Description
A viral, single-serve dessert trend featuring a moist buttermilk vanilla sponge cake built inside individual ramekins, topped with a smooth layer of sweet frosting and a dense, crunchy shell of rainbow nonpareil sprinkles.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups Premium Cake Flour
- 1.25 cups Granulated White Sugar
- 0.5 cups Unsalted Softened Butter
- 1 cup Whole Buttermilk
- 2 Large Room Temperature Eggs
- 1.5 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 0.25 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 4 tablespoons Softened Cream Cheese
- 3 cups Sifted Powdered Sugar
- 1 cup Rainbow Nonpareil Sprinkles
Instructions
- Set your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and carefully line a standard baking sheet with premium parchment paper.
- Whisk the dry flour, baking powder, soda, and salt together in a bowl while creaming the butter and sugar in a mixer.
- Alternately stream the buttermilk and dry ingredients into the creamed butter mixture until a smooth batter forms.
- Pour the smooth vanilla batter onto your prepared baking sheet, smoothing it into an even layer with your spatula.
- Bake the sheet cake for fifteen to eighteen minutes until the top springs back lightly when pressed with a finger.
- Once cooled, stamp out neat circles using your cutter, press them into the bottom of your ramekins, and spread frosting flush to the top.
- Invert each chilled, frosted ramekin directly into a deep bowl of nonpareils, press firmly to coat, and serve with a spoon.
Notes
- Freeze the frosted ramekins for twenty minutes before dipping to ensure a clean edge and prevent sprinkle bleeding.
- Use a narrow, deep bowl for the nonpareils to guarantee full, thick coverage across the entire surface.
- Level the tops of your cake layers with a serrated knife if they rise unevenly during baking.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 individual cake
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 52g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 68g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
Keywords: viral DIY dot cakes, sprinkle dot cake, single serve dessert cup, funfetti ramekin cake