Confetti cake is a type of
cake
Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, ...
that has rainbow colored
sprinkles
Sprinkles are very small pieces of confectionery used as an often colourful decoration or to add texture to desserts such as brownies, cupcakes, doughnuts or ice cream. The tiny candies are produced in a variety of colors and are generally u ...
baked into the
batter
Batter or batters may refer to:
Common meanings
* Batter (cooking), thin dough that can be easily poured into a pan
* Batter (baseball), person whose turn it is to face the pitcher
* Batter (cricket), a player who is currently batting
* Batter ( ...
. It is called confetti cake because when baked, the rainbow sprinkles melt into dots of bright color that resemble
confetti
Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin ''confectum'', with ''confetti'' the plural of Italian ''co ...
.
Typically the batter is either white or yellow to allow for a better visual effect. The cake generally consists of flour, butter, baking powder, salt, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, and rainbow colored sprinkles. The cake normally has a
frosting made of butter, salt, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk.
Origin
Confetti cakes date at least back to the 1950s; a 1956
Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker is a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for food and recipes. The character was originally created by the Washburn-Crosby Company in 1921 following a contest in the ''Saturday Evening Post''. In 1954, ...
advertisement in
Life
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announced a new "confetti
angel food" cake mix containing "colorful little morsels of sweetness". In 1989, the
Pillsbury Company
The Pillsbury Company is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based company that was one of the world's largest producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought by General Mills in 2001. General Mills brands consist of Annie's, Betty Crocker, Nat ...
introduced "Funfetti" cake, a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words[confetti
Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin ''confectum'', with ''confetti'' the plural of Italian ''co ...](_blank)
'', which achieved great popularity. This was a white cake mix with multicolored
sprinkles
Sprinkles are very small pieces of confectionery used as an often colourful decoration or to add texture to desserts such as brownies, cupcakes, doughnuts or ice cream. The tiny candies are produced in a variety of colors and are generally u ...
mixed into the batter. The cake's unique look was meant to target the demographic of children. The cake soon gained popularity and in 1990
Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker is a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for food and recipes. The character was originally created by the Washburn-Crosby Company in 1921 following a contest in the ''Saturday Evening Post''. In 1954, ...
introduced a cookie that was to be eaten with icing that had sprinkles mixed into it, called
Dunk-a-roos
Dunkaroos are a snack food from Betty Crocker, first launched in 1990. It consists of a snack-sized package containing cookies and frosting; as the name implies, the cookies are meant to be dunked into the frosting before eating. Individual sna ...
.
Although the cake is generally served with a plain frosting, Pillsbury also offers "Funfetti" frosting, with rainbow sprinkles added. Pillsbury owns the
trademark
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to "Funfetti" so the cake is generally called confetti cake, or can also be referred to as a sprinkle cake.
Modern
Confetti cake has inspired many interpretations such as confetti cookies, cereal bars, and even croissants.
The idea of making something into a "confetti" treat is produced by adding rainbow colored sprinkles into the creation. Confetti cakes are also called funfetti cakes.
See also
*
Bara Brith
Bara brith is a traditional Welsh tea bread flavoured with tea, dried fruits and spices.
A decrease in its popularity led to supermarket Morrisons removing it from their shelves in 2006, and a year later a survey showed that 36% of teenagers i ...
, a Welsh cake with
dried fruit
Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed either naturally, through sun drying, or through the use of specialized dryers or dehydrators. Dried fruit has a long tradition of use dating back to th ...
and
candied peel
Candied fruit, also known as glacé fruit, is whole fruit, smaller pieces of fruit, or pieces of peel, placed in heated sugar syrup, which absorbs the moisture from within the fruit and eventually preserves it. Depending on the size and type of ...
added to the batter
References
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External links
Recipe for Confetti Cake Food Network
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American inventions
Cakes