Cotton Candy Cake Recipe
Cotton Candy Cake is a pastel-layered treat with sweet cotton candy flavor and creamy buttercream—perfect for parties or adding whimsy to any dessert table.
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons cotton candy flavoring
- 1 cup whole milk at room temperature
- Pink blue, purple, and yellow food coloring
For the Cotton Candy Buttercream:
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon cotton candy flavoring
- 2 –3 tablespoons milk or heavy cream adjust for consistency
- Food coloring optional, for decorative swirls or ombre frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (3–4 minutes).
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing well. Stir in cotton candy flavoring.
- Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk, starting and ending with flour. Mix just until combined.
- Divide batter into four bowls. Tint with pink, blue, purple, and yellow.
- Spoon colors into pans, swirl lightly, and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool fully.
- Beat butter, then gradually add powdered sugar. Stir in flavoring and milk until spreadable. Tint if desired.
- Stack and frost layers. Chill briefly, then finish frosting and decorate with sprinkles, cotton candy, or glitter.