Life-of-the-Party Layer Cake

Name: Life-of-the-Party Layer Cake
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients: Nonstick cooking oil spray; 2⅔ cups (335 g) all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp. baking powder; ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt; 1½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar; ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 3 large eggs; 1⅓ cups whole milk; 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract; Orange, green, yellow, red, pink, and black food coloring; 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 8-oz. packages chilled cream cheese, cut into pieces; 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract; 2 lb. (907 g) powdered sugar; 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice; ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt; Yellow, orange, green, red, and black food coloring; 1½ cups sprinkles, chocolate disks, dried fruits, candied citrus peel, and/or candied nuts (for filling); Six 6" cake pans, a 2" ring cutter, a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip, and a cake scraper

By Amirah Kassem

December 1, 2020

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Photo by Joshua Kissi, food styling by Roscoe Betsill, prop Styling by Amy Wilson, cake by Flour Shop

From the always-sunny brain of Flour Shop’s Amirah Kassem, this colorful, festive cake with a surprise filling is about as celebratory as it gets. If you don’t have or want to invest in six 6" pans, you can bake layers in batches two at a time. Let pans cool before cleaning and preparing with fresh parchment between batches.

What you’ll need

Fat Daddio's 6" Cake Pan
$12 At Amazon
Chefmaster Liqua-Gel Starter Set
$22 At Amazon
Wilton Decorating Turntable
$10 At Walmart
Small Offset Spatula
$8 At Amazon
Ateco Bowl Scraper
$8 At Amazon
Spatula
$13 At Amazon
2" Circle Cutter
$16 $10 At Amazon

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