Description
This delightful preschool graduation cake is the perfect way to celebrate your child’s big day. It’s fun, colorful, and easy to make, ensuring a memorable celebration for your little graduate!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup milk
- 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- Food coloring (red, blue, yellow, green)
- 1 batch of buttercream frosting
- Graduation-themed cake toppers or decorations
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract.
- In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add this dry mixture to the wet ingredients, alternating with the milk. Mix until just combined.
- Divide the batter equally into separate bowls for coloring. Add different food coloring to each bowl and mix until you reach your desired colors.
- Spoon the colored batters into the prepared cake pans, swirling them together for a marbled effect if desired.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, frost the top of one cake layer with buttercream, place the second layer on top, and frost the entire cake.
- Decorate with graduation-themed cake toppers and additional frosting decorations as desired.
- Slice and serve your beautiful graduation cake to celebrate your child’s big day!
Notes
- Feel free to customize the colors to match your child’s school colors.
- You can also add fun sprinkles or edible glitter for extra decoration.
- For a more personalized touch, consider writing your child’s name and graduation year on the cake with icing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 40
- Sodium: 150
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 3
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 50
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 80
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