Galaxy Cake
This fun, space themed cake is the perfect special occasion or birthday cake to make for any galaxy lover in your life!
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ cup df sour cream
- 1 ¼ cups gf flour Bob’s red mill, or King arthurs baking blend all work
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup df milk we like almond milk but you can use any alternative
Frosting:
- 1 cup df butter softened to room temperature- we use Earth’s Balance or Country Crock’s Plant Based Sticks
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tablespoons df heavy whipping cream we use Silk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract - always make sure your is safe
Galaxy
Pink
- 2 teaspoons beetroot powder or more if you desire
Blue
- 2 teaspoons butterfly pea powder or more if you desire
Black
- 4 teaspoons matcha powder
- 4 teaspoons baked cocoa
- 2 teaspoons pea powder
“Stars”
- White food dye
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl mix together the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and oil until fully incorporated.
- Stir in the sour cream and milk and combine.
- In another medium bowl mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually mix the dry ingredients Into the wet ingredients until smooth.
- Spray two 6” cake pans with cooking spray and pour half the batter into each one.
- Place the pans on a baking sheet and bake at 350°f for 20 minutes. Test the center of the cakes with a toothpick to be sure they’re fully cooked.
- Cool completely before removing the cakes from the pan.
- While the cakes are cooling make the frosting by adding the butter, 3 cups of confectioners sugar, and half of the cream and vanilla.
- Mix until creamy, gradually adding and alternating the remaining sugar, cream, and vanilla.
- Once the frosting is mixed, increase the speed to high and whip the frosting for 5 minutes.
- Divide the frosting in half. And, then set aside 1 half.
- Divide the other half into thirds.
- To mix the pink color, add beetroot powder 1 teaspoon at a time until the desired colored.
- To mix the blue color, add butterfly pea powder 1 teaspoon at a time until the desired colored.
- To mix the black color, add beetroot, butterfly peas, matcha powders, and cocoa, 1 teaspoon at a time until the desired color.
- Divide the remaining ½ of the white buttercream by removing ⅓ and setting aside for any mistakes.
- Once cakes are fully cooled, using a cake or bread knife slice off the risen center of the cakes to make them flat and stackable.
- Place the bottom layer on a cake plate or flat surface. Add a dollop of white frosting and evenly spread leaving a ½” thickness.
- Flip the other cake upside down and on top of the frosted cake.
- Completely frost the two layers of cake with a thin layer of white buttercream frosting.
- Now apply small dollops of the pink and blue frosting across the entire cake. Then fill in the remaining space with the black frosting.
- Using an offset spatula or knife, spread the frosting around to create a black space like a void with splashes of pink and blue and inevitably purple nebula-like clouds.
- Once the frosting reaches the desired mixture. Dip a small watercolor paintbrush in the white food color and flick it on the cake. This will round out the design with stars and hopefully give the illusion of infinite depth.