I saw this cake on Pinterest and thought “I could do that”. Little did I know how hard it would be. Okay so not really hard but the process was time consuming and things didn’t always go as I planned/hoped.
To start you’ll need two White cake mixes, vanilla pudding*, food coloring (I used Wiltons Gel colors in: Rose, Violet, Golden Yellow, Leaf Green, and Royal Blue), 1 cake pops pan, 2 round cake pans, white vanilla extract, and whatever the cake boxes call for (water, eggs and oil usually). I used milk instead of water and egg whites only so the yolk wouldn’t color the white batter.
Begin by making 1 box of white cake, divide up the batter, color them (I used about 1/4t of each color) and then spoon into your cake pop pans. The pan instructions said to bake the cake balls for 20-25 minutes but I baked them for 10 minutes. They were perfectly fine when I got them out. I also didn’t want them to over cook later on so that’s why I took them out early. Once they are room temperature pop them in the freezer for 5-10 minutes.
Make your other cake mix and put just enough batter into your round cake pans to cover the bottoms. Pop in your cake balls and cover with the remaining batter. Bake for about 30 minutes.
Oh. And why do you need vanilla? I always put a teaspoon into the cake mixes. You don’t have to.
I was not hopeful when I saw my cakes baking like this (picture taking w/ my iPhone then I instagramed it)
I was hoping the batter would come up and over the cake balls so they would be completely inside. It was apparent that was not going to happen and my polka dot cake outlook was not so great. Did the cake balls hold their shape? Did the colors bleed? Who knows.
After a layer of dirty icing (a thing layer of icing) and spending forever making roses my cake was ready. But was it going to work? It worked for her but would it work for me?
So it’s not perfect and the cake turned out yellow… *probably from the vanilla pudding but it was still cool looking and very yummy!
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This is such a great idea I love it. This would be so much better than a plain cake.
I’m going to try this one day!!
That is such a neat cake! I’ve never seen anything like it!
I think it came out good, and next time it will be even better.
I may have missed it but how and when does the vanilla pudding come into the recipe? Also, do the dots have to be put in freezer? Very cute cake!
Hi Julie,
I add the vanilla pudding in with the cake batter when it’s mixing. You can leave it out especially if you want a pure white cake (it made it have a yellow tint that I wasn’t going for) but it makes the cake more moist. And yes, the dots do go into the freezer for about 10-15 minutes
That is awesome Jenn!!! You did a really great job.
oh that would be great for a birthday party.
You did a fabulous job frosting the cake!
This looks so good!
Oh my goodness this loooks so fun! I think this could be so fun as a gender reveal cake with the color dots being either pink or blue. I will have to pin this on Pinterest and come back to it when I find out what I am having! Thanks for sharing.
That’s exactly what I told me husband; it would be perfect for a gender reveal. Everyone either makes the whole cake blue or pink but I love the idea of colored cake balls inside.
Come back and let me know how it turned out if you have pictures I’d love to share them!
oh wow! I love this & can’t wait to try it. It does look time consuming but what a great surprise for the party guests once you start cutting pieces. I made a 4 layer rainbow cake this past summer & it was a huge hit! So yes, I’m excited to try this now! Thanks for the post & great pics!
What a cool idea! I want to try this now.
Oh my gosh, I love it! It’s so cute! You did a great job!
What a creative idea! It turned out great.
Thanks Leilani!!
wow awesome idea! I have never seen anything like this before.
This looks really cool. I would actually like to do this for my mom’s birthday, kind of like a 50′s theme with the skirts!
looks fun and yummy!
This is totally cool. I’d love to taste this.
super cute! great bday cake idea. where do you find a cake pop pan?
I think it looks super awesome! You could totally go with a color scheme for a party or event and incorporate the polka dots like that.
Love this!!! I may have to try this! Looks great!
pure genius! I think it would have looked nicer though if the “dots” were bit smaller. =)
These dots were actually pretty small. The smallest cake pop pan I could find anyway.
It’s so pretty! I am the worst at decorating cakes–I am jealous of your icing skills!
So cute for a kids’ birthday. I love it!
WOW! I saw that cake and thought I could never make it!
That is so super cute! What a fun, unexpected burst of color!
I think it looks great! I love the little surprise of color inside
Oh this looks so cute, you did such a good job! I really want to make this!
Looks GREAT! Good job!
Such a fun cake!!
Awesome!
Oh my gosh how cute and fun!!
I think it was super cool! Great job, even if it wasn’t exactly like what you wanted.
LOVE THIS! DH’s birthday is next months and I think this would be awesome to make! Thanks again for a great idea!!
Great job! A pinterest win for you!!
I love this…it looks great! Is that your cake? The frosting job looks terrific and fancy! You’re pretty darn good I must say
lol. Yes. Al the pictures are my own and my cake that I made.
I’m really impressed…how did you learn to make those flowers…I really like it…can you tell? lol Seriously though, that’s a great job. I want to learn how to do that.
I used a 1M star tip by Wilton. Start in the middle and go around in a circle a couple times.
That is awesome! I’ve got to try it!
Kudos to you! This came out very unique looking and I bet it tastes good!
You could’ve brought me a piece, ya know
I’d love to try this, but have a feeling mine would NOT turn out near as pretty as yours! And, I need some cake pop pans.
Wow I am so impressed, I have bad luck baking but I do enjoy it on occasion. This was an incredible effort. Thanks fo the tip with milk vs water & no egg whites
no egg yolks
Sorry I knew that my mommy brain is still in effect! but yes, no egg yolks! Much better for you anyway!
This looks great, and would be fun for a kids party. I’m not sure I want to attempt though, I’ll have to think about it!
Well I tried extra hard because I knew I wanted to blog it. Its not really that hard. Just time consuming with the freezing of the frosting/cake pops, ect.
Neat!!!
You are much more ambitious than me, lol. It looks really fun though. I am very impressed with the roses icing job!
Well thank you
Don’t stare at it too long [the rose icing] or else it’ll start to look ugly. That’s what happened to me. LOL.
That is totally gorgeous!!!
Thanks Penelope!!
i love this thank you for sharing!!! will have to bake this!!!
That turned out SO cute & would be great for birthday parties!
Thanks Whitney!