Semi-Naked Confetti Cake

I made this fun two-tiered cake to

celebrate the January birthdays - mine and

my oldest son-in law's.  I have a closet full of

sprinkles and wanted to have some fun with

them, so I decided to make a confetti cake

topped with sprinkles for the two of us.

This was my first attempt at a semi-naked

cake, but I thought if it didn't turn out

we could run to the store late Saturday

night and grab an ice cream cake.

There is something about confetti cakes and sprinkles

that just appeals to the children and to the child

in every adult.  It just says "party"!

I doubled a white cake recipe and added a cup of

jimmies, baking it in three 7 inch pans and 2 six

inch pans.  White cake is not very pretty with

a golden crust, so I froze the layers and

then trimmed the edges with a bread knife.

I placed the layers back in the freezer until

frosting time.  I made two batches of 

American Buttercream frosting flavored

with Princess Cake and Cookie Emulsion.

Can I just say we love that flavoring?  It

gives cookies and frostings such an amazing

flavor.

You have to apply the sprinkles to the fresh

frosting to get them to adhere, so I frosted

and sprinkled the bottom layer, then started 

on the top layer.

I have to say, making a naked or semi-naked cake

was a little harder than I thought it would be.  It takes

some work to get that balance between frosted and not

quite frosted.  

My cute little 13 year old granddaughter said, 

"Is this the style - to look like you ran out of frosting?"

That gave me a great laugh!

Happy Birth Month to both of us.

They say you are what you eat, so I think

I am half confetti cake because I ate a

leftover piece for breakfast and then one

for an appetizer before dinner!!!  I usually

give the leftovers to the kids to take home,

but this was so yummy, I just couldn't part

with it.  Big mistake!!