Confetti cake facts for kids
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A box of pre-packaged confetti cake mix
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| Alternative names | Funfetti cake |
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| Type | Cake |
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Created by | Pillsbury |
| Invented | 1989 |
| Main ingredients | Flour, sugar, rainbow sprinkles, eggs, vanilla extract |
Confetti cake is a special type of cake that has colorful rainbow sprinkles baked right into its batter. It gets its name because when the cake bakes, the sprinkles melt into bright dots of color. These dots look a lot like tiny pieces of confetti!
Usually, the cake batter is white or yellow. This helps the colorful sprinkles stand out even more. A typical confetti cake is made with flour, butter, baking powder, salt, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, and, of course, rainbow sprinkles. The cake is often topped with a sweet frosting made from butter, salt, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk.
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The Story of Confetti Cake
Confetti cake first appeared in 1989. The Pillsbury Company introduced a new cake mix called "Funfetti" cake. The name "Funfetti" is a mix of the words fun and confetti. It was a white cake mix that came with colorful sprinkles already mixed in.
How Funfetti Cake Began
Pillsbury created this cake with a unique look to appeal to children. The cake quickly became very popular. Just one year later, in 1990, another company called Betty Crocker introduced a cookie product. These were called Dunk-a-roos, and they came with icing that had sprinkles mixed into it.
Spreading the Sprinkle Fun
Even though confetti cake is often served with plain frosting, Pillsbury also offers "Funfetti" frosting. This frosting already has rainbow sprinkles added to it. Pillsbury owns the special name "Funfetti." Because of this, other companies and people usually call this type of cake "confetti cake" or sometimes "sprinkle cake."
Confetti Cake Today
The idea of confetti cake has inspired many other yummy treats. You can now find confetti cookies, cereal bars, and even croissants! The main idea behind making something a "confetti" treat is simply adding colorful rainbow sprinkles to it. Confetti cakes are still very popular and are also known as funfetti cakes.
