This Funfetti Layer Cake is easy to make, super moist, and full of sprinkles. Its delicious flavor is completely from scratch, and I promise it isn’t hard!
If you are a child of the 90s, you may remember the frenzy that was Funfetti Cake. Who didn’t grow up on the box mix? Birthdays, graduations, sleepovers… PMS-driven sugar cravings. Any excuse!
As an adult, I love making it from scratch. I know some people will disagree, but for me, baking is relaxing. Especially if it involves sprinkles.
The only stressful thing is icing the cake, but take note of my new-found secret in the picture above: parchment paper.
If you tuck a bit under the sides of the cake before icing it, all you have left to do for clean up is to pull out the pieces of paper. How genius is that?!
Back to the cake. First of all, this cake is wonderfully moist. I don’t even care that I have to say moist… there’s no other word. Between the butter, canola oil, and milk, this cake embodies moist.
The key to this cake is the bit of almond extract. There’s a good amount of vanilla extract, but that bit of almond flavor is a game-changer.
This funfetti cake was for my friend’s 39th birthday. A real #adulting win.
Another adulting win is the fact that I took this picture. This was 7 hours into the birthday party, and I was brilliantly smashed. Don’t tell my mom.
Did I mention there’s half a cup of sprinkles in this beast?! Just make sure you use the rainbow sprinkles, as they don’t bleed as much as some sprinkles do.
If ever there was a cake that I could eat all by myself, this is it.*
*Slight exaggeration. I could eat a chocolate cake all by myself too.
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I can’t wait for the next birthday baking project!
Have you ever made your own funfetti cake?
What was your favorite cake as a kid? Has it changed?
OH THIS IS MY CHILD’S DREAM CAKE.
Her middle name should be funfetti 🙂
HAHA! I think she’d hate you a little if you’d given her that middle name. 🙂
I love a good moist cake 🙂 But I buy one from a baker, naturally…
Naturally… I’m sure it’s delicious and your sanity remains intact. 🙂
Um I am back in elementary school? Where are the party hats??
I should have taken picture of the decorations… we had streamers, balloon, the cheap Happy Birthday sign. It was epic.
Wow, good tip with the parchament . . . .but I would probably pull my cake off the platter and onto the ground like a failed magician whipping a tablecloth
HA! It really won’t be that bad. Just make sure not to stick it under the cake too far!
I LOVE FUNFETTI, and that is just so cool that you made it from scratch.
I bet you would ROCK a Funfetti Cake!
This was my favorite flavor cake as a kid, I got absolutely giddy when my mom bought a box. So fun to see this recipe here in a homemade version. I am sure it was! 🙂
Thanks Heather! Sprinkles are for adults too! 😉
What is not to love about that super fun cake?! I don’t see what the big thing is about moist! LOL Cake needs to be moist. Happy Monday
It just makes me squirm a little! I dunno… I have an ex that couldn’t stand the word “slacks.” LOL!
I still love Funfetti cupcakes and cake….. I know it’s all processed and terrible for you, but I love me some boxed cake and funfetti. Definitely need to make this-probably just because.
Just because cakes are the BEST!
Yes, Funfetti!!!! I love me some funfetti 🙂 It makes me happy just looking at it, I can only imagine devouring this cake. I grew up with funfetti I can’t imagine missing out on such a delicious part of childhood. My Mom made all of her cakes from scratch. In theory, I should be comfortable with eggs, butter, milk, etc., but I’m not so comfortable. Thanks for the parchment paper tip. I’m going to use it.
My mom was the same way – we grew up making peanut butter cookies and brownies. Like, a lot of them. LOL!
I’d eat anything with sprinkles.
#TWSS
We made funfetti rice krispie treats yesterday, which really just involved adding sprinkles to regular rice krispie treats.
That sounds… errr… fun. HAHA! I love rice crispy treats. It’s been WAY too long.
I’ve never had funfetti cake, but I also find baking super relaxing!
I’m guessing trashy sprinkle cakes are an America thing… strongly encourage trying it though!
GRRRRR!!!! YOU ARE DOING THIS TO TAUNT ME AREN’T YOU. FUN-FETTI IS THE BEST F-ING FLAVOR THERE IS, YET I CANNOT FRIGGIN’ EAT IT. MEANIE HEAD.
GIGI! I’ll make you a fun-Salmon seaweed cake one day.
OMG FUNFETTI. I have to say that ice cream cake is my favorite cake – but this comes close. Especially with the almond extract?! OMG. I want!
You know what… we need a funfetti ice cream cake!!!
Mmm, I want a slice of this cake right now! You did such a nice job – so pretty!
Thanks Nicole! I need to take a class on cake decorating.
I LOVED funfetti cake growing up. My mom didn’t like my sister and I to have a lot of sugar on the regular and would ask us why the heck we wanted some of the processed stuff we’d beg for like lunchables, fruit by the foot, etc (smart lady—she never said it was bad, she just asked us what was appealing about it, which usually made us realize that it was just the commercials we liked), but when it came to birthdays, if we wanted funfetti cake, then that’s what we’d have.
Smart Mom! My mom just said NO. Haha! She did let us have treats on occasion… she had a weakness for Nutty Bars. 🙂