Description
A stunning robin's egg blue cake with rustic chocolate speckles, perfect for any spring celebration.
Ingredients
3 cups cake flour
2.5 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whole milk
4 cups powdered sugar
1.5 cups butter (for frosting)
2 tbsp heavy cream
Blue gel food coloring
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1.5 tbsp vanilla extract (for speckling)
Instructions
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare three 8-inch round cake pans.
Step 2: Sift dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, and salt.
Step 3: Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 4: Add eggs one at a time, followed by vanilla.
Step 5: Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to the mixer.
Step 6: Bake for 25-30 minutes and cool completely on wire racks.
Step 7: Make buttercream by beating butter, sugar, and cream; tint blue with gel coloring.
Step 8: Stack and frost the cake, applying a crumb coat then a final smooth layer.
Step 9: Mix cocoa and vanilla extract to create a liquid speckling paint.
Step 10: Use a brush to flick the cocoa mixture onto the cake for the speckled effect.
Notes
Ensure the cake is chilled before speckling to help the cocoa mixture set quickly.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 485 kcal
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 62g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
