Last week my youngest son turned 18. It hit me that he’s a man and about to head out into the world to make his mark. I am so excited for him and looking forward to watching him and his brother become their own men, but it’s a touch bittersweet to watch them take off into the world. This birthday will be marked by several cakes and desserts, as we do around here. For his actual birthday, I was traveling and left him a flan, a long time favorite birthday request. The next day, when I returned from my trip I was met by the latest Bake From Scratch cookbook and immediately flipped to the Birthday Cake chapter. Sometimes we just want the classics, and there is nothing better than a really good white cake with vanilla buttercream. It’s probably the most popular cake combination, for good reason. I am perhaps the last baker on the internet to make a Funfetti Birthday Cake, but this occasion called for a bit of celebratory color!! I simply added sprinkles to the Bake From Scratch White Cake.
In the spirit of my son’s birthday, I have partnered with Brian Hart Hoffman and the excellent folks at Hoffman Publishing to Give Away a Copy of the Bake from Scratch (Vol 3): Artisan Recipes for the Home Baker
People ask me where I find inspiration and the truth is, EVERYWHERE! The decorations for this funfetti birthday cake were inspired by a Netflix special and a place card. I was watching a documentary about the fashion designer, Alexander McQueen, and I told my husband his dresses would make incredible cakes, especially a dress covered in feathers that already looked like a cake. The place cards from my friends at The Punctilious Mr. P’s Place Card Company arrived and they were pictures of gorgeous birds that looked like cake toppers. It wasn’t inspiration as much as fate! The feathers are easy to make with white chocolate, which you can watch me make in my instagram video. Funfetti Birthday Cake recipe and chance to win the book are below!
(place cards and holders by Mr P’s Place Card Company)
Funfetti Birthday Cake with Chocolate Feathers
Funfetti cake:
White Cake recipe from Bake from Scratch (Vol 3), fold in 1/4 cup colored sprinkles just before pouring into prepared pans. I baked the cake in three 6-Inch Cake Pans
Vanilla Buttercream from Bake From Scratch
You can find my crumb coat and cake decorating videos on YouTube (where you will see some vintage Zoë):
White Chocolate Feathers – 6 ounces white chocolate chips
Thank you to Martin and Karen at Mr P’s Place Cards for the beautiful inspiration!
Fun spin on a funfetti!
For my birthday my husband made me a lavender cake with vanilla whipped cream! It was delicious and that became my favorite birthday cake since!
My perfect birthday cake would be a vanilla cake with lemon curd and fresh raspberry buttercream frosting! But this would be the perfect cake for my soon-to-be one year old!
My perfect cake would be a moist chocolate layer cake with peanut butter cream filling and white buttercream icing, decorated with dark chocolate shards.
My perfect birthday cake is a moist cake with buttercream. I’m not picky about flavors anymore as long as it’s moist! The funfetti is giving me some inspiration
Chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting!!!
We always make a Texas sheet cake It’s our families favorite chocolate cake recipe
I have never seen a feather cake. Creative!
Hi .. you’re a gorgeous chef … if USA mailing addresses only I have no chance to win .. thanks chef for everything “ recipe and steps “ you share with us .. ❤️❤️❤️
I love the chocolate cake that my mom used to make when I was a kid. I made it so many times when I was in high school that I eventually morphed the recipe into my own perfectly fluffy moist cake. So nostalgic 🙂
Perfect birthday cake is chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with chocolate crunchies and peanut butter ganache!!!!!
Chocolate, funfetti or ice cream cake are my favorites! This one is gorgeous.
Chocolate cake with fluffy peanut butter Frosting
My favorite is a link cake with blueberries and a vanilla bean Swiss meringue
This cake is beautiful… love the feathers! My favourite cake is chocolate, anything from a malty milk chocolate cake to a dark stout cake.
I make funfetti cake for my birthday every year. I’ll have to try out this version!
Thank you for all you do! Love when your creations pop up in my feed.
Perfect cake? One with lots of chantillí cream and fruit
I really loved Alexander McQueen and his visionary fragile world. This cake perfectly represent all of that. I wanna make it as soon as possible. Hope to be able to…!
I love funfetti cakes decorated with buttercream frosting and more sprinkles! I believe you can never have too many sprinkles!!!
I love baking ❤️
What a clever way to make feathers! I always forget how versatile chocolate can be. Thanks for the inspiration; I will definitely have to try this on one of my next cakes.
Love the feathers!
I love a solid confetti cake!!!
I’m thinking something with lemon, vanilla and some meringue!