Confetti Cake + Avoiding Under and Over Mixing in Cake Batter
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Confetti Cake (yield: 1 8-in round cake)
Confetti Cake
3 eggs, room temp
2 1/4 c (450g) sugar
8 oz (227g) butter, melted and cooled
1/4 c (50g) vegetable oil
3.5 c (420g) cake flour, sifted
1.5 tsp (6g) baking powder
1 tsp (6g) fine salt
1.5 c (341g) milk, room temp
1 tsp clear vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 c (90g) rainbow sprinkles
1. Using a whisk or the whisk attachment on a mixer, mix the eggs and sugar until thick, lightened in color, and approximately tripled in volume.
2. Stream in the melted and cooled butter and oil while mixing on medium speed.
3. Add one third of the dry ingredients, mix until combined, and add half of the wet ingredients.
4. Mix in another third of the dry, the rest of the wet, and finally the last third of the dry. Stop mixing as soon as you can't see any dry flour.
5. Add the rainbow sprinkles and mix in by hand.
6. Divide evenly between 2 8-in round cake pans that have been prepped with a circle of parchment paper and non-stick spray.
7. Bake at 350F (180C) for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with wet crumbs.
8. Let the cakes cool completely before cutting off the tops, dividing in half, and stacking with the frosting.
Frosting
8 oz (227g) butter, softened
4 oz (113g) cream cheese, softened
4 c (454g) powdered sugar, sifted
1 tsp (6g) fine salt
2 Tbsp (28g) heavy cream
1 tsp clear vanilla extract
1. Mix together the butter and cream cheese until fluffy and lightened in color.
2. Add the powdered sugar in 3-4 additions.
3. Mix in the salt, heavy cream, and clear vanilla extract.
Note: this frosting recipe makes enough for a semi-naked finish to the cake. For a completely frosted cake, multiply the recipe x1.5.
Confetti Cake (yield: 1 8-in round cake)
Confetti Cake
3 eggs, room temp
2 1/4 c (450g) sugar
8 oz (227g) butter, melted and cooled
1/4 c (50g) vegetable oil
3.5 c (420g) cake flour, sifted
1.5 tsp (6g) baking powder
1 tsp (6g) fine salt
1.5 c (341g) milk, room temp
1 tsp clear vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 c (90g) rainbow sprinkles
1. Using a whisk or the whisk attachment on a mixer, mix the eggs and sugar until thick, lightened in color, and approximately tripled in volume.
2. Stream in the melted and cooled butter and oil while mixing on medium speed.
3. Add one third of the dry ingredients, mix until combined, and add half of the wet ingredients.
4. Mix in another third of the dry, the rest of the wet, and finally the last third of the dry. Stop mixing as soon as you can't see any dry flour.
5. Add the rainbow sprinkles and mix in by hand.
6. Divide evenly between 2 8-in round cake pans that have been prepped with a circle of parchment paper and non-stick spray.
7. Bake at 350F (180C) for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with wet crumbs.
8. Let the cakes cool completely before cutting off the tops, dividing in half, and stacking with the frosting.
Frosting
8 oz (227g) butter, softened
4 oz (113g) cream cheese, softened
4 c (454g) powdered sugar, sifted
1 tsp (6g) fine salt
2 Tbsp (28g) heavy cream
1 tsp clear vanilla extract
1. Mix together the butter and cream cheese until fluffy and lightened in color.
2. Add the powdered sugar in 3-4 additions.
3. Mix in the salt, heavy cream, and clear vanilla extract.
Note: this frosting recipe makes enough for a semi-naked finish to the cake. For a completely frosted cake, multiply the recipe x1.5.
Amazing recipe and video ❤❤❤
We're you classically trained? Or journeyman?
Thank you for the recipe🤍 im super in love with confetti cakes 🥹
hi what the substitute for baking powder ratio? eye have baking soda n lemon...shud it be mixed prior to asding to batter and whats the ratio
Thanks 😊 great recipe and video
My toxic trait is thinking I could make this perfectly on the first try just because I saw a video you made about it.
Honestly, same
I mean technically you could, but you'd have to stick to the recipe
I always say that then end up on the kitchen floor crying
🤣😅👏🏻👏🏻 its possible...
OMG so it’s NOT just meeeee👀🫣😳😱😱
I love that you show what happens in all situations!
For me the best way to learn is by seeing what happens if you do something different
@@benjaminthebaker yasss we learn BEST from our mistakes
@@benjaminthebaker its so so helpful!!! Please keep making those kinda videos, did you do a cookie one yet??
@@benjaminthebaker always!
@@benjaminthebaker Do you have a website?
This guy actually makes me want to start baking, this is interesting
you should go for it! even something simple like chocolate chip cookies :)
Especially with how good he makes everything look. I need that confetti cake so badly
@@CowKirbo confetti cake normally looks gross to me but he made it look so good
cooking is just edible chemistry, & science is cool!
