Easy Cotton Candy Cake (With Cake Mix)
Easy cotton candy cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Starts off with yellow cake mix. This layer cake is filled with whipped cream frosting and decorated with rainbow cotton candy.
Servings: 9 Slices
Calories: 391kcal
Ingredients
- 3 Eggs Large, Room temperature
- 1 cup Milk Whole or 2%, Room temperature
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted, Melted
- 1 Yellow cake mix
- Gel food coloring Yellow, turquoise and pink
- 2.5 cups Whipped cream
- 2 cups Cotton candy Pink, yellow and blue
- 2 tablespoon Sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, milk butter and mix until smooth.
- Add yellow cake mix and mix until just combined.
- Divide this batter into three separate bowls.
- Add yellow food coloring in one bowl and mix until color is evenly distributed.
- Add turquoise food coloring in the second bowl and mix until color is evenly distributed.
- Add pink coloring in the third bowl and mix until color is evenly distributed.
- Spoon the batter randomly from three bowls into two greased and floured cake pans (Dimensions: 8x2 each).
- Use a toothpick to swirl the different colors of batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30-40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool fully to room temperature.
- While the cakes were baking and cooling, prepare the whipped cream.
- Trim the sides and dome of the cake, using a serrated knife.
- Place one cake on a cake stand.
- Spread whipped cream on top of the cake evenly with a spatula.
- Place the other cake on top of the icing and press gently to secure properly.
- Spread more whipped cream on top of the cake with a spatula.
- Prior to serving, place colorful cotton candy on top of the icing. The whipped cream on top of the cake will work like glue.
- Toss some sprinkles around the base of the cake. Enjoy.
Notes
- Do not over mix cake batter. A few lumps are perfectly fine.
- Yellow and white cake mix both work well but you can also make my Best Vanilla Cake From Scratch.
- I like a cool rustic cake design and did not ice the sides of the cake but you can easily do that with a spatula.
- Don't add the cotton candy on top of the cake until just prior to serving because the moisture of the icing can dissolve the cotton candy and make a sticky mess.
- For pastel colored cakes, use less food coloring in the cake batter.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Read additional tips and variations above.
Nutrition
Calories: 391kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 532mg | Potassium: 115mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 552IU | Calcium: 183mg | Iron: 1mg