This Rainbow Confetti or Funfetti Sprinkle Cake was one of the first cakes I made after coming back to cake decorating. I completely loved the colours and the style and it really got me back into being hooked straightaway.
I didn’t come up with the original design though – My client showed me a tiny photo. The original had My Little Ponies on it too but I love the design without. I have searched high and low to find the original designer but have got nowhere – I would love to tag them and find out if they are a professional cake designer too.
Making this cake got me thinking about how to cover a cake with sprinkles (or Hundreds and Thousands depending on how you say it). I’m never quite sure of the official name for a cake covered in sprinkles – I’ve seen them called Funfetti Cakes or Confetti Cakes and even Sprinkle Cakes.
There’s no doubt about it, its a messy business covering a caw32ke with those pesky creatures – But there are ways to minimise the damage and mess to your kitchen. I will attempt to show you how.
What you need:
- Cake – This needs to have been iced 24 hours ago and allowed to harden. Alternatively, you could use a cake that is covered with marzipan. Read my tutorial on How to Cover a Cake with Marzipan to find out how.
- As I was stacking the Sprinkle cake on top of another cake, I used a thick cake card underneath my sprinkle cake – This also makes the cake easier to handle.
- Greaseproof Paper/Baking parchment/Wax Paper
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- Lots of Sprinkles – I use Costco’s own brand of sprinkles but also add more bright colours – I used single packs of red and blue mixed in with the normal sprinkles to make the cake bolder.
TIPS FOR SUCCESS
- Fold the baking parchment up at the sides to make sort of barrier to stop as many sprinkles popping – There is nothing like the noise when you put the cake down on the sprinkles for the first time.
- If you are stacking the sprinkle cake on top of another, make sure the base cake is ready – Dowelled if need be.
- Make sure the surface you are putting your cake on is as dry as possible – You WILL get some sprinkles pinging off into the air!
- Brush any loose sprinkles off with a dry paintbrush.
- If you are struggling to get the bottom edge neat, a ribbon will cover up a multitude of sins.
Good Luck!
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Amazing cake! Thanks for the tutorial – I’d never have thought to roll it in the sprinkles like that.
I’ve tried pressing the sprinkles on by hand but it is so messy and far too time consuming.
What a fantastic cake – such a fantastic trick to roll it in the sprinkles to get that thick covering.
Thanks Helen – Desperate measures to try to minimise the sprinkles pinging everywhere!
great tutorial, always a bit nervous about trying out things like this, but going to give it ago with your instructions!
Aah what’s the worst that can happen – you have to clean up a lot of sprinkles but there’s always cake to eat at the end!
What great tips Helen. The extra colours you added to the sprinkle mix was certainly worth it as it has such a beautiful pop of colour. #CookBlogShare
Angela x
Thanks Angela – I’m pleased I added the deeper coloured sprinkles – I’m on the look out for even more vibrant ones next.
Oh wow this cake looks amazing. Funfetti cakes look like so much fun! x
Oh they are – All cakes should be fun though!
Wow – this cake looks amazing! Thanks for the fab tips. Eb x
Thank you very much Eb. Hope the tips come in useful one day x
You make it look so simple but I know that if I tried to make this myself it would be rubbish lol. Thankfully yours is a work of art x
Aah don’t be daft – we all start somewhere. I’ve seen how much style you have – You would rock cake decorating!
Oh my goodness this cake is gorgeous! I must try to make something like this for my brothers birthday! Yummy!!
xoxo, Candice
Ooh he would love it – People always think it is so much more complicated than it actually is.
Oh my goodness that is absolutely amazing! What a fantastic idea for a cake – can you make me one 😉 x
Definitely Sarah! You bring the teapot and I’ll bring the cake!
This is so pretty. I’d love to make a sprinkle cake that looks this perfect. The rainbow on top is cute!
I rather like the rainbow too! Huge fans of rainbows in this house.
Wow this cake looks absolutely fantastic, so effective with all of the sprinkles! xxx
Thanks for the tip, I was looking to make something similar, now I know how!!!
WOW! A total work of art! #CookBlogShare
How fantastic is this technique! So simple yet effective!
That looks amazing! So cheerful! My husband has a phobia of sprinkles so I never get to play with this kind of thing very much!!
Ahhh this is so cute! I love that you rolled the cake in the sprinkles – sounds much easier than the way I would have done it if I hadn’t seen this!!
These are great tips. I would have never thought of rolling the cake in the sprinkle, this is so much easier and mess free then the way I would have done it.
funfetti cake always brighten up peoples day! i love how this looks
The cake looks just fantastic, so good that I wouldn’t want to cut it x
Love your tips. This is s great tutorial post. I am going to try my hands making a similar cake.
Oh wow that cake looks amazing! I always wondered how cake makers put sprinkles all over like that
What a fab effect! I know a couple of Peachicks who would LOVE a cake like this with all the rainbows and sprinkles! #Cookblogshare
Midge x
Oh so that’s how you do it. I’m completely clueless when it comes to cake decorating but I’m going to have to roll up my sleeves and learn. The kids are putting in some quite demanding birthday cake requests – e.g. Darth Vader!
Oh it just looks amazing and you make it seem so easy!! H x
So gorgeous! I love the bright colours and the tip about rolling will definitely come in handy #CookBlogShare
Oh my gosh that cake looks so good! I really want to try this for someones birthday!! (Got to decide who now) Pinned for later! 😀
I am so jealous of bakers, I have the slightest baking skills but nothing like this. Luckily I am moving in with a baker so I will definitely be showing her this
I’ve always wanted to make a cake like this but assumed I would just make one great big mess! You’ve made it look easy but I somehow doubt I’d be able to recreate one just as nice xD
Oh wow Helen first of all the cake looks amazing! Secondly thank you for sharing your secrets! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
This looks fantastic! I used buttercream when I made a sprinkle one – but had to cool it so that it wasn’t messy when adding the sprinkles – never thought of doing it this way! #cookblogshare
Love this looks great #Smiggle
I love sprinkle cakes! Thanks for an easy to follow tutorial, I will be doing one of these for a birthday coming up next month #Smiggle