Unicorn Cake
Yields one three layer 6 inch cake
The things youāll need
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 stick salted butter at room temperature
Ā¼ cup solid vegetable shortening
1 Ā½ cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Ā¼ teaspoon almond extract
5 large white eggs
Ā¾ cup whole milk
Ā¼ cup rainbow sprinkles
Decoration
White buttercream frosting
Light pink buttercream frosting fitted with #824 and a #4B tip
Light blue buttercream frosting fitted with a #2A tip
Light purple buttercream frosting fitted with a #824
Dark purple buttercream frosting fitted with a #2A tip and a #4B tip
Black buttercream frosting fitted with a #4 tip
White fondant
Gold edible highlighter dust
Small paint brushes
Fondant rolling pin
Teardrop cookie cutters
Lillipop stick
Equipment
Three 6-inch round cake pans
Large mixing bowl
Medium mixing bowl
Hand mixer
Rubber spatula
Whisk
6 inch cake board
Cake stand
Cake turntable
Offset spatula
Small sifter
Almond extract
Letās get started!
Preheat oven to 350Ā°F.
Grease and line three 6-inch round cake pans.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs whites one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add extracts.
On a low speed, alternate adding the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Fold sprinkles into the batter.
Divide batter evenly between cake pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
Once cakes are fully cooled, level them with a cake leveler.
Stack cakes on a cake board, making sure to frost between each layer.
Use a cake turntable to smooth white frosting over the entire cake.
Time to decorate!
Use white fondant to make a unicorn horn.
Mix a few drops of almond extract into edible gold dust and then brush it onto the horn.
Use teardrop cutters to create fondant ears and then paint the inner ear gold. Insert a toothpick into the bottom of each ear.
Pipe rosettes on the top and along one side of the cake using the pink and light purple frosting and #824 tips.
Add dollops of detail using the pink and dark purple frosting and #4B tips. Use blue and dark purple frosting fitted with #2A tips to add more details.
Pipe eyes onto the front center of the cake. Place horn on the top center of the cake and the ears on either side of the horn.
TaDa! This colorful Unicorn Cake will bring magic to any occasion!
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