Homemade Confetti Cake with Cotton Candy Cloud Frosting
Can we just real talk for a minute?
Ever since I found out I was having a girl (almost exactly a year ago!), I’ve been planning birthday parties.
Is that weird?
I mean…I’ve planned some super cool parties for Jon David in the past, but boys are a liiiiiiitle boring. No frilly pink table cloths, no jars full of candy necklaces, no adorable birthday tutu, just superheros and a pinata.
Meh.
Anyways. I’ve got a lot of parties planned for Miss Lucy. At this rate, homegirl will still be coming over for parties when she’s married and has kids of her own. I don’t even care.
Hello, last I checked, miniature Mason jars full of punch never stop being cute.
I know we are all supposed to be over the Pinterest thing by now (I mostly am. Truly. Except by “over it” I mean INSANELY JELLY), but Lucy’s parties — they will have the Pinterest stamp ALLLLLL over them.
Dessert table? Check.
Shabby chic bunting? Check.
Paper straws? DO YOU EVEN KNOW ME??? Checkity CHECK!!
Get your party hats on, people because…it’s happening.
And what is one of the most important parts of a Super Winning at Pinterest Girly Girl Birthday Extravaganza?
A cake. Duh.
This cake has been on my mind for some time, and I was so glad to finally see it come to life. The homemade confetti cake is sheer perfection –a bit of almond extract gives it an Angel Food-ish flavor and it’s not dense or dry at all.
And the frosting…
Marshmallowey Cotton Candy flavored perfection.
Do it. Do it or regret it FOR THE REST OF YOUR BORN DAYS!!!
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1 cup milk
- 6 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cup cake flour
- 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2/3 cup rainbow sprinkles
- 12 TBS salted butter, slightly softened
- Frosting:
- 2 cups pink vanilla flossing sugar (the stuff you use to make cotton candy)
- 6 large egg whites
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 2 (8 inch) round cake pans.
- n a large glass liquid measuring cup, whisk together the milk, egg whites, vanilla, and almond extract. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and sprinkles. Beat the flour mixture and butter on low speed until the mixture is crumbly, about 3 minutes.
- With the mixer on low, beat in all but 1/2 cup of the milk mixture. Increase speed to medium and beat for about 3 minutes, until smooth. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in remaining milk mixture until just mixed.
- Give batter a final stir with rubber spatula, scraping bottom of the bowl to make sure all is fully combined. Pour evenly into prepared pans, smoothing the tops of the batter. Bake for about 20 minutes or until tops are brown and centers spring back when very lightly touched. Remove from oven and let cool in pans for about 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
- Prepare frosting:
- Place the cotton candy sugar in a food processor or blender and give it a few pulses -- you don't want it powdered, but you want it to resemble the fineness of normal granulated sugar. 2 cups should give you about 2 1/2 measured, which is what you need.
- Place the sugar, egg whites, water, and cream of tartar in a large metal mixing bowl. Whisk together and place over a pot of simmering water. Whisk until the mixture is very warm to the touch and the sugar is dissolved -- do NOT boil.
- Place bowl on your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes, then increase to high and beat for about 15 minutes, or until it forms stiff peaks. Frost layers and serve!!
Notes
Cake just barely adapted from America's Test Kitchen Frosting heavily adapted from Martha Stewart 7 Minute Frosting
If you’re interested, I used THIS cotton candy sugar. It was perfect!!
And just as an aside, this is my Lucy on July 4th:
Aaack!!
Aren’t you just dying??
Enjoy the cake (and save me a piece)!!
Have a happy Monday!!
Typically I love the cake more than the frosting but with your cotton candy frosting, I would be licking the frosting bowl, the beaters and the spatula. Super cute Lucy photo too.
I’m already planning my daughter’s birthday party too! I’ve decided we’re just doomed because I can’t wait! I’m buying her party outfit this weekend and she’s not 1 until December! Ack!
I do not have a daughter, but I have a 4 year old sister. Planning her birthday cakes has been so much fun. Just today I was asking her what kind of cake to make this year and of course pink was the first work out of her mouth. This cake is perfect! The frosting is just insane! It is a beautiful cake. I am in awe right not!
This is so pretty! I love making new cakes and this one will definitely need to be tried. Oh, and by the way, I’ve been on pinterest ALL weekend planning my daughter’s first birthday… and she turned three months on Friday.
Such girly fun! I’ve never tried cotton candy frosting before but it looks fun and delicious :)
This momma only see’s blue in her household! But……..who says you can’t make yourself your own birthday cake? This cake is stellar!!!! That frosting looks divine! Beautiful!!!
