
Layered Princess Cake
Total Time
Prep: 1-1/4 hours Bake: 40 min. + cooling
Yield
16 servings
This magical princess cake will make any party feel special. Whether you're having a birthday party, princess party or baby shower, it's sure to be a crowd pleaser. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 2-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups sour cream
- 1-1/2 cups water
- FROSTING:
- 1-1/4 cups butter, softened
- 10 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup 2% milk
- Pink gel food coloring
- 4 ounces yellow candy coating disks
- Optional: Edible gold spray paint, edible gold paint and edible gold glitter
- Assorted sprinkles, pink sanding sugar, gold and pink pearls
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of 3 greased 8-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease paper. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in water.
- Pour into prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, salt and enough milk to reach desired consistency; remove 1-1/2 cups frosting and set aside. Tint remaining frosting with pink gel food coloring until desired color is reached; tint reserved frosting a lighter shade of pink.
- If cake layers have rounded tops, trim with a serrated knife to make level. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 2/3 cup frosting. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake.
- For decoration, place melted candy coating in piping bag fitted with a small round tip; pipe star shapes onto waxed paper. Let stand until set. If desired, coat star shapes with edible gold spray paint or edible gold paint; sprinkle with edible gold glitter. Top cake with assorted sprinkles. Place light pink frosting in piping bag fitted with large star tip; pipe onto top of cake. Just before serving, gently stand 1 star on top of cake. Adhere remaining stars to sides of cake by gently pressing into frosting.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 881 calories, 35g fat (22g saturated fat), 114mg cholesterol, 578mg sodium, 135g carbohydrate (115g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.
This magical princess cake will make any party feel special. Whether you're having a birthday party, princess party or baby shower, it's sure to be a crowd pleaser. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
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