Dress up your dessert table with this easy to make Red, White and Blue Piñata Cake
What’s a Fourth of July celebration without a little F-U-N! Add a little fun to your dessert table with this easy to make Red, White and Blue Piñata Cake. Once you cut into your beautifully decorated cake, there’s a fun surprise inside!
You can bake a cake from scratch if you’d like but if you’re going for quick and easy dessert like I was, then a store bought layer cake will work perfectly for this.
Just make sure it doesn’t have any decorations or anything on it. I bought a plain vanilla 3-layer cake from my grocery store.
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A PINATA CAKE
Since we’re going with a store bought cake you really only need the cake, the candies for the inside, some sprinkles to decorate the top and a round, tall glass to cut out the center.
If you want to go the homemade route, you’ll need the ingredients for your favorite cake recipe. Just make sure it’s a recipe to make a layer cake. You want at least 3 layers for the cake.
HOW LONG WILL THE CAKE BE GOOD FOR?
I wouldn’t really make this cake until you’re ready to use it. The morning of should be good but anything other than that the candies inside could get stuck together in the fridge.
WHAT CAN I FILL THE PINATA CAKE WITH?
This is the best part! You can fill it with whatever you’d like! I used red white and blue M&Ms to fit the theme but you could use anything really. Some other ideas that would be just as delicious:
- Gummy bears
- Chocolate candies
- Cookie crumbles
- other small candies
WHAT YOU NEED TO CUT THE CENTER
You’ll need a round glass or something similar. It has to be big enough to notice, small enough to not take over the entire cake and long enough to go through all the layers. You probably has a glass in your home that will work perfect.
I used a tall, iced tea glass with an opening about 2 – 2 1/2 inches wide and it was the perfect size. Yours may differ depending on the size of your cake.
OTHER PATRIOTIC RECIPES YOU’LL LOVE:
- Red, White and Blue Fruit Salad
- 3 INGREDIENT PATRIOTIC POPCORN RECIPE
- RED, WHITE & BLUE Pomegranate LEMONADE RECIPE
- No-Bake July 4th Dessert Cakes
- Red, White & Blue Dessert Charcuterie Board
- Patriotic Air Fryer Hand Pies
- Red, White & Blue Pasta Salad
HOW TO MAKE THIS RED, WHITE AND BLUE PINATA CAKE
How to Make an Easy Red White and Blue Piñata Cake
Dress up your dessert table with this easy to make Red, White and Blue Pinata Cake.
Ingredients
- White or chocolate layer cake (homemade or store bought)
- Red white and blue sprinkles
- Red white and blue M&Ms or other candy for center
Instructions
Use cup to cut center ok cake. Gently shake or use a thin knife scrape out the cake form the glass. You’ll need this again so put it to the side
Fill the center of cake with M&Ms or other candy
Gently place a piece of the cake you removed back on top. You won’t need all of it, just the top layer.
Smooth over the icing
Cover with sprinkles
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