Equipment
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3 9-inch round cake pans
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1 10-inch round cake board
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 boxes white cake mix
- 8 large egg whites
- 2 ½ C water
- 1 C canola oil
- 2 tsp cinnamon extract
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- 3 C unsalted butter softened
- 6 C powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Pink gel food coloring
- 1 disposable piping bag
- 1 large piping bag with star tip
- Valentine’s Day Sprinkles
- 3 Red Rock Candy Sticks
- 2 Red Heart Marshmallow sticks
- Red foiled chocolate hearts
Instructions
Cake Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 and spray cake pans with pam baking spray
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Using a hand mixer and large bowl, beat all cake ingredients until combined and smooth
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Pour batter evenly into the three pans
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Place into the oven and back for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
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Allow to cool completely
Frosting Directions
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Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients except for the color until combined and smooth but stiff with peaks
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Beat in a few drops of pink coloring until combined
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Scoop 1 C of the pink frosting into another bowl and mix in a few more drops of pink to make it darker
Building the Cake directions
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Place one cake layer onto the cake board and cut the dome off the cake to make an even layer
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Repeat step with other two layers
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Scoop 1 C of pink frosting onto the bottom layer and spread evenly
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Place the second cake layer on top and spread evenly 1 more cup of frosting
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Place the last layer of cake on top and frost with remaining pink frosting
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Using some valentine’s day sprinkles, coat the bottom part of the cake with sprinkles
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Place the darker pink frosting into the microwave for 10 seconds to soften it
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Scoop it into the piping bag
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Cut the tip off the piping bag and pipe drips around the top edge
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Scoop the lighter pink frosting into the large piping bag
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Pipe dollops around the top and sprinkle some more Valentine’s Day sprinkles on top
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Enjoy!