My teenager wanted a cake as tall as he is for his birthday.
A 5 foot 10 inch cake!!! Are you kidding? BAM's Kitchen does have some limitations.
My youngest teenage boy has grown over 12 inches, just this year. Really !!!! He eats me out of house and home and of course towers over me. You may also know him better as Healthy World Cuisine QA Analyst and Food Consultant. For all of his hard work and efforts of taking pictures in BAM's Kitchen, taste testing and having to wait to eat something because it has not yet been photographed; I wanted to do something special for him. A four tiered towering confetti birthday cake with creamy butter cream frosting was just perfect the perfect way to say thanks and wish him some very special birthday wishes.
Lots of love from mom, buddy this post is for you ...
Four Tiered Towering Confetti Birthday Cake with Creamy Butter Cream Frosting
Serves 12 adults or 4 hungry teenage boys
Confetti Cake ( Simple White Cake Recipe adapted from All Recipes.com by Scottsoman)
Makes enough cake to make four (9x9) cakes
- 4 cups white sugar
- 2 cups butter
- 8 eggs
- 2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups milk
- ⅓ Confetti sprinkles (multi-colored Jimmies)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour (4) 9x9 inch pans.
- In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the milk until batter is smooth. Finally, add the confetti sprinkles and gently fold into cake mix. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch or toothpick comes out clean. (You may need to adjust your cooking time depending on how many cakes you were able to fit into the oven at one time)
Creamy Butter Cream Frosting (Recipe adapted from Gale Grand's Quick Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting)
Makes enough frosting to cover a four tiered cake
- 6 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 cup butter
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
Ingredients
- sugar or sugar alternative -
- butter -
- eggs -
- vanilla -
- baking powder -
- milk -
- confetti sprinkles -
- powdered (icing) sugar -
- whipping cream -
- buttercream frosting -
lambyknits01 says
What a fun cake! I can't imagine my son growing so much in one year...as it is, he is nearly nine years old and less than a foot shorter than I am!
sweetsimplestuff says
My 3 sons are grown now ... I remember the teenage years ... I could barely keep food in the house!
Sheryl says
That cake looks delicious! I have a son who is a toddler. Judging by the milk he consumes in a day, I'm pretty sure he will grow up to have a voracious appetite. I'm getting ready 😉
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks for stopping by Sheryl so I could find your website. My youngest son just grew 1 inch in 3 weeks. Over 12 inches this year this far. I can't keep food in the house. I visited your website and it looks like you have a pretty big plan for 2012. Looking forward to reading up on it. Take Care, BAM
Sawsan@ Chef in disguise says
Happy birthday to your son..
I love all the colors in the cake and I am sure it tasted heavenly
RecipeAdaptors says
Geez - that's one tall cake!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you, not quite 5 foot 10 inches tall as requested but as tall as Healthy World Cuisine could take it without purchasing some serious new cake making supplies. Take care
Anna @ hiddenponies says
Haha, WOW, that is a cake!! I love that you say is serves 4 teenage boys 🙂 At 6'6" my husband definitely went through times like this in his teens, and I'm glad I wasn't the one trying to pay for his groceries at the time!!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks for stopping by Anna. You cannot even imagine the grocery bills...it is crazy. I hope this intense eating/inhaling stage does not last too much longer.Take Care, BAM