My friend Taryn (also know as @missladyfinger) and I joined forces again to create this adorable, spring-themed cake. When we were trying to come up with an idea, we both loved the concept of an April Showers-themed cake!
四月雨蛋糕设计
We were inspired by all the rain we’ve been getting in New York lately, and wanted that to be the inspiration of this collaboration! Taryn painted an amazing rainy design on our nails, which I used as inspiration for this spring cake idea.
This spring themed cake is made with marbled blue cake layers, and is decorated with buttercream flowers! I couldn’t resist adding on a blue ganache drip to look like rain. The cake is topped with a fluffy white buttercream cloud boarder.
着色蛋糕层和奶油
It only seemed fitting to make this cake with marbled blue cake layers! I used my favorite香草层蛋糕食谱, which is incredibly easy to make. This cake recipe uses buttermilk, which makes the layers super moist.
颜色我的蛋糕层和奶油，我只是用凝胶食品着色！液体食品着色剂可以工作过，但你将无法得到尽可能强有力的颜色的。
您也可以甩开蛋糕面糊的一致性，或者如果您添加了过多的液体食用色素结霜。凝胶食用色素是非常集中，所以它可以让你少用。
Creating That Rainy Day Drip Effect
What was my favorite part of this spring themed cake? The blue drips!! I could not get over the way they look just like rain drops.
I use mycolorful drip recipe创建这个春天为主题，雨天滴水的样子。它仅使用三种成分制成。
所有你需要的是一些鲜奶油，白巧克力和蓝色食用色素。
为了确保您钉这种滴漏的外观，它的当务之急是你放松你的蛋糕，并做一个测试滴注。这有助于确保您的甘纳许是合适的温度。
For all of the visual learners out there, you can also check out my detailed滴水蛋糕教程for more tips.
Share Your Creations With Me!
Nothing makes me happier than when I get emails or DMs with photos of your amazing cakes. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with your triumphs, or questions <3
If you try this April showers cake recipe, please tag me @chelsweets. Also use the #chelsweets so that I can see your amazing creations!
April Showers Cake
Whether you're celebrating a baby shower, a spring birthday, or just love the rain, this April Showers cake is a cheerful way to brighten up any party!
Ingredients
蓝香草蛋糕食谱
- 3杯通用面粉器（390克），
- 3 cups granulated sugar (600 grams)
- 2 1/2茶匙发酵粉（10克），
- 1 tsp salt (5 grams)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (226 grams) - 2 sticks
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract (9 grams)
- 1个蛋清（或约7蛋清）（243克），
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temperature (360 grams)
- 1/8杯植物油（28克），
- blue gel food coloring
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 2杯无盐黄油，室温（434克）
- 7 cups powdered sugar (907 grams) - or a 2lb bag
- 1/2茶匙盐（3克），
- 2汤匙奶油（或搅打奶油）（30克），
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract (12 grams)
- Blue, green, purple, yellow, orange, and red gel food coloring
蓝白色巧克力滴食谱
- 1/3杯鲜奶油（77克），
- 1个迷你白巧克力片（175克），
- blue gel food coloring
Instructions
蓝色大理石蛋糕层数：
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line four, seven-inch pans with parchment rounds, and grease with non-stick cooking spray.
- Mix together all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt) in a stand mixer with a paddle until fully combined.
- 混合室温黄油块慢慢进入干混，在低速。继续搅拌，直到黄油没有大块依然存在，并且混合物变得易碎。
- Pour in egg whites, and mix on low until just incorporated. Mix in the buttermilk in two installments, on a low speed. Add in vanilla and oil, and mix at a low speed until fully incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, then beat on low speed for about 15 seconds.
- Pour half of the batter into a separate bowl, and color blue with gel food coloring.
- 未着色的蛋糕面糊和蓝色面糊倒入准备好的蛋糕盘的备用匙。一旦面糊已经平底锅之间被平均分配，使用黄油刀或抹刀在每个锅一起漩涡面糊。
- Bake for 34-36 minutes (or until a skewer comes out clean). Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then run an offset spatula around perimeter of the pan to separate the cake from the pan. Place cake layers into the freezer for 45 minutes, to accelerate the cooling process.
香草奶油糖霜：
- Beat the butter on a medium speed for 30 seconds with a paddle attachment, until smooth. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. Alternate with small splashes of cream.
- Once fully mixed, add in the vanilla and salt, and beat on low until the ingredients are fully incorporated, and the desired consistency is reached.
- 如果结霜太厚，在添加额外的霜（1茶匙在时间）。如果结霜太薄，加入更多的糖粉（杯四分之一在同一时间）。
- Wait to color the buttercream with gel food coloring until you've filled and crumb coated the cake. The white buttercream will create a beautiful contrast against the blue cake layers.
