What’s better than cake? A cake with a surprise inside.
Whether it’s sweets, polka dots or even your name, these 12 surprise cakes are sure to put a smile on your face.
Strawberry Surprise Cake
Ingredients
- 2 Betty Crocker™ pound cake mixes
- Butter, eggs, and water (or milk) needed for cake mix
- 2 tubs Betty Crocker™ Whipped white frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 1/2 pounds strawberries, wiped clean with a damp paper towel
- 36 ounces red fondant
- 4 ounces green fondant
- Black food coloring marker
Courtesy of Tablespoon. See here for full recipe
Surprise Skittles Rainbow Cake
Ingredients
For the sponges:
- 225g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing the tins
- 400g caster sugar
- 500g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp table salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 500ml buttermilk
- Sugarflair pastel paste colours in Magenta, Aztec blue, Apple Green, Cherry red, Apricot and Daffodil (this brand is available from various online stockists)
- 1 x 174g Skittles fruit pouch
For the cream cheese icing:
- 200g unsalted butter, softened
- 400g full-fat Philadelphia
- 2 tsp vanilla extract or bean paste
- 300g icing sugar
Courtesy of Sainsburys. See here for full recipe
Peekaboo Star Loaf
Ingredients
- 5 1/2 tablespoons softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 ounces fresh raspberries
Courtesy of A Beautiful Mess. See here for full recipe.
Surprise Inside Dotty Cake
Ingredients
- 1 loaf mini pound cake
- food coloring
- 6 Tablespoons white frosting
- 1 white cake mix
Courtesy of In Katrina’s Kitchen. See here for full recipe.
Piñata Cake
Ingredients
- 2 boxes of cake mix (any flavour)
- 2 containers of frosting (any flavour)
- An assortment of small candies (i.e. jelly beans, M&Ms, lollipops, snack-size chocolate bars, etc.)
- A 1.5 quart oven-safe bowl (greased and floured)
- An offset spatula.
Courtesy of A Subtle Revelry. See here for full recipe.
Rainbow Heart Surprise-Inside Cake
Ingredients
- For the Cake
- 2 boxes of white cake mix (prepared according to package instructions)*
- Food coloring of your choice
- Sprinkles
- *Note – keep the cake batters in 2 separate bowls. One will be colored, the other stays white.
- For the Buttercream Frosting
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk (or more for thinner consistency)
Courtesy of Mom Loves Baking. See here for full recipe.
Chocolate Strawberry Surprise Inside Cake
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 oz/432g) strawberry cake mix, prepared according to package instructions
- 1 (15.25 oz/432g) chocolate cake mix, prepared according to package instructions
- 1 cup (150g) good quality bittersweet chocolate chips, melted
- For the frosting
- 1/4 cup (57g) unsalted butter, softened
- 4 ounces (113g) cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups (240g) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon strawberry extract
- 3 drops red food coloring
- Sprinkles
Courtesy of Mom Loves Baking. See here for full recipe.
Surprise Rainbow Piñata Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ pound cake mix
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
- 2/3 cup water
- 2 large eggs
- Shortening to butter pans and counter
- Flour to dust pans
- 1 can Betty Crocker™ white decorator cake icing
- 2 cups assorted candy
- 1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
- 24 ounces white fondant
- Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet paste or gel food coloring
Courtesy of Tablespoon. See here for full recipe.
Carrot Patch Cake
Courtesy of The Partiologist. See here for full recipe
Panda Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups Gold Medal™ unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup milk w/ 1 egg yolk (both should total 1 cup together)
- 3/4 tablespoon salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon green tea (matcha) powder mixed w/ 2 tsp hot water, OR green food colouring
- 3 1/2 teaspoons cocoa powder mixed w/ 1 1/2 tsp hot water
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
Courtesy of Tablespoon. See here for full recipe.
Leopard Cake
Ingredients
- 240 g unsalted butter
- 200 g. caster sugar
- 100 ml. Milk
- 3 eggs
- 250 g plain flour
- 16 g baking powder
Courtesy of Azlitamasammanis. See here for full recipe.
Surprise on the Inside Gender Reveal Cake
Ingredients
- 2 boxes Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ cake mix (any flavor)
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix boxes
- 2 containers Betty Crocker™ Whipped fluffy white frosting
- 2 cups pink or blue candy-coated chocolate candies
- 1/4 cup pink or blue mini candy-coated chocolate candies
- 3/4 cup assorted pink or blue candy sprinkles
Courtesy of Betty Crocker. See here for full recipe.
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