool cake and frost as desired.
Slice and serve. Enjoy.
Make cake batter according to package instructions. Separate out some
batter and dye it for your desired polka dot color(s). I did two colors
of pink and purple.ake
the polka dots using the cake pop machine or a cake pop pan then set
aside. Grease and lay a parchment layer in your cake pan. Pour half
the white cake batter into your pan(s). Then place the prepared cake
pops into the batter. I recommend you make more cake pops dots than you
think. I wish I had put more so each slice when cut had polka dots. Pour
remaining batter on top of cake pops. Bake according to box
instructions or until cake is fully baked. You cake pops will not bake
more... they will still remain soft. Cool cake and frost as desired.
Slice and serve. Enjoy.