Funfetti Cake, Cupcakes and Brownies: All the Recipes

What is funfetti cake?

Looking for the ultimate birthday celebration cake? Then look no further than a multicoloured multi-tiered 'funfetti cake.' A celebratory cake of fun and dreams, for adults and kids alike.

Imagine an ultra-moist vanilla sponge cake filled with tons of multicoloured sprinkles, topped off with a creamy vanilla buttercream and sprinkled with lashings of sprinkles, and there you have it, funfetti cake.

There isn't a one-size-fits-all either. You can easily go off-piste, and use your imagination to easily whip up a batch of multicoloured funfetti cupcakes, or funfetti muffins.

Funfetti cake also has its high-profile baking fans .... like Christina Tosi from the Milk Bar in New York (see recipe below) and Jennifer Estrella, co-owner of Bake in Chicago.

Who invented the funfetti cake?

Funfetti cake was originally created in 1989 by the Pillsbury Company who also own the trademark to 'Funfetti'. For over 30 years they've fed generations on funfetti icing, brownie mix and even seasonal funfetti mixes. Over the years, there have been plenty of multi-coloured interpretations and riffs on this popular theme.

Funfetti cake: how to make it

To make a funfetti cake extra easy, you'll need a stand mixer and cake pans.

The ultimate funfetti cake Recipe

Tasty has the ultimate funfetti cake recipe to follow:

Here are the ingredients to make the batter:

1 ½ cups buttermilk(360 mL)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup vegetable oil(120 mL)
4 cups all purpose flour(500 g), or cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar(400 g)
½ cup light brown sugar(110 g), lightly packed
1 cup unsalted butter(225 g), 2 sticks, room temperature
4 large eggs
4 large egg yolks
½ cup rainbow sprinkles(80 g)

Ingredients to make the vanilla frosting

2 cups unsalted butter(460 g),
4 sticks, room temperature
1 lb cream cheese(455 g)
kosher salt, a pinch
3 cups powdered sugar(360 g)
½ cup rainbow sprinkles(80 g), for decoration

Follow the Tasty video below for the step by step tutorial:

Funfetti Cupcakes Recipe

If you want to keep you funfetti cakes pint-sized and personalised, try whipping up a batch of funfetti cupcakes. They're quicker to make than a full-on funfetti sponge cake, and will keep a horde of hungry revellers just as happy.