Thursday, August 20, 2015

Confetti bundt cake with whipped chocolate ganache frosting (#BundtBakers)

vegan confetti bundt cake with whipped chocolate ganache frosting

Has it been a month already? Apparently so, because it is time for another BundtBakers post, this time featuring sprinkles. August’s host is Terri, the blogger at Love and Confections—who evidently has terrific (ayy) taste, because, well, sprinkles.

I mean, how can you not love them?

They are the nostalgia-inducing flecks of color in confetti cake; the chocolate hailstorm found on slices of toast throughout the Netherlands; the hundreds-and-thousands that turn regular bread into fairy bread for New Zealanders and Australians everywhere and—occasionally—people in the United States too (for whatever reason, putting sprinkles on bread hasn’t caught on yet over here).

Yeah, the mass-produced kind found in supermarkets might taste kind of weird and chemically (I hate to use that word, but it’s the only way to describe it); they might have a long and unpronounceable list of ingredients including ten types of food coloring; they might make anyone consuming said sprinkles look like someone with the culinary tastes of a five-year-old...but still they remain relevant, and so we find creative ways to get our sprinkle fix without sacrificing our foodie sensibilities.

Take the popularity of the uber-trendy Momofuku Milk Bar’s confetti cake. In the (similarly uber-trendy) Milk Bar cookbook, wherein pastry chef Christina Tosi divulges her trade secrets, which surprisingly hasn’t led to any pseudo-Milk Bar fraud (or has it?), Christina talks at length about how her confetti cake formula was based on the particular flavor of a boxed cake mix. This is, of course, a brilliant strategy. When was the last time a pretentious, sprinkle-shunning, traditionally French bakery / patisserie went viral with the speed and intensity of the Milk Bar? Like, never?

People like the food of their childhoods, trashy and sprinkle-laden as it may be. And I’m not trying to talk shit. I’m joining in by saying I was raised to love McDonald’s French fries and Dairy Queen sundaes. Maybe our family’s bad fast food habits were temporary, but the love of sprinkles is forever.

So short of picking up a box of Pillsbury FunfettiTM cake mix, I tried to tap into that nostalgic, childhood-birthday flavor with the cake for this month’s BundtBakers challenge. (Okay, it’s not really a challenge for me to bake up a relatively simple cake and eat it with the greatest possible enthusiasm, but you know what I mean.) I settled on another recipe from Vegan Desserts—ant hill cake. This cake, the author writes, was a family favorite at the local diner when she was growing up; and while the hemispherical white cake studded with brown sprinkles, topped with chocolate frosting and plenty more chocolate jimmies, might seem unimpressive to the cake-weary (well I never!) foodie, it was captivating to the younger audience. And now, many years later, a vegan version! Another testament to the power of nostalgia.

But while the chocolate sprinkle-filled cake sounds good, I am more interested in rainbow sprinkles. So I modified the cake to fit a bundt pan and also switched up the sprinkle color for a cake that looks like it’s on the way to a kid’s birthday party. 

It really does look like that, doesn't it?

While the cake is chock-full of sprinkles, I found the frosting was my favorite part. Hot damn it is good. I could eat it with a spoon. Just give me a bowl of that sweet, sweet whipped ganache and I will be happy as a kid in a ball pit (does that analogy work?). You can be sure I will steal use the recipe myself sometime soon.

Kinda looks like a giant doughnut too.

Okay, I’m done talking. Here’s the recipe.

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Confetti bundt cake with whipped chocolate ganache frosting

Adapted from Vegan Desserts by Hannah Kaminsky

Ingredients

Confetti bundt cake

85 grams • vegan butter, softened • ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons

134 grams • granulated sugar • 2/3 cup

244 grams • nondairy milk • 1 cup

15 grams • apple cider vinegar • 1 tablespoon

4 grams • vanilla extract • 1 teaspoon

304 grams • all-purpose flour • 2 ¼ cups

8 grams • baking powder • 2 teaspoons

2 grams • baking soda • ½ teaspoon

2 grams • salt • ¼ teaspoon

240 grams • rainbow sprinkles • 1 ¼ cups

Whipped chocolate ganache frosting

170 grams • dark chocolate, finely chopped • 6 ounces

60 grams • nondairy milk • ¼ cup

112 grams • vegan butter, softened • ½ cup

120 grams • powdered sugar • 1 cup

Rainbow sprinkles, to decorate

Directions

Start by preheating oven to 350 degrees F and greasing a bundt pan.

Place vegan butter and sugar together in an electric stand mixer until lightened in color and fluffy. In a measuring cup, whisk together milk, apple cider vinegar, and vanilla. Let stand until curdled, about 3 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.

Add about a third of the flour mixture to the stand mixer and mix on low speed just until combined. Add half of the liquid mixture. Repeat and finish off with the remaining flour mixture. Be sure not to over-mix. Fold in rainbow sprinkles.

Pour batter into prepared bundt pan and even out the surface with a rubber spatula. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the top is browned and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the frosting, start by melting together chocolate and milk in a small saucepan over very low heat, stirring consistently so it doesn’t burn. Let sit for 10 minutes.

Pour chocolate mixture into the bowl of an electric stand mixer and add vegan butter in cubes. Beat until the mixture is smooth. Add powdered sugar in one go and whip for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightened in color and fluffy.

Frost the cooled cake with whipped ganache frosting. Top with additional sprinkles. Slice and devour.

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Just glorious.

