Eggless Piñata Cake

5 from 1 vote

Putting together a special cake like this pinata cake for a special someone can't be any easier with these easy to follow instructions. Fill the cake with any and as many treats as you wish and surprise your loved one.

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Total Time40

Method: Baking

Course: Cakes

Servings: 12 Servings

Ingredients

Ingredients For Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 and ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 and ¼ cups white sugar
½ cup milk I used 2%
1 cup plain yogurt I used 2%
½ cup sunflower oil

Ingredients For Decorating:

2 cans store-bought frosting I used Betty Crocker's French Vanilla frosting
1 - 1 and ½ cups M&Ms Smarties

Instructions

Heat the oven to 350F. Grease and line three 9 inch round baking pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a large bowl add all the ingredients for the cake. Beat on low speed until all the ingredients are combined.
Divide the cake batter between the three prepared pans. I measured a cup of batter into three portions, to begin with, and then distributed the remaining which was about ½ cup each. So totally 1 and cups of batter for each portion. I didn't have 3 pans, so saved the 1 and ½ cups of batter in a smaller bowl and baked it separately once the 2 cakes were baked and ready to take out of the pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until the cakes are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Bake the third cake likewise.
Remove the cakes from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes in the pan before inverting and cooling them completely on wire racks.

Assembling Cake:

Using a cookie cutter cut a hole in two of the cake rounds.
Using a thin cardboard make a cylinder that would fit inside the hole you have made. Use sellotape to stick the cardboard cylinder.
Place one of the cake layers with the hole on a serving platter. Position the cardboard cylinder in the center and spread frosting around it.
Fill the cylinder with about ½ cup of M&Ms.
Carefully, place the 2nd cake layer with the hole over the frosting making sure the cutout hole lines up with the cardboard cylinder.
Spread frosting over the second layer.
Add another ½ cup of M&Ms.
With your fingers, gently wiggle the cardboard cylinder out making sure the M&M's stay inside the cake.
Place the 3rd cake layer (without the hole) over the frosting and, with an offset spatula spread the remaining frosting on top and on the sides of the cake.
Decorate the top of the cake with more M&Ms.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Notes

As mentioned above, I'm going to try using an 8-inch pan instead of the 9-inch pan to make the cakes a bit taller. The other choice would be to make a thick layer of frosting as seen in the original pinata cake recipe.
I bought 2 cans of frosting and used about 1.5 cans.
If you prefer making the frosting from scratch please follow the recipe given from the link above or any other frosting recipe of your choice.
I have used M&Ms because my son loves it and also it looks colorful, but you can use any other candies/treats to fill inside. Have fun.

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