This Homemade Funfetti Cake Mix is the best way to enjoy a sprinkle filled cake! You will find that this is one of the best tasting cakes you will ever have, not to mention fun to look at!

 

Homemade Funfetti Cake Mix!
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homemade funfetti cake mix

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
This Homemade Funfetti Cake Mix is the best way to enjoy a sprinkle filled cake! You will find that this is one of the best tasting cakes you will ever have, not to mention fun to look at!

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 c 281g all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp. 15ml McCormick® vanilla extract
  • 1 stick butter 113g softened
  • 2 tbsp. 30ml vegetable oil
  • 1 1/4 350ml cups milk
  • 1 c 160g rainbow jimmies
  • 1 tsp. 6g salt
  • 3 1/2 tsp. 17g baking powder
  • 1 1/2 c 300g granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs

Instructions

  • Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl and sift. Add the rainbow jimmies and stir by hand until combined.
  • Pour all dry ingredients into an airtight container and store for up to 3 months.
  • When ready to prepare cake batter:
  • Place softened butter into stand mixer and mix on medium for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add milk, oil, vanilla and eggs and mix on low for one minute.
  • Place dry ingredients into stand mixer and combine on low for 30 seconds.
  • Remove from mixer and scrape down sides. Finish stirring by hand if not all combined.
  • Pour batter into prepare pans. Bake at 350. For 9-inch pans its 20-25 minutes.
  • For cupcakes start checking around 15 minutes. Cool before frosting.

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Homemade Funfetti Cake! The BEST Yellow Cake with Glorious Sprinkles!

This recipe is totally based on my Homemade Yellow Cake recipe except with one fun addition…

SPRINKLES!

I mean, who doesn’t love sprinkles? If it is you then I demand an explanation as to why you are dead inside.

Kidding. Kinda.

Homemade Funfetti Cake! The BEST Yellow Cake with Glorious Sprinkles!

For the outside of the cake I called upon a technique I used before on a Candy Corn Cake. The difference being that I used a much larger tip (I believe it is the Ateco #195 tip) and only two colors, light yellow and white.

Homemade Funfetti Cake! The BEST Yellow Cake with Glorious Sprinkles!

The outside is every bit as fun as the inside… because a cake should be glorious inside and out, right?

Right.

Homemade Funfetti Cake! The BEST Yellow Cake with Glorious Sprinkles!

Tips for Success:

Make sure all “wet” ingredients are at room temperature. It is important in this recipe to not over mix the dry and wet ingredients or else the sprinkles may break and bleed. If the butter is soft (room temperature) it will be much easier to combine.

Try as I might, I could not get the sprinkles to SHOW when I placed them in the glass jar. Rest assured, they are there! It seems they just like to naturally settle away from the sides of the glass jar. (This is a good reminder to label your container with not only the contents, but the date.)

Here is a tutorial on how to do the frosting technique. I paired it with this Whipped Buttercream. (Hint: For WHITE buttercream try using McCormick® imitation clear vanilla extract.)

I did NOT use the traditional rainbow sprinkles. You know, the ones that look like little perfect round circles? I found that they bleed considerably more when baked and tend to blend together. The rainbow jimmies work better. You can see them here.

 

Homemade Funfetti Cake! The BEST Yellow Cake with Glorious Sprinkles!

If you want to give this for a gift (I would LOVE this as a gift!) simply print out the ‘wet’ ingredients and the directions and attach to the jar.

Be sure to add some instructions though~ something like, “After cake is cooled call me and I will be right over.” 😉

Homemade Funfetti Cake! The BEST Yellow Cake with Glorious Sprinkles!

If you like this recipe be sure to check out my other Homemade Recipes~

Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix

Homemade Yellow Cake Mix

Homemade White Cake Mix

Homemade Spice Cake Mix

Homemade Brownie Mix

Homemade 1-Minute Mug Cake

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Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.

Reader Comments

  1. Hi! I was wondering if it would be okay to eat if I didn’t bake it? I wanted to find a way to make funfetti mix in order to made dunkaroo dip (convoluted, i know). Would it work at all?

  2. For the Dry cake mix, how much of each wet ingredient should you put in? The exact same amount as the recipe says? Sorry if this is kind of a stupid question. 😂

  3. Hello, I am Laura from Texas.
    Is there any possibility of receiving recipes via Email? This method is what works best for me. Is this something that can be done?

  4. My daughter and I tried your homemade brownie mix. I was just perfect! She added some rainbow jimmies on top!
    Thank you

  5. I have enjoyed reading many of your recipes and plan on making many of your cakes in a jar for gifts!!!!❤️

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