Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour – 1 cup +2/3 cup
- Granulated sugar – 1 cup
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
- Baking soda – ¼ tsp
- Salt – a pinch
- Half melted butter – ½ cup
- Canola oil/ any mild cooking oil – ¼ cup
- Buttermilk/ sour cream – ½ cup
- Egg – 2 nos
- Vanilla essence – 2 tsp
- Strawberry puree – ½ cup
- Red food gel color – as req (for icing decoration)
American Vanilla Buttercream:
- Room temperature unsalted butter – 2 cups
- Confectionary sugar – 5-6 cups
- Whole milk – 2 tblsp
- Vanilla essence – 2 tsp
Decoration:
- Strawberry candy – as req
- Pink lollipops – as req
- Pink sour gummy bear – as req
Procedure:
- Pre heat the oven to 350˚F
- Grease two 8 inch round pans with butter and dust it with some flour and place the parchment paper over it.
- In a mixing bowl, add the egg, butter milk, half melted butter, canola oil and vanilla essence and mix well
- Over the egg mixture; Sieve the all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well using a whisk or an electric beater.
- To the final stage add the strawberry puree and fold it gently into the batter.
- Now pour the batter equally into the greased pans and bake it for 35-40 mins or until insert a toothpick in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool completely and start making the vanilla buttercream
Vanilla Buttercream:
- Add the room temperature softened butter and beat it until light and fluffy; between add the confectionary sugar into two batches.
- Towards the end, add 2 tblsp of milk and vanilla essence and mix well.
Cake frosting:
- Place the 1st layer of the cake in the cake stand and add a dollop of the buttercream in the center of the cake and spread with a spatula (always smooth from center to the edges)
- Repeat the same process to the remaining cake layers and finally roughly coat the cake with the buttercream and refrigerate it for about 30 mins.
- Now frost the cake with the remaining buttercream and smooth it with bench scrapper and refrigerate it for another 20 mins.
- Using your favorite tip, pipe the cake top and brush the bottom sides with the red gel food color as desired.
- Now decorate more with some strawberry chew candies, lollipops and sour gummies.
- The simple, attractive and tasty “CANDY BIRTHDAY cake” is ready for the party.
NOTE/TIP:
- For any buttercream cake, keep it in the room temperature at least 2 hours before the party time.
- You can use more decorative items like M&M candies, sugar sprinkles and more
- You can add some more strawberry puree into the buttercream for more strawberry flavor.
