Homemade “Funfetti” Cake

You can make any cake a “funfetti” cake by adding 1/2 cup of sprinkles to the cake batter of any white or yellow cake.  This festive celebratory cake is one that will transport those who eat it to the days of simpler times–ballon animals, face painting, or maybe gifts from elementary school classmates.  The spectrum of colors that were sprinkled in the cake was always a delight, and the rainbow of colors seemed to explode in my mouth.  Luckily, these cakes are fairly simple to make if you are already an avid baker.  A homemade “funfetti” cake can be made with pretty much any white or yellow cake recipe by folding a half cup of sprinkles into the batter before dividing the batter among cake pans.  If you are making a very large cake, you will need to add more sprinkles.  But, as a rule of thumb, add 1/2 cup of sprinkles for every 2 dozen cupcakes, two-layer 8″ round cake , or 1/4 sheet pan cake.

A dear friend of mine still likes funfetti cake–despite the fact that we are well into adulthood.  We threw her a huge birthday bash, so I decided to make a giant funfetti cake to commemorate her birthday and love of this multi-colored cake.  I decided the cake needed to fit the party–a  colossal party deserves a colossal cake.  This two-tier cake is made up of three 8″x2″ layers on the bottom tier, and two 4″x2″ layers on the top tier.  I used a somewhat traditional buttercream frosting, and I dyed marzipan for the detailing.  I sprinkled the cake with sprinkles.  I wanted the outside of the cake to be as colorful as the inside.