Blue White Chocolate Ganache Drips:
- Heat heavy cream in a heat-proof bowl in the microwave for 45 seconds, until it's just beginning to bubble. Gently pour white chocolate chips into the heavy cream, making sure they are fully covered with cream. Allow mixture to sit for 1 minute.
- Stir slowly until the cream and white chocolate are combined. Some bits of chocolate may not be fully melted yet. Heat the mixture again for 20 seconds, and stir. Repeat as necessary until all the chocolate bits are fully melted and incorporated.
- Add in the blue gel food coloring, if desired. Allow it to cool until desired viscosity is reached (barely warm to the touch).
- If it seems too thin or thick, you can add a touch more chocolate chips or heavy cream! The type of cream and white chocolate that you use can affect the consistency, so feel free to adjust as needed.
组装蛋糕:
- Stack and frost cake layers on agreaseproof cake board, using a dab of frosting to help stick the first cake layer to the board.
- 添加奶油的偶数层各饼层之间。
- Apply a thin coat of frosting around the the cake, to fully cover the cake layers. Smooth using abench scraper，然后在冰箱里冷藏（10分钟）或冷冻（5分钟）洗涤滤饼，直到结霜是牢固的触感。
- Place about 3 cups of frosting into a separate bowl and color blue.
- 蓝色结霜的第二，更厚的层添加到蛋糕，和平滑用台式刮刀。
- Place 1 1/2 cups of white frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip. Set aside.
- Color 1 cup of the remaining frosting green, and then color the rest yellow, orange, red, and purple. Place the colored frosting in to small piping bags, cut with a small opening (less than 1 cm)
- 管周围的绿线的蛋糕,look like tall grass. Pipe colorful circles of the red, orange, and yellow frosting around the top of the "grass" to look like wild flowers.
- Add the blue drips to the cake using a plastic squirt bottle.
- Then decorate the top perimeter of the cake with a white buttercream boarded, to look like clouds.
Notes
Once the layers have fully cooled, I sometimes like to trim the caramelized bits from the sides of the layers using aserratedknife. While these layers bake pretty flat, sometimes I’ll also trim the top of the layers too.
Since this frosting will be used to decorated a cake, it is important to mix the buttercream on the lowest speed at the end of the process for a couple minutes, to get out any extra air that might have be incorporated during the mixing process.
您也可以在搅拌碗结霜用橡皮刮刀，从侧面推到一边，摆脱任何空气bubbles.This的将使其更容易获得超光滑把蛋糕上两侧！
Nutrition Information
Yield
24Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories584 Total Fat28g Saturated Fat17g 反式脂肪0g 不饱和脂肪酸10g Cholesterol68mg 钠254mg 碳水化合物81g Fiber1g 糖68克 蛋白4g
你能很容易的蛋糕食谱一半？
Yupp！
Cupcakes? Is this recipe easy to make cupcakes with?
No! This cake recipe bakes really flat, to make perfect layers for stacking. It therefore also makes extremely flat cupcakes. I have a different vanilla cupcake recipe up that I recommend instead!
Do you use all-purpose flour?
对！
I had so much fun making this! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
没问题！高兴听到
This is such a pretty cake. I am going to try it but modified for a baby shower (boy).
谢谢！这是一个好主意
难道有所作为，如果我用全蛋，而不是只蛋清？
I’ve made it a few times now and absolutely love it but I’m wasting lots of eggs!
it does change the texture, and taste slightly! I recommend using the egg whites you can get in a carton! That’s what I do
我可以在丝线搅拌器handmixer使这个？我没有与桨附件虽然standmixer。期待您的回复。爱你的蛋糕！?????从P.I.心？
是的你可以！
我不含麸质，和现在我已经按照你美妙的蛋糕食谱几个月。我很好奇，如果我能很容易地切换出来的面粉为杯筋面粉免费一杯。
I’ve never tried, but usually it’s slightly more complicated than that, as gluten free flour is usually a finer texture than regular all purpose flour :/
为什么你只用蛋清？
It’s a somewhat dense cake, and egg whites help make it a bit lighter! I use egg whites from the carton. It’s way easier, and that way I don’t have to waste yolks!
I loved the flowers and the grass on the sides of the cake. I used it on a cake I made.
It looks fabulous.
我希望我能在这里分享一个事先知情同意，但我无法弄清楚如何。
AW谢谢！我很高兴地听到！可悲的是，你不能在这里分享照片，但你完全可以标记我在你的社交媒体（我是FB，Instagram的，和YT）创造！或者，你可以随时给我发电子邮件的图片<3
这个蛋糕看起来像一个美丽的印象派绘画！你能告诉我你用什么秘诀创建花草？
Aw thank you Sonja! Surprisingly I didn’t use any frosting tips, I just snipped small openings (about 1/2 a cm) for each of my piping bags <3