Cotton Candy Cake

My Cotton Candy Cake is a fun birthday recipe, flavored with soda to taste just like cotton candy. Its bright blue color and delicious flavor make it perfect for parties. Imagine biting into a cloud of pure sweetness, a swirl of pastel perfection that melts in your mouth. This white cake recipe tastes like cotton candy.

Author: It is a Keeper

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 409 kcal per serving

Ingredients

12 ounces - cotton candy soda
1 box - white cake mix
light blue food dye
1 cup - cotton candy soda
½ cup - butter
4 cups - icing sugar
2 tablespoons - milk
light blue food dye
pastel sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.
Grease a 9″ x 11″ casserole dish and set aside.
In a large bowl, beat together the white cake mix and cotton candy soda for 2 minutes. Adjust the color with light blue food dye, if desired. (If using, make the cake batter a deeper blue than you want the finished cake to be as it will lighten with baking.)
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
Meanwhile, place 1 cup of cotton candy soda in a saucepan and heat until boiling over medium-high heat. Reduce to medium-low and simmer until reduce to 1/4 (2 oz of soda should remain). Allow to cool completely.
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and powdered icing sugar for 2 minutes, then add the reduced cotton candy soda. Beat to incorporate, then add the milk as needed to achieve a spreadable texture. Adjust the color with blue food dye, if desired.
Use an offset spatula to spread the frosting on the cooled cake.
To achieve the fun texture shown in the pictures, use short strokes to spread the frosting, then go back over the frosted cake and rough it up a bit.
Garnish the cake with sprinkles, as desired.

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