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Miniature Funfetti Cake

March 21, 2016

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So, today is my birthday. No need to make a big fuss about it, I sure haven’t. Something about turning another year older that isn’t as appealing as it was at 25. All anyone needs to know is that I am 29. They don’t need to know how many times I have turned 29. 

To mark the occasion, I thought I would make a little something for myself. In college, whenever one of our roommates had a birthday we would make them a funfetti cake. Even though it’s been a while since college, I thought I would attempt to make a funfetti cake from scratch. I definitely don’t have anything against the boxed cake mix (see Friday’s post)- we went through plenty of those in college – but I wanted to try something a little different this time around. Mainly so I could control exactly how much “fun” was going in the funfetti. 

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I started with a simple white cake batter, then folded in a ton (about a cup) of rainbow sprinkles. I wanted this cake to be loaded with sprinkles. It’s not every day you turn 29 (for the third time).

Since I was making this cake for myself (which my husband thought was a bit pathetic until he remembered that I love to bake, so baking a cake for myself it the ultimate treat), and I certainly don’t need a WHOLE cake I decided to make a little mini cake, instead. To do this, I baked the cake batter in a rectangular pan, then cut out 4″ circles with my biggest round cookie cutter.  

Funfetti Cake-2

After leveling the little round pieces of cake so that they were all 1″ high, I stacked them just like any other layer cake, with a generous layer of buttercream in between. I gave the little cake a good crumb coat, let it chill, then slathered on another layer of buttercream. Fortunately, this buttercream did not need to be perfect because my plan was to cover then entire thing with even more rainbow sprinkles.  

Funfetti Cake-4

I very carefully and expertly placed each rainbow sprinkle on the buttercream so that it was evenly coated. Psych! I basically dumped my entire container of sprinkles over the cake and hoped that some would stick. Whatever didn’t stick, I just pressed into the cake, haphazardly, with my hand.

And now I have my very own personal funfetti cake! Just the right amount of cake for me. This could feed 2 to 4 people, but of course I ate the whole thing myself (over the course of a couple days – for breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Hell, it’s my birthday! If I want to eat a whole cake, I will! At least it’s just a miniature cake, right?

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/ Filed In: Cakes and Cupcakes, Cakes New, Eat
Tagged: birthday, cake, funfetti

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Comments

  1. Adriana says

    March 21, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    I <3 mini cakes. What a cute little dessert!

    • followtheruels says

      March 23, 2016 at 5:31 pm

      Thanks Adriana!

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