Little Girl's Pink Fondant Birthday Cake Part I
I made a pretty Little Girl's Pink Fondant Birthday Cake, a moist tasty pinky pink cake on the inside and fabulously fancy homemade fondant decorations all over the outside. I think this is the best BD cake I've made yet and most importantly my little girl absolutely loooved it!
- Prep time
- 8 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 23 sticks butter, 339g, room temperature
- 3 cups sugar, 600g
- 5 eggs, room temperature
- 3 cups flour, 375g
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp orange fanta
- red food coloring
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C). Grease cake pans with butter and flour them, making sure to knock out any excess flour. Line cake pan bottom with parchment paper.
- 2
Cream butter and sugar until pale in color and fluffy.
- 3
Add in eggs one at a time and mix.
- 4
Sift flour and salt in separate bowl, then add into butter mix 1 cup at a time until just mixed.
- 5
Add in fanta, stir until just mixed.
- 6
Add in food coloring drop by drop until the desired pinkness is achieved.
- 7
Pour into baking pans, leaving 1 inch rising room at top. Smooth the batter out flat.
- 8
Bake approx. 1 hour to 1 hour 10 mins or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
- 9
Remove and let cool in pan for 5 mins before removing to cooling rack to cool completely. When completely cooled store in cake keeper until ready to decorate.