Pom Pom Cake
Steps involved
Make cake layers
Make buttercream (no color)
Set aside buttercream for blue and green colors
Assemble and ice cake
Color remaining buttercream blue and green
Decorate with pom poms and polka dots
READ BEFORE CONTINUING: The following recipes are scaled to make the cake pictured above -- a 4 layer cake made with 6-inch round cake layers. If you wish to make a smaller cake, please scale down these recipes.
recipes used
1 - 1.5 batches Italian meringue buttercream
I made this buttercream vanilla flavored by adding 1 tablespoon of vanilla to my 1.5x batch (can add less or more to taste)
I always like to have extra buttercream rather than not enough, so if you're not sure how much to use, I would recommend 1.5Cream cheese icing (recipe below)
4 marshmallows, cake pops, or blobs of icing for base of pom poms
Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp. butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tsp. vanilla extract
milk, if needed to thin icing
Mix butter and cream cheese together
Add vanilla, mix
Slowly add powdered sugar and mix until all incorporated
If icing is too stiff you can add a splash of milk until it's the consistency you like
Colors used
To get these colors, I used Wilton's Color Right Food Coloring System.*
For the cake layers:
No food coloring used
For the icing:
The colors may differ depending on how much icing you're coloring and the starting color of your buttercream (certain butter brands are more white or yellow which can make the buttercream whiter or more yellow). These are the amounts I used and should get you close.
Blue Icing:
Blue: 4 drops
Yellow: 1 drop
Green Icing:
Blue: 2 drops
Yellow: 4 drops
Supplies/tools
To find the tools I use for almost every cake I make and decorate (including pans, cake boards, icing smoothers, etc.), click here.
The supplies/tools below are specifically for decorating this cake, which I used in addition to the ones in the link above.*
*Some of these links may be affiliate. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I earn a small amount from some purchases, however, this does not affect my recommendations.
Decorating the cake
After the cake has been assembled and iced:
Place 4 marshmallows, cake pops, or blobs of icing on top of the cake
Using a piping bag with Wilton's tip # 233 and one of the icing colors, pipe fuzz onto two of your bases (marshmallows, cake pops, etc.). Repeat with second color.
Fill another piping bag with one of the icing colors and cut a small hole at the bottom. Repeat for second icing color. Alternate piping blue and green dots around the cake.
Slice and enjoy :)
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