Mini Floral Ombre Cake

"An irresistible stack of multi-shaded purple goodness. A perfect sweet cake to usher in a celebration."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • Cake

  • 18 14 ounces French vanilla cake mix
  • 10 drops food coloring (purple)
  • Butter cream frosting

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons milk
  • 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 -2 drop food coloring (purple)
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directions

  • For the cake: In a bowl, mix cake mix, eggs, water, vegetable oil per box directions.
  • Separate evenly into 4 different bowls.
  • Add purple food coloring to each bowl, each bowl with varying amounts so you get 4 different shades of purple; mix well.
  • Pour each bowl into separate baking pans.
  • Bake at 350F for 15mins or follow the box directions.
  • After the cake cools, use a small circular cookie cutter to make round cakes from each shade of purple.
  • To make buttercream frotsting, whip 2 sticks of butter with an electric hand mixer.
  • Add powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, salt , and a tiny amount of purple food color; mix well with an electric hand mixer.
  • To build the ombre cake, place one cake down, pipe in the buttercream frosting.
  • Place next shade and repeat until you have a stack of 4.
  • For the top of the cake, pipe in a design/shape of your liking.

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