We’ve had our first lockdown birthday this week, No excuse for not getting a birthday cake though (even though we knew we would end up eating it all due to the lack of visitors). Middle child was 14 on Wednesday so celebrated with a super sweet Pink Rainbow Drops Birthday Drip Cake.
She’s not a huge fan of buttercream or frosting so I made the covering fairly light around the outside with piping just on the top. I definitely didn’t want to be spending hours on a fondant birthday cake so a drip frosting cake it was.
I used the same ganache recipe as for this Chocolate Drip Birthday Cake – It really is a no fail ganache recipe.
For the Rainbow Drops – You will need 3 large bags and one teenager to separate the colours. Obviously you can do this cake using all the colours of Rainbow Drops and would only need 1 large bag. (For people who aren’t familiar with Rainbow Drop, they are puffed rice covered in coloured sugar coating – Super good for your teeth!)
This cake used 2 x 7″ round cakes and a 12″ round board – Plenty big enough to serve around 20-25 people with a huge slice really.
Vanilla 2 Tier Birthday Cake
Ingredients
- 14 oz Butter Make sure it is not too hard
- 14 oz Caster Sugar
- 7 medium Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 16 oz Self Raising Flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160C and line your cake tin (timings have been given for 2 cakes cooked after each other)
- Using a mixer, beat together the sugar and butter until pale and fluffy
- Whisk the eggs and add the vanilla to them. Whilst mixing on a medium speed, add the eggs, one at a time until blended
- Slow the mixer right down and add the flour gradually. Stop as soon as all added and fold together until just combined
- Bake each cake for approx 45-48 minutes until a skewer comes out clean
- Leave to cool and stack upside down to get a flat top
Notes
I tend to use a vanilla frosting recipe but for a special flavour, you could try White Chocolate Frosting or even Orange Buttercream. I hope to share my favourite Vanilla Frosting recipe very soon.
If you are new to making Drip Cakes, you may be interested in this post on 10 Tips for How to Make a Drip Cake
Thanks for sharing your cake, glad your daughter had a great birthday 🙂
Nic
Oh wow, that cake looks incredible. Simple, but striking. I love the decor. Happy birthday to your gorgeous girl xx