Lucky Charms Cake
Lucky Charms Cake is beautiful and magically delicious!
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 1007kcal
Equipment
- Three 9 inch round cake pans
- three 10 inch cake boards
- Sky Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow Gel food coloring
- 4 small piping bags with star tip
- 1 mini angled spatula
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 2 boxes white cake mix
- 6 large egg whites
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup canola oil
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter softened
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
- 1 box Lucky Charms Cereal
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray the 3 cake pans with pam baking spray
- Combine all cake ingredients into a standing mixer or large mixing bowl and beat until combined
- Divide the batter between the 3 pans and bake in the oven for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely before moving onto the cake board
- Using a cake leveler, remove the dome from the cakes to make even
- Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter, powdered sugar,vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth and stiff with peaks
- Scoop 1/2 C of frosting into 4 bowls
- Mix in a few drops of a color into 1 bowl. Repeat steps for remaining colors
- Building the cake directions
- Using 1 cake layer on the cake board, scoop 1 C of frosting onto the top of the cake and spread evenly
- Sprinkle ¾ C of lucky charm cereal all over the frosting layer
- Place the second layer of cake on top of the first layer of cereal frosting. Scoop another 1 C of frosting onto the second layer of cake and spread evenly.
- Sprinkle another ¾ C of lucky charms
- Place the last layer of cake on top
- Scoop ¼ C of each colored frosting into their own bags, set aside
- Using a knife, blot dollops of the colored frosting all over the side of the cake
- Take a flat spatula and lightly spread the colored frosting to create a rainbow effect
- Pick out the marshmallows from the cereal and place the randomly on the sides of the cake
- Using the colored frosting, pipe dollops of the frosting on top
- Fill the center top of the cake with Lucky Charm cereal
- Cut and enjoy!
Notes
This cake is designed to be a 3 layer cake. However you could make 36 cupcakes or one 9x13 plus 12 cupcakes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 1007kcal | Carbohydrates: 145g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 759mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 103g | Vitamin A: 1267IU | Calcium: 246mg | Iron: 2mg