Today, I wanted to try something different. Everyone loves a good confetti cake, but I wanted to put all of the confetti at the top. For some reason, in my mind, this seemed like a good idea. Perhaps my execution wasn't good, but it seemed pretty straight forward to me.
I first mixed up a batter for a white cake. I sprayed my entire 8" round cake pan with PAM for Baking (I swear they don't pay me, I just really like this product), and then I put in a piece of parchment paper too because I wasn't sure what the sprinkles would do once baked (it could've been a stinky mess). After I put the parchment into the pan, I sprayed that too, for good measure.
I layered the bottom of the pan with a good amount of sprinkles - maybe 1/2 cup or more. These were just rainbow sprinkles I had laying around, nothing fancy. Gently, I poured my cake batter over the sprinkles, trying hard to not incorporate the sprinkles into the batter. So far, so good.
I popped this into the oven at 350 F for 24 minutes. The butter knife showed clean, so I let it cool for 15 minutes, then put it on a cooling rack to cool all the way. I pulled back the parchment to see a nice rainbow of color on top of the cake.
About an hour later, I decided to slice it (I did not frost it) to see how it tasted and if the texture was off or anything odd happened. Here's my results:
1. The cake developed a crust from the sprinkles. I could actually peel the layer of sprinkles off while I ate the cake.
2. The layer of sprinkles was crunchy. I thought they'd soften up as they baked into the cake. I was wrong.
3. The cake itself still tasted good.
Overall, it was a good lesson learned. My husband said it kind of mimicked eating a big cookie, so maybe I'm onto something. :)
Here's some photos:
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