

Beat in the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time. Add the blitzed cereal (now about 1/2 cup) and beat until incorporated. Add vanilla extract and marshmallow creme and beat on high for another minute. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter with the paddle attachment on high until slightly lighter in color and fluffy, about two minutes. In a small food processor, blitz the oat cereal until as fine as sand. Separate the oat Lucky Charms cereal from the marshmallows until you have 1 1/3 cup of oat cereal.

Prepare the Buttercream! Take butter out of the fridge for about 30 minutes to soften.(Don't forget to remove the parchment circles.) Then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Remove from the oven and let cakes cool for 10 mins in their pans. Divide the batter equally between the three prepared pans and bake for 32-38 mins, until an inserted toothpick does not come out wet. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides and fold in the rainbow sprinkles. Stop the mixer as soon as the dry ingredients are incorporated. As soon as the last of the milk is incorporated, add the remainder of the dry ingredients. As soon as the milk is incorporated, add a second third of the dry ingredients, then the remainder of the milk. While continuing to mix on the lowest speed, add 1/3 of the dry ingredients, then half of the milk. Switch mixer to its lowest speed and add vanilla, then each egg white, one at a time, beating for 5-10 seconds on low between each egg, until egg is just incorporated. Add oil and beat on medium another minute. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the shortening and sugar for 2 minutes on medium-high with a paddle attachment. Make the Cake! Measure out the dry ingredients-flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking powder-into a medium bowl and stir together.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.Prepare insulated cake wraps and wrap each pan to ensure a flat top. Prepare the Cake Pans! Butter three six-inch cake pans and line the bottom with a round parchment circle.~1 cup Lucky Charms marshmallows (without oat cereal).That is, layers of sprinkle cake (a la funfetti) and fluffy marshmallow buttercream swirled with blended cereal and lucky charms marshmallows. Patrick’s Day cake… the answer was a little obvious with Lucky (aka Sir Charms for all you trivia buffs), staring off the box at me.įrom there. (Dear Ericka, my nutritionist whom I love dearly, let’s just pretend those snack entries in myfitnesspal never happened, shall we?) When I started thinking of a St. I had a bowl of Lucky Charms every day for nearly two weeks. But some kind of loyalty to my 90’s childhood makes me a little resentful of the change…īut unicorns or no. The cravings started when a couple friends and I were debating the merits of Lucky Charms replacing the pot-of-gold marshmallows with unicorn marshmallows. Patrick’s Day around this Lucky Charms cake. Patrick’s Day, but really I planned my St. I’d like to say I planned this Lucky Charms cake around St.
