To make the sponge, preheat the oven to 190 degrees celsius (170 if you’re using a fan-forced oven). Grease and line 6 x 20cm cake tins with baking paper. If like me, you don’t have 6 (who does), you’ll have to reline and bake the cakes in batches (which is perfectly okay). Divide some of the white frosting into 4 separate bowls and color them with the food coloring. I chose pink, purple, yellow, and blue to match my party printables theme. I don’t recommend using nonpareils, they can streak the batter, creating either a tie dye effect or even a mixed muddy color if they’re overmixed. Do your best to keep the fillings separate. This will give the more beautiful stripes for the mane. We’re not going for a balayage!

Using a large cookie scoop, divide the batter evenly, filling each liner 2/3 full. Careful not to overfill.I have a huge love of all things sprinkles and unicorns. In fact, my 40th birthday party was a rainbow unicorn sprinkle party and these Unicorn Cupcakes would have fit right in. You can also make these funfetti cupcakes as a small batch if you use my small batch cupcake recipe. What you’ll need: Sugar and Oil–I recommend regular granulated sugar. When it comes to the softest cakes and cupcakes, use vegetable oil (or another neutral-flavored oil) in place of butter. The reason is that oil stays liquid at room temperature, for an ultra-moist and tender crumb. It makes a huge difference! Today we will see how to do the icing a unicorn cake. This is a very delicious way to improve your cake. We will see the different types of icings, creams and ways to decorate your Unicorn birthday cake in a delicious way. Easy buttercream frosting, not too sweet, super creamy and easy to prepare.

It may not include staple ingredients such as oil, salt, sugar, etc., as you’re likely to have those in your kitchen. The complete list of ingredients with measurements is found on the recipe card. Ever wondered how to make two tone frosting? With Cake Décor’s range of striped frostings you don’t need special equipment to make beautiful multi-coloured swirls on your cupcakes. There’s no messing around with piping bags, or piping tips – our tubes come with an attached star piping nozzle so you’re ready to go! The color shouldn’t matter but I really don’t like when cupcakes are white and then they brown on the edges. (Some of them still brown a little if they’re slightly overfilled and touch the metal pan while baking – specifically a dark pan). I also didn’t want a super yellow cupcake so this was quite a process. This buttercream frosting is the recipe I wish I had when I was baking 5 wedding cakes a weekend. Now this is the only buttercream frosting I use and my clients love it. Much better than the super sweet frosting I used to see on cakes. We do not suggest using canned frosting for the rainbow swirl buttercream. Frosting in a can will droop after you pipe it and will not hold up very well.

Super Easy Buttercream Frosting Recipe! Technically, it's a fake Swiss meringue buttercream that doesn't require heating the egg whites. Light, creamy and not too sweet. This is my recipe for all my cakes and cupcakes. It flows beautifully and works well under fondant. Tip #1: Never frost and decorate a cake on the day you baked it. In other words, always prep the sponge and frosting the day or night before. Freshly baked sponges are a wonky/collapsed cake waiting to happen – especially if you’re layering them 6-sponges high! To increase the whiteness of your buttercream, add a drop of purple food coloring to neutralize the yolk in the butter and use a light vanilla extract instead of browning.