Confetti Layer Cake

Name: Confetti Layer Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12 (Makes 1 cake)
Ingredients: 1 cup, whole milk, room temperature; 6 large, egg whites, room temperature; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 2 1/4 cups (9 ounces; 255 grams), cake flour; 1 3/4 cups (12¼ ounces; 347 grams), sugar; 4 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces and softened; 3/4 cup, rainbow sprinkles; 4-6 drops yellow, food coloring; 6 cups Vanilla, Frosting

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2014

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cakes

Skip the box. It’s easy to make this whimsical (and delicious) three-layer cake.

SERVES10 to 12 (Makes 1 cake)

TIME1½ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The boxed version of this colorful cake was fine when we were kids, but for a truly celebration-worthy cake, we developed our own better-tasting version. After pulsing rainbow sprinkles in the food processor until they’re just the right siz...

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