This man must be protected at all cost. Has never seen mini classes like this. Thank you
As someone who learns a bit better when they have visuals, I find that your videos are amazing at helping me. Not only do you show what things should look like, you also show what they shouldn’t look like and explain what went wrong for that to happen. Thank you so much for the awesome tutorials :)
Yesss!I can relate so much to this.
Well this explains a lot 😂 there’s a lot of reasons I love to cook over bake. But the biggest reason is because you can kinda wing it and fix along the way with cooking. Baking is not so forgiving lol
Yeah, baking is more like chemistry and cooking is more like physics when it comes to measurements/specifics
@@stupidthefish1979 what.
@@garethkalum8297 Baking is literally chemistry: measurements have to be exact or the whole thing could end up messed up because you added half a cup of sugar instead of 5/8’s cup of sugar.
When cooking, measurements like “One tablespoon of salt, one teaspoon pepper” basically means “add more salt than pepper” and nothing’s ever set in stone. You can omit just about anything and the dish is still fine.
The physics comes from Physics requiring a great deal of precision to properly calculate anything at all but most teachers will say “drag is irrelevant” or just cut out half the laws to teach you one.
Eh, it's less of that than you'd think. I wing baking all the time. The trouble is not being able to taste the food. So I can tell that I need to add more flour because the dough is too sticky, for example. I do think it helps that I do all my mixing by hand, helps me really feel the dough and understand it better.
Personally I kinda like the texture of over-mixed cake but of course not everyone does so this is really nice advice :)
I was thinking the same thing when he described it. “Tough and gummy” kind of sounds good 😅
@@proofofmyexistence on the other hand now i know why my biscuits always come out wrong 👍
i thought i was alone
though it does really deepend
@@wishingwell_333 haha! Tomato, tomàto. You say “wrong,” I say “ gummy and delicious.”
Imo under mixed can sometimes be really good
I really appreciate how you go through the effort to include your recipe - a lot of times on cooking/baking UA-cam people make the best looking things but never include how they made it! I know it’s extra effort but it’s so so appreciated
Will definitely be trying this!! Your videos are more useful than any recipe book I've read!
Thank you! Let me know what you think
The great British baking show music in the background. Used to watch it all the time
Woah that’s probably the reason my cakes end up dense! I always mix extra after adding flour to make it fluffier. Now I won’t do that! Thank you!!!!
Yes typically you want to mix just until you can't see the dry flour anymore
I just made this confetti cake recipe for Easter cupcakes. Delicious, and the tips were extremely helpful! Thank you for this channel! ❤
It's like a science class on baking. So informative
All of your comments remark on how helpful and novel these mini-lessons are, I've never seen any channel get such a universally positive reaction!
I love your channel , baking makes a bit more sense to me now and you don’t over complicate it .
I absolutely appreciate the fact that you make these videos for people like me who at 53 can barely bake a cake let alone do it right.. The funniest part is that my mom was a professional caterer and 100% Italian, who could fix an entire spread out of three ingredients!! Pray for me 😁
My mother is Italian and she could make food out of stones....lol...can't hold a candle to her skills. 😄
I love funfetti cake!! The rainbow inside brings me joy!
This is like finally learning why grandma's cake has always been better than mine. It's truly cathartic.
Thank you for explaining the smaller details of baking, us novices have never considered.
I never rarely bake, but I confidently bought confetti cake mix and whipped frosting cause I figured you’d have a vid on how to perfect it. Thank you 🫶🏾
These videos honestly make baking look possible for me who fears itand feels nice for beginners
Idk why but I love the oversized texture? The gummy texture just makes it so yummy
I'm 100% sure you hear this every video, but the fact that you show the results of each different situation is unique and captivating in a way that I've never seen on UA-cam besides super high budget studio channels. Well done, you've earned my, and a lot of other people's likes.
I love your content! I really appreciate that even though your videos are shorts you still show what can happen if you make different mistakes. It makes trouble shooting easier and I love it
thank you for all this effort, this type of visual makes a big difference!
This dude is saving so many people who need to see the instructions in one video
I know people say this all the time but you’re SO UNDERRATED WHAT THE HECK THANK YOU YOURE AMAZING
Man that cake looks so airy and fluffy and that buttercream looks so light and soft. I bet it was soooo good. 🍰🤤🍰🤤🍰🤤
Your videos have helped me so much! I always wondered why my cakes came out a bit gummy until I found these explanations
This channel is literally so helpful!
The way the confetti is perfectly spaced throughout the cake is sending me
Definitely trying this today. Thank u SOOO MUCH for typing up the recipe & making it that much easier ! ❤🎉 .
Cooking is such a science but your videos are super helpful
The Kitchen is the Best Science Laboratory. If you work your experiment correctly you will be rewarded with a tasty treat 😄🍰
Awesome! That swirl technique was nice to see! 🎉🎉🎉
I'm going to be honest, I had no idea eggs and sugar were supposed to look like that. And I bake a lot.
Thanks, man!
I can't believe I never knew this and I've been cooking for 20 years!! Thank you for explaining this!!
