PIÑATA CAKE RECIPE
YIELDS 12-16 SERVINGS
Prep Time 40 min
Cook Time 20 min
Have a birthday party coming up? Surprise your guests when you cut into the birthday cake and colorful candy spills out just like a piñata. It’s Piñata cake time!
Ingredients
Cake
Frosting
You’ll also need
Instructions
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YIELDS 12-16 SERVINGS
Prep Time 40 min
Cook Time 20 min
Have a birthday party coming up? Surprise your guests when you cut into the birthday cake and colorful candy spills out just like a piñata. It’s Piñata cake time!
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 eggs
Frosting
- 12 tablespoons cream cheese, room temperature
- 12 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 3/4 cup M&M’S Mini Milk Chocolate Baking Bits
You’ll also need
- 1 cup M&M’S to fill the cake
- 1/2 cup M&M’S to decorate the cake on top
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350F. Grease and line three 9 inch round baking pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the mixing bowl of your mixer, add all the ingredients for the cake. With the whisk attachment on, beat on low-speed until all the ingredients are combined.
- Divide the cake batter between the three prepared pans.
- Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until the cakes are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove the cakes from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes in the pan before inverting and cooling them completely on wire racks.
- Make the frosting
- In a mixing bowl, add the cream cheese and butter. With the paddle attachment on, beat on low-speed until smooth and creamy. Add the powder sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Once all the sugar is incorporated, add few drops of heavy cream to reach desired consistency.
- With a spatula, fold in the M&M’S minis baking bits.
- Assemble the cake
- Out of a thin cardboard or a thicker piece of paper, make a cylinder, about 3-4 inch in diameter. Cut a whole into one of the cake layers to fit the cylinder.
- Place one of the cake layers on a serving platter. Position the cylinder in the center and spread about 1 – 1 1/2 cups frosting around it.
- Fill the cylinder with M&M’S.
- Carefully, place the 2nd cake layer over the frosting making sure the cutout hole lines up with the cardboard cylinder.
- Spread 1 to 1 1/2 cups frosting over the second layer.
- With your fingers, gently wiggle the cardboard cylinder out making sure the M&M’S stay inside the cake.
- Place the 3rd cake layer over the frosting and, with an offset spatula spread the remaining frosting on top and on the sides of the cake.
- Decorate the top of the cake with more M&M’S.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.''
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