Before you depart, check out the other fabulous bundts people have made this month.

BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely bundts by following our Pinterest board

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page


Black Onyx Bundt Cake from Living the Gourmet
Bourbon Walnut Pound Cake from Magnolia Days
Bubblegum Frosted Funfetti Vanilla Bean Bundt from Baking in Pyjamas
Bundt Cake Extra Chocolateado from la mejor manera de hacer...
Celebration Confetti Bundt Cake from Cali's Cuisine
Chocolate Bundt Cake with Sprinkled Pink Glaze from la cocina de Aisha
Chocolate Chip Cheese Cake from Tea and Scones
Chocolate Sprinkles Sour Cream Bundt Cake from Spice Roots
Chocolate Walnut Cake with Sprinkles from FoodJam
Crazy Coco Bundt Cake from Los Chatos Chefs
Eggless Fingermillet Chocolate Bundts with Sprinkles from Seduce Your Tastebuds
Eggless Vanilla Confetti Bundt Cake from SimplyVeggies
Funfetti Bundt Cake from Liv for Cake
Funfetti Bundt Cake from Recipes, Food & Cooking
'Guild the Lily' Bundt from Jane's Adventures in Dinner
Irish Butter Chocolate Sprinkle Cake with Ganache from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
Jammin' Jimmies Bundt from Noshing With The Nolands
Nutella Bundt with Nutella Glaze from Food Lust People Love
Oatmeal Cookie Bundt Cake with Sprinkles from The Spiced Life
Orange Dreamscicle Confetti Cake from Our Good Life
Pistachio Sprinkled Bundt Cake from Sew You Think You Can Cook
Red Velvet Sprinkle Explosion Bundt Cake from Love and Confections
Sprinkled Jelly Donut Bundt Cake from Making Miracles
Sprinkled Triple Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake from Baking and Creating with Avril
Sprinkles of Love Cake from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Strawberry Sprinkled Bundt Cake from The Freshman Cook
Vanilla Bundt Cake with Sprinkles from I Love Bundt Cakes
Vanilla Mini Bundts from Passion Kneaded
Watermelon Bundt Cake from Eat, Drink and Be Mighty

63 comments:

  1. Wow, that is one colorful cake on the inside. I'd eat the frosting with a spoon too.

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  2. Now that's my kind of bundt cake!

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  3. Yay sprinkles! I love how you even color coordinated the recipe!

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  4. SPRINKLES! They make everything delicious.

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  5. It's so much better to make your own cake rather than a box of funfetti cake mix because you can add all the sprinkles you want!!

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    1. Yes I agree lol! The recipe allows for up to 2 cups of sprinkles in the cakeactually so sprinkle away!!

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  6. Love the whipped chocolate ganache frosting, looks so good!!

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    1. Yesss the frosting is so amazing! Glad you like the cake! :)

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  7. Love how you have the sprinkles inside and outside as well. Looks great.

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    1. The more sprinkles the merrier IMO! Glad you like it :)

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  8. It really does look like that! That's a kid birthday party cake if I've ever seen one!

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  9. Someone catch me! I am about to face dive right into this cake!

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  10. Wow! I am loving all those sprinkles! This is the ultimate birthday cake...I feel like partying just looking at it! ;D

    Toodles,
    Tammy

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    1. Certainly tastes like partying too! Thanks Tammy! :D

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  11. Mmm that frosting...
    Great party cake!

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  12. That is loaded with sprinkles! How fun!!!

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  13. Love all the funfetti abundance, so cute, pinned!

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  14. I love just about anything with sprinkles, but this one in particular takes the... er cake. Don't hate me. I really didn't mean to make such a ridiculous pun. Nonetheless, I stand but by it and I want a slice of this cake!

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    1. Haha puns are fine! I love it :) Glad you like the cake!

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  15. I know quite a few kids who would do anything to get a cake like this to eat. I mean even take the trash out and clean their rooms :)) FUN CAKE.

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  16. Love all the sprinkles, I don't think you could have packed more in you'd tried. Laura@ Baking in Pyjamas

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    1. Yes this certainly is a sprinkle-filled cake! Thanks for stopping by Laura :)

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  17. Love this bundt cake! So cute - I really love that it looks like a giant donut! Yum! :D

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  18. Wow, what a beautiful Bundt.... And I started craving for it...

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  19. What a fun series! Love it! And this bundt cake sounds amazing.

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    1. Thanks, I must agree this month's sprinkle theme was pretty awesome :P

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  20. Oh my gosh!! This looks absolutely amazing! I cannot believe it's vegan! xx

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    1. Thanks Consuelo! It's really amazing what you can make with vegan ingredients these days :)

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  21. I love how LOADED this cake is with sprinkles. And that frosting...where's my spoon too??

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    1. I would share the frosting...but I ate it all! :P

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  22. This is such a stunning cake! I love all the pretty sprinkles!

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  23. It does look like a giant donut!

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  24. Look at all those lovely sprinkles. So Festive!

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  25. this is great ! i especially love the colourful ingredients list !!

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    1. Thanks! I like having color-coded recipes so it's easier to spot the ingredients while you're reading it :P

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  26. yummy! love the fun confetti it looks so festive and cute!

    pinned xx

    stop by and chat ♥ http://storybookapothecary.com

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  27. OMG! This is so cute! I love the colors!

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  28. Ooo this looks delicious and so pretty! I hope you enjoyed!

    Sam x

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  29. So colorful! Great use of sprinkles!

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