Daisy Cake

Spread the sweet taste of spring with this daisy-decorated rich butter cake.

YIELDS:

16

PREP TIME:

1 hr 15 mins

COOK TIME:

30 mins

TOTAL TIME:

1 hr 45 mins

CAL/SERV:

500

INGREDIENTS

RICH BUTTER CAKE:

• 3 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 c. whole milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 c. sugar
• 1 c. butter or margarine
• 4 large eggs
• 6 tbsp. seedless red raspberry jam

FONDANT DAISIES:

• confectioners’ sugar
• 6 oz. ready-to-use white rolled fondant
• 1/4 c. ready-to-use yellow rolled fondant

LEMON FROSTING:

• 1 lemon
• Buttercream Frosting
• Yellow food coloring

GARNISH:

• Bumblebee cookie
• coconut
• green food coloring

DIRECTIONS 

1. STEP 1Prepare Rich Butter Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 8-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper; grease and flour paper.
2. STEP 2On another sheet of waxed paper، combine flour، baking powder، and salt. In measuring cup، mix milk and vanilla.
3. STEP 3In large bowl، with mixer on low speed، beat sugar and butter until blended. Increase speed to medium-high; beat until creamy، about 3 minutes، frequently scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Add eggs، one at a time، beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture alternately with milk mixture، beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat just until smooth، scraping bowl occasionally.
4. STEP 4Spoon batter evenly into prepared pans. Stagger pans on 2 oven racks، placing 2 on upper rack and 1 on lower rack، so that pans are not directly above one another. Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. With small knife، loosen layers from sides of pans; invert onto racks. Remove waxed paper; cool completely، about 45 minutes.