Description
Enjoy a fluffy and sweet Cotton Candy Cake. This cake combines the fun flavor of cotton candy with a classic cake recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon cotton candy flavoring
- Pink and blue food coloring
- 1 container vanilla frosting
- Cotton candy, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, oil, and egg whites. Beat until smooth.
- Stir in cotton candy flavoring.
- Divide batter in half. Tint one half pink and the other half blue.
- Pour each batter into separate prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let cakes cool in pans for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Level the tops of the cakes if needed.
- Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Frost the top with vanilla frosting.
- Place the second cake layer on top. Frost the entire cake with remaining vanilla frosting.
- Garnish with cotton candy just before serving.
Notes
- For a stronger cotton candy flavor, add more flavoring.
- Do not add cotton candy to cake until ready to serve it will dissolve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg