Pink Champagne Celebration Cake
My sister makes the most delicious champagne cake for special occasions – I think it started on my 30th birthday and I try to come up with an excuse for her to bake this fluffy and indulgent treat any chance I can get. You can really taste the champagne flavor in both the cake (which is so fluffy and moist) and frosting and it’s even more fun to add a bit of pink food coloring! I made a mini naked cake recently for a friend’s birthday and love how cute it was. I used the original recipe and a 6″ cake pan – it yielded enough batter for (4) 6″ cakes, so I had one leftover after making the 3 tier cake shown above.
Pink Champagne Celebration Cake
from Booze Cakes
Ingredients
Cake:
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
6 egg whites
2 cups pink Champagne
Frosting:1 cup unsalted butter
8 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs. pink Champagne
1/4 cup whole milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Red or pink food coloring
Directions
To make the cake:
Preheat oven to 350 Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans or use 3 6-inch cake rounds. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Beat in egg whites one at a time, stopping a few times to scrape down the bowl. Add in the vanilla. In three alternating additions, mix in flour mixture and Champagne, beginning and ending with the flour. Pour batter into pans and bake 35 minutes, or until a toothpick when inserted in the center comes out clean. (Check at 25 mins for smaller cake pans)
To make the frosting:
In a mixing bowl, beat butter 1 minute. Gradually add the powdered sugar, Champagne, milk, vanilla, and food coloring (if desired) and beat until smooth and spreadable
Assemble:
For the naked cake apply a very thick layer of frosting between each layer, otherwise your frosting will flatten and it’s not near as pretty! I used classic sprinkles on the top for a festive birthday look but the possibilities are clearly endless!