Someone sent me a photo of an adorable Llama Unicorn and I immediately knew I had to make this on my twitch stream. I wish I could give credit to the original baker of this design, but I don’t know who it was! Apologies!
Here’s the second half of the making of this cake.
Watch Llama Unicorn Cake from SugarHighScore on www.twitch.tv
Vanilla Cake
This is a super yummy vanilla cake that’s perfect for carving.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups cake flour
- 1 3/4 cups plus 1 1/2 teaspoons all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (softened)
- 2 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs (room temp)
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk (room temp)
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper and spray with non stick cooking spray for baking.
- In a large bowl, sift together the cake flour, all purpose flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the whole milk and vegetable oil. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the butter and sugar and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add the salt and vanilla.
- Set the mixer to low speed and gradually add the eggs one at a time until combined. Scraping as needed.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture in two batches, starting with the flour. Scrape down the bowl between each addition and beat until thoroughly combined.
- Divide batter evenly between cake pans. Bake for approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Vanilla Buttercream
An easy to make yet delicious American buttercream recipe
Ingredients
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- 4 sticks unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 6 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip the butter until it is light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add vanilla, salt and heavy cream
- Slowly add the powdered sugar. Add more cream for a thinner consistency, or more powdered sugar for a thicker consistency.
- Turn mixer on high speed for 2 minutes to whip the buttercream until it’s lighter in color. Hand stir to remove any air bubbles.
Notes
- For Mint Chocolate Chip, add 1/2 tsp of Mint extract (not peppermint) at the same time as the vanilla. After adding the powdered sugar, add a tiny bit of green food color gel. At the very end, hand stir in 1 1/3 cup of mini chocolate chips