You are Very Good at conveying the information quickly and effectively!
Thank you so much! I'm really learning a lot from your channel ❤️
the first person to ever bake a cake must've had the most patience in history
Your videos are always so informative and there’s so much effort put into them. Truly appreciate you!
Love ❤️ ❣️ the baking contrast video 📹.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the Great British Baking Show music that he uses
Ok but like why is this the great British baking show music, hahaha😂😂😂 that’s awesome!
Now I understand why the cake I made was so fluffy! Sometimes they're not, and now it makes sense. Thanks for pointing this out!
That is a great explanation of the mixing process - I honestly always wondered why you "gradually mix in wet and dry ingredients" in a recipe 👍
Damnit. I didn’t realize you can undermix. This explains a lot, thanks.
Wow I love the recipe!! I've been dying to find the *perfect* confetti cake and I believe this is it! I'm so happy to have found your channel. Thank u Ben, I subbed! 😊🥰🙏
I love your baking videos and the visuals you put out for them, they are very helpful! :)
This video just made me so happy 😊
I guarantee that you could under-mix the first time and over-mix the second time and everybody would praise you for how amazingly yummy your cake is
now every-time i eat food i think of the ways you make them, it’s quite going over the scenarios in my head
THIS IS SO USEFUL I always wondered why it sometimes comes out different when I do the exact same thing every time but I had a suspicion it had to do with this. Thank you!!
I like how you tell us what every thing does, instead of just “DONT DO THIS”
I never loved vanilla cakes made with oil but these do look good
That final product thoughhhhh! 🔥🥵
It is just me who noticed how he put the great British baking show music as the audio I love it
I’m not even all that into cake but after seeing this I definitely want some.
Love me some confetti cake! 🤗😋
Tip from my mother regarding adding eggs when baking. She always cracks one at a time in a separate bowl, then adds to mix.
That way, in case there is "blood," you don't waste all the other ingredients. 🫢
That looks scrumptious 😭
I've never been a cake fan but that does look really really good! It's so pretty :)
now this is an awesome tutorial / explanation
I so have to make this today,… Thank you for the full detailed recipe 🫶🏼
I love that this guy uses music from the great British bake off 😭❤️❤️
I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR A BUTTERCREAM RECIPIE...THANKS!!😁👍👏👏👏👏❤
confetti cake is soooo underrated and delicious i’d prefer this sometimes over any other cake 🍰
Your videos reinforce in me my desire *not* to bake. I like improvising with ingredients and cooking styles and baking is so precise it almost makes me anxious.
That cake look delicious tho!!! I’ve never actually payed attention to the amount of mixing i thought you just mix till it looks good.
i love confetti cake flavored anything its an obsession
You teach me so much about cooking, thank you sensei.
Baking is such an intimidating science.
Thank you 3 eggs sugar flower and a $400 mixer now I can cook
When I saw you stack the layers I subscribed - your cake looks absolutely perfect!!! 💯
Dude you literally made me hungry with this one. I’d learn to bake if bed wasn’t so comfy
That looks so good! Saving this!
This looks perfect and now has got me craving some cake 😭😭
i love these videos so much and i want to learn how to bake so so badly because of these
Everyone needs a baker in their friend group
Here I do prefer the fluffy texture, so I will be careful to not mix too little or too much
Ah yes, the over and under mixing dilemma, my greatest culinary enemy
I first learned over mixing was a thing from the try guys cake video omg glad this explains why it comes out so weird!!!
I just LOVE! This channel 🎉
Once I’m in a relationship, hopefully eventually, i plan on baking a lot so I am watching all your videos in preparation for that
This looks divine! 🥰🎉🍰🎉🍰🎉
Thank you so much .
I’ll be making this in a few weeks for my daughter’s 7th birthday 🎂
I never thought to whip the sugar and eggs for my banana bread. I always wondered why it seemed so heavy. Thank you for this!
Your cakes looks so perfect and you make it seem so simple 😂 i am sure there must be a cook book coming soon!
WOW!! Your videos are so impressive! Awesome!
That is the best cake I’ve ever seen.
ngl i’d eat just the batter that stuff is DELICIOUS
I’ve always sucked at vanilla cakes but trying out your recipe and technique today!! ❤
Thank you for lettingnme know what I was doing wrong with my cakes! I never realised that I overmixed the flour
My mans out here dabbing on top of the Pillsbury Dough-boy's head. That's a real nice not-Funfetti™ cake.
That cake looks AMAZING.
That looks so good!
I will keep this in mind so I can make a dense chewy cake thank you
you just *HAD* to make me watch this right before brain surgery (Tests show the patient will never fully recover! ) ;((
WOW, that looks so delicious 🤤. Thank you for the tip. I always wondered why when I back at home the cake doesn’t turn out to look as good as the ones in bakeries 😅.
I have seen this cake before… in a Reddit video. Glad I got to see the original post though.
Iam biting my phone that fluffy cloudy perfectly cooked cake looks delicious ❤