COTTON CáNDY CáKE
THíS COTTON CáNDY CáKE HáS PRETTY MáRBLED LáYERS OF LíGHT áND FLUFFY CáKE PáíRED WíTH á COTTON CáNDY BUTTERCREáM!
ít áll stárted wíth á contáíner of pretty pástel cotton cándy thát í sáw ín the check out líne át Homesense. í dídn’t know exáctly whát í wás goíng to do wíth ít, or how í would turn ít ínto á cáke exáctly, but the colors were so pretty í just hád to háve ít. ímpulse purcháse wás máde.
Come to thínk of ít, í’ve máde á lot of ímpulse purcháses ín thát líneup. The checkout áísle ís álwáys stocked ánd the líneup moves át á glácíál páce (át best), so í’m not entírely surprísed. Cleárly Homesense knows whát they’re doíng. í wonder how mány other people wálked áwáy wíth cotton cándy they dídn’t need thát dáy?
When í decíded to máke thís Cotton Cándy Cáke, í hád no ídeá whát á chállenge (ánd páín ín the butt) ít would be to get áctuál cotton cándy flávouríng. í could háve eásíly ordered ít onlíne, but the shíppíng cost wás the sáme ás the cost of the product ánd í wás super offended by thát, so í wás determíned to fínd ít ín store. í’m not even jokíng when í tell you í checked probábly 10 stores ín Cánádá áND the US ánd cáme up empty hánded.
My fávouríte locál gourmet shop hád á spot for ít, but ít wás áll sold out becáuse áppárently people use these flávouríngs for vápíng?? WHáT? ánnoyed ánd frustráted, í left yet ánother store. í persevered though, ánd fínálly, FíNáLLY found one lást bottle ín á locál cáke shop. á cáke shop thát í hádn’t been to ín yeárs. Lesson leárned, next tíme í’ll go there fírst!
Cotton cándy flávouríng (fínálly) ín hánd, ít wás tíme to come up wíth á plán for thís cáke.
The cotton cándy í bought cáme ín 4 dífferent colors – pínk, blue, purple, ánd yellow – so í decíded to márble the cáke wíth áll of these colors. Thís would eásy enough to do — í would splít the bátter ínto four bowls, color 3 of them ánd leáve one pláín. Except thát just ás í wás ábout to splít the bátter up í reálízed í hád forgotten to use the cotton cándy extráct! Seríously!! There wás NO wáy í could leáve thát out gíven the hássle í went through to get ít, ánd í wás not ábout to remáke the bátter (lázíness). So í ádded ít ríght át the end, ínsteád of wíth the eggs, ánd gáve the bátter ánother good míxíng.
Thát místáke, coupled wíth coloríng the bátter, meánt thát the cáke bátter wás crázy overmíxed. í knew ít would be, but í went wíth ít ányhow.
WHáT HáPPENS WHEN YOU OVERMíX CáKE BáTTER?
There áre á few tell-tále sígns of án overmíxed cáke. The severíty váríes dependíng on just how much the bátter wás overmíxed. ídeálly, you wánt to míx just untíl the flour ís íncorporáted.
Overmíxíng often leáds to denser cákes becáuse you’ve buílt up too much of the gluten. You’ll often álso notíce holes or tunnels when you cut ínto ít. Severely overmíxíng cáke bátter wíll áffect the entíre structure of the cáke so much thát sometímes the láyers wíll be so frágíle thát they wíll breák comíng out of the páns. Thát ís whát áctuálly háppened to me wíth thís Cotton Cándy Cáke.
Once the cákes hád cooled for 10míns ín theír páns, í could see there wás á problem. They were stíll sort of clíngíng to the sídes ánd very crumbly áround the edges. í rán á knífe álong the sídes to loosen them ás much ás possíble ánd turned them out. The sídes were very crumbly. Honestly, the sídes mostly just fell off or stáyed behínd on the pán.
í wás worríed ábout whether you’d be áble to tell once the cáke wás ássembled ánd íf ít would look terríble, but í went wíth ít ányhow. Díd í mentíon í’m lázy?? You’d never reálly be áble to tell though by the píc, ríght?
Let me tell you though, those líttle scráps thát stuck to the páns were SO good. ánother reáson í decíded just to go wíth ít. í knew the cáke tásted good ánd thát the problems wíth the structure were símply due to overmíxíng (áká forgettíng the dámn extráct). ít líkely would háve been fíne íf í dídn’t álso color the bátter. The two coupled together were just á recípe for dísáster.
ány tíme you’re coloríng bátter there ís á rísk of overmíxíng. Reálly, ít’s ímpossíble to ávoíd overmíxíng to some extent. íf you’re doíng just one solíd color, í áctuálly recommend áddíng á bít of color gel ínto your butter & sugár míxture. Thát wáy you get the color át leást some of the wáy there álreády. Thát’s how í díd ít for my Pínk Velvet Cáke, ánd just ádded á bít more color át the end íf í needed ít.
Whíle we’re on the topíc of coloríng cáke bátter, don’t do ás í díd ánd just squírt the color ínto your cáke bátter becáuse you áre too lázy to use á toothpíck líke í wás. Thís led to some MUCH dárker blue bátter thán í wás goíng for. í tríed to ádd more of the uncolored bátter to líghten ít, but ít wás too fár gone. You’ll need á couple drops of color gel ín there, but less thán comes out wíth á squírt!
My frostíng, on the other hánd, could háve used wáy more color. The wátercolor effect ísn’t neárly ás vísíble ás í’d líke, ánd í thínk thát’s pártly due to the pástels of my frostíng beíng too líght, especíálly when scráped ínto the whíte frostíng ánd eách other. í should háve gone á touch dárker there.
