Claire Saffitz Makes Confetti Cake | Dessert Person

Claire Saffitz Makes Confetti Cake | Dessert Person. Get ready to party! And by party, we mean stay at home and be safe. But fortunately, you need no special occasion to make this delicious, celebratory, kid-friendly, and deeply nostalgic confetti cake. A tender white birthday cake studded with rainbow sprinkles and covered in smooth, tangy cream cheese frosting, it tastes like childhood (which is to say, better than the box). We took a hiatus but Claire and her crew are back with Season II of Dessert Person -- check out this first episode! #ClaireSaffitz​ #DessertPerson​ #Cake​ Special Equipment: Stand mixer Three 9-inch cake pans Ingredients: Confetti Cake: Butter for the pans 5 1/2 cups cake flour (23.3 oz/ 660g) 2 1/2 cups sugar (16.4 oz / 466g) 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder (0.63 oz / 18g) 1 1/2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt (0.16 oz / 5g) 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 3 sticks unsalted butter (12 oz / 340g), at room temperature 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (12.7 oz / 360g) 1/3 cup neutral oil, such as vegetable or grapeseed (2.6 oz / 75g) 3 large eggs (5.3 oz / 150g), at room temperature 6 large egg whites (7.4 oz / 210g), at room temperature 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional) 1/2 cup store-bought rainbow sprinkles (3.3 oz / 93g), plus more for decorating Classic Cream Cheese Frosting Video Breakdown: 0:00​ Start 0:11​ Intro to Confetti Cake 0:32​ Show Intro / Animation 0:59​ Funfetti Cake (Birthday Cake) Ingredients 2:42: Special Equipment / Ingredients 4:14​ Mix The Dry Ingredients 5:53 Prep The Pans / Preheat Oven 10:48 Fill Pans & Baking 12:46​ How To Make Cream Cheese Frosting 15:16 Level The Layers 17:05 Assemble The Cake 21:10 Cake Frosting / Claire Makes Birthday Cake 23:37 Outro / Tasting Confetti Cake 24:26 Felix Cameo 24:38 Archie Debut Find Dessert Person Online: https://www.dessertperson.com​ Claire Saffitz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/​ Dessert Person Merchandise: https://www.dessertperson.com/buystuff​ For Other Penguin Random House Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/​ Dessert Person Cookbook Photographer: Alex Lau Food Stylist: Sue Li Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka Video Series: Producer/Director: Vincent Cross Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson Sound Engineer/Music: Michael Guggino Editor: Brooke Shuman Animation Credits: Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry Character Rigger: Johara Dutton Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley Background Illustrator: Jagriti Khirwar