That icing is just to die for! Can’t wait to try it!
Miss Lucy is such a darling, and I totally get you. I don’t even have a baby/kid and dream of a potential girlie girl birthday party for future mini-Katrina. This cake looks AWESOME!!
This cake is just gorgeous!! The frosting sounds incredible. Can’t wait to see what you do for Lucy’s real 1st birthday!
PINK!!!!!!!!!!
Just to make sure….Auntie Bridget gets an invite to all of these parties, right?!?
And, um…Lucy. She ROCKED it on the 4t!!!
Wow. Just wow.
Your idea for the cotton candy marshmallow frosting is pure genius! I cannot wait for the perfect occasion to try this.
Eek! This looks amazing! What a smart, fun combination of flavors. Not to mention, I’m obsessed with all things cotton candy.
Look at the icing! WOW! Love the cake! Plus miss Lucy’s picture is so adorable!!!
Cotton candy frosting! OMG I have to make this for my sons 24th birthday this month. He has had a cotton candy business for 10 years and we have those flossine cartons in every flavor… What a brilliant idea to use that in the icing. I cannot wait to try this out…We LOVE LOVE LOVE cotton candy… Thanks for sharing…
Gorgeous cake! Help me out, though. What do you do with the 1/2 cup milk mixture that you reserved? I’m sure it’s in there somewhere, but I can’t see it. Thanks!
Above that, it says to add all the milk mixture but 1/2 cup. Mix, then add the 1/2 cup that is left :) I hope you like the cake!!
That frosting looks tah’ die for!!
LOVE that frosting
and Lucy’s beautiful face!
Dang, this cake is awesome!! And I love, love, love the frosting, it looks so dreamy!!
The frosting looks so fluffy!
I so feel you….I had 2 sons, first grand was a boy—was I EVER getting a girl?? yes, # 2 grand was a dark haired angel bring on the bows!!!!
Now that’s a cloud I want to dive head-first into! Can’t wait to see what you end up doing for Lucy’s 1st birthday party!
That frosting looks amazing!!! Its so fluffy and pink!!!
Lucy is one lucky girl to have such a great mommy that is into the cutest ever parties!!!! I love the frosting on this cake. Cotton Candy is a fav around here I am going to have to try this for the next birthday!
Awww!!! How cute is Lucy!!! Cake looks like a little (or big) girl’s dream!!!
This is unbelievably girly and delicious looking! The icing sounds to die for!
My daughter, Eden turns 5 next month and she is requesting a Strawberry cake. I think only because it has pink in it. Sooo, maybe I can convince her to want this instead so I can enjoy it, I mean, so she can enjoy it. It looks so pillowy and dreamlike. Perfect for a Candyland Inspired party :)
That icing is like a beautiful pink cloud of deliciousness and your little Lucy is just adorable.
Aaaaand, suddenly it’s my birthday. Should I forward this to my hubby in a not-so-subtle way? Maybe he’ll suddenly learn to bake. Amazing cake, K!
Lucky Lucy ;) What a beautiful, creative cake!
OMG, I’ve gotta live this cake for obvious reasons (it’s Made With Pink!) I’ve got a 2 year old boy and am doing my best to live out my girlie party table dreams through his birthdays. Last years owl themed party was a success and this years Very Hungry Caterpillar party is shaping up to be as well. But I still long for a little girl so I can bake those pretty pink cakes and dress her in birthday tiaras and a tutu.
I don’t blame you for secretly planning girl parties! Girls are just so much fun and you can do so much more with their parties! This cake looks amazing… has my mouth watering!
OMG! This cake would make anyone’s birthday amazing! The cake sounds great, but I bet I’d be happy with the frosting and a spoon!
What…the…HECK?!?! Cotton candy frosting?!?!
It’s like I died and went to sugar heaven. This looks too beautiful to eat, and yet it is calling my tummy which is fiercely ready to gobble it all up.
Cake makes the world better.
I have this cake in the oven as I am typing. It’s been in for 20 minutes in two 8 in cake pans but is no where near done. Looks like it may overflow the pans too. Just making sure I did this correctly. Thanks.
PS….I’ve made your peanut butter overload bars a dozen times and everyone keeps begging for more. Thanks for the best recipe ever!
Just got the cake out of the oven. It did not overflow, just came up over the edges of the pans a bit. My baking time ended up being 42 minutes. I cut away the part of the cake on the edge of the pan and tasted it. Th flavor is wonderful.
My youngest daughter’s 30th birthday is tomorrow and this is the cake she requested. I can’t wait until she sees it tomorrow! Thanks again
Your cake looks so smooth, creamy and PINK! LOVE it!
I`m waiting for the day I can plan parties!! But, that won`t be for like, another decade. This cake looks ADORABLE!!
My daughter was thrilled with her birthday cake! This recipe is a keeper. It is the best from scratch white cake I’ve ever made. Thank you!
That makes me SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!
So in love with this cake! That frosting looks amazing. And your sweet little girl is even more amazing!
Enjoy the party planning!!
What a beautiful baby!!! Adorable outfit!
Fell in love with this cake the minute I saw it! Started making it today for my niece’s first birthday and found I didn’t have enough Wilton rainbow sprinkles. I added other sprinkles in that I had for sugar cookies. Turned my batter grey! Ruined the whole pretty, fluffy, beautiful cake. I can see my perfect Wilton sprinkles floating around in the grey, gooey mess! Moral of the story…never settle for second rate sprinkles!
Just made this for my daughter’s Sweet 16 birthday party and it was a huge hit! All pink themed of course!!!! Enjoy Lucy! They grow up so fast!!! Thanks as always for such fun recipes!!!
IS it ok if I use Icing sugar and pink food colour in place of cotton candy sugar? I really wanna make this icing!!! You are amazing!!!!
Granulated Sugar would be fine, but powdered sugar wouldn’t work. Good luck!!
How far in advance can you make this cake?
Hi, I’m going to try it in blue for pirate themed cupcakes. It is very hot here. Is this frosting runny? Should I keep it in the fridge?
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This looks perfect for a little girl. One question though, would the cake work as cupcakes? I know some cake batters are fine to switch around, and some aren’t.
Sounds heavenly! Where can I find the vanilla flossing sugar?
Are we able to refrigerate the cake with this icing or leave out? I am about to make the icing but not sure
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This looks amazing. Making it on Friday night for my niece’s birthday. I am going to use blue raspberry flavor cotton cady sugar instead because I need it to be blue. Hopefully it comes out just as good. Can’t wait!!!
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Hi, I was so excited to make this. I’m in process of baking it now And they are running all over the pans in my oven:( should it be a 9 inch pan?
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This cake looks amazing!! Can I omit the almond extract & just use vanilla? Should I alter the recipe for cupcakes or cone-cakes? Should I frost it the day I serve it or can I do it ahead of time? Thank you so much!!
I’d frost the day of, and feel free to sub any extract you’d like :)
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Hi, This looks great.
Though I live overseas and we dont have that flossing sugar. What happens with regular sugar?
Thanks
I just made a cake with this Frosting! It’s a great recipe and it turned out very well!
Thanks for sharing!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!
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Quick question…..is there a way to get the frosting a little stiffer? If that’s the right term…
I wanted to be able to pipe it but it just started ooooooozing :D Which is awesome but makes cupcakes hard to stay looking delightful!
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Do u add all ur ingredients at the same time for the frosting, or do u beat eggs separately? I have been mixing frosting on high for at least 3o minutes and no parks yet but it is getting creamier. Any tips you can give would b appreciated. Thanks :-)
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What is this and where do you buy it pink vanilla flossing sugar (the stuff you use to make cotton candy
I bought it on Amazon.com!
I made this frosting today and I used the link to buy the vanilla cotton candy floss that was given in the recipe. The color turned out red even though it was marked pink vanilla. It was also somewhat bitter to the taste. I followed the directions to the letter so I don’t know what happened. Please help me because I really like the idea.
Absolutely gorgeous cake! Bravo! I’m totally making this for a cotton candy fiend friend of mine for her birthday next week. I’m curious…could you use the flossing sugar in the cake batter itself for even more pink candy goodness? Maybe a half and half mix with regular sugar and cut back on the extract? Again, stunning cake and thanks so much for sharing!
I’m wondering if you can make the frosting ahead of time. I’m thinking of making it the day before the event but don’t want it to be ruined if it sits in the fridge
Also, can the cake sit out of the fridge prior to serving ?
Hey there! I’ve never made it in advance so I can’t say for sure. I think it would be fine in a container in the refrigerator but I recommend mixing it again before using.
I couldn’t find flossing sugar anywhere )
(Small town problems) so I used granulated sugar instead and a little food coloring. It was pretty but not very sweet. I added some marshmallow creme and then it was just right. Maybe I should have used 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar? I don’t know. I’m excited to try it with the right ingredients next time.