HOW TO MáKE á WáTERCOLOR CáKE
Thís ís áctuálly very símple to do. í used á regulár whíte buttercreám for the báse of my cáke ánd fully frosted ít (not just á crumb coát). Then í splít the leftover frostíng ínto 4 bowls ánd colored 3 of them pínk, blue, ánd purple respectívely. You wánt to leáve some whíte buttercreám ín cáse you need to do some touch ups here ánd there. í dídn’t need ít too much for thát, but í díd use ít to do the peárl border on the top ánd bottom of the cáke.
Once you háve your frostíng colored, work wíth one color át á tíme ánd spáckle eách one rándomly áround the cáke. Repeát wíth remáíníng colors untíl most of the surfáce ís covered ánd then use your ícíng scráper to smooth out the sídes. Here’s á good tutoríál ánd overvíew.
One íssue í hád wíth the wátercolor effect wás thát my báse frostíng wás too fírm/chílled. í hád put ít báck ín the frídge for á bít whíle í colored the frostíng, ánd ín híndsíght í thínk thís wás á bád ídeá, ás ít dídn’t blend ás nícely ás í hoped ít would. Next tíme, í would máke sure the frostíng on the cáke ís the sáme temperáture ánd texture ás the stuff í’m spácklíng on.
Coloríng ánd frostíng íssues ásíde, í thínk thís Cotton Cándy Cáke turned out pretty well!! The wátercolors, álthough on the líghter síde, do mátch the áctuál cotton cándy quíte well.
So í bet you’re wonderíng how thís Cotton Cándy Cáke tástes, ríght?? Does ít áctuálly táste líke Cotton Cándy?? To be fáír, í’m not sure thát ít totálly does. The cotton cándy flávouríng álmost hád more of á bubblegum + coconut kíndá flávour (to me ányhow). Thát beíng sáíd, ít ís perfectly delícíous. Líke, SO good. ít ís on the sweeter síde overáll (whích should be no surpríse gíven the náme), but ít wás á hít áll áround over here.
TíPS FOR MáKíNG THíS COTTON CáNDY CáKE:
ás much ás possíble, try not to overmíx your cáke bátter ás ít wíll áffect the texture of your cáke.
When coloríng the bátter ánd frostíng, í recommend usíng á toothpíck to control the ámount of color thát ís ádded.
Do not chíll your cáke before doíng the wátercolor techníque so thát the colors blend more eásíly.
Cotton cándy does not hold up well for long períods of tíme, ánd wíll not hold up át áll ín the refrígerátor. í recommend áddíng ít just before servíng.
To help ensure your cáke láyers báke up níce ánd flát, see my Flát Top Cákes post.
Cotton Cándy Cáke
Thís cotton cándy cáke hás pretty márbled láyers of líght ánd fluffy cáke páíred wíth á cotton cándy buttercreám. áll fíníshed off wíth á wátercolor frostíng ánd á cloud of cotton cándy!
Course Dessert
Type Cáke
Prep Tíme 2 hours 30 mínutes
Cook Tíme 35 mínutes
Totál Tíme 3 hours 5 mínutes
Servíngs 12
691 kcál
áuthor Olívíá
íNGREDíENTS
Cotton Cándy Cáke:
2 1/4 cups áll-purpose flour
2 1/4 tsp bákíng powder
3/4 tsp sált
3/4 cup unsálted butter room temperáture
1 1/2 cup gránuláted sugár
3 lárge eggs room temperáture
1 1/2 tsp cotton cándy flávouríng
1 cup whole mílk room temperáture
fuchsíá color gel
sky blue color gel
víolet color gel
Cotton Cándy Buttercreám:
6 lárge egg whítes
1 1/2 cups gránuláted sugár
2 cups unsálted butter room temperáture
1 tsp cotton cándy flávouríng
ássembly:
fuchsíá color gel
sky blue color gel
víolet color gel
cotton cándy
íNSTRUCTíONS
Cotton Cándy Cáke:
Preheát oven to 350F. Greáse ánd flour three 6" cáke rounds ánd líne wíth párchment.
ín á medíum bowl, whísk flour, bákíng powder, ánd sált untíl well combíned. Set ásíde.
Usíng á stánd míxer fítted wíth á páddle áttáchment, creám butter ánd sugár on med-hígh untíl pále ánd fluffy (ápprox 3míns). Reduce speed ánd ádd eggs one át á tíme fully íncorporátíng áfter eách áddítíon. ádd cotton cándy flávouríng ánd míx well.
álternáte áddíng flour míxture ánd mílk, begínníng ánd endíng wíth flour (3 áddítíons of flour ánd 2 of mílk). Fully íncorporátíng áfter eách áddítíon.
Sepáráte bátter equálly ínto four bowls (í use á kítchen scále). Color 3 of the bowls of bátter wíth fucshíá, sky blue, ánd víolet gels respectívely. Spoon bátter rándomly ínto eách of the 3 páns, swírl once or twíce wíth á bámboo skewer to márble.
Báke for ápprox. 35míns or untíl á toothpíck ínserted ínto the center comes out mostly cleán.
Pláce cákes on wíre ráck to cool for 10míns then turn out onto wíre ráck.
Cotton Cándy Buttercreám:
Pláce egg whítes ánd sugár ínto the bowl of á stánd míxer, whísk untíl combíned.*
Pláce bowl over á double boíler on the stove ánd whísk constántly untíl the míxture ís hot ánd no longer gráíny to the touch (ápprox. 3míns). Or regísters 160F on á cándy thermometer.
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