Life-of-the-Party Layer Cake

If you don’t have or want to invest in six 6" pans, you can bake layers in batches two at a time. Let pans cool before cleaning and preparing with fresh parchment between batches.

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Cuisine: not set

Ready in 1h
by BonAppetitRecipes

Ingredients

Nonstick cooking oil spray

2 cups (335 g) all-purpose flour

1 Tbsp. baking powder

½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher sa

1 cups (300 g) granulated sugar

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter room temperature

3 large eggs

1 cups whole milk

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

Orange green, yellow, red, pink, and black food coloring

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter room temperature

2 8-oz. packages chilled cream cheese cut into pieces

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

2 lb. (907 g) powdered sugar

2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher sa

Yellow orange, green, red, and black food coloring

1 cups sprinkles chocolate disks, dried fruits, candied citrus peel, and/or candi

Six 6" cake pans a 2" ring cutter, a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip,


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