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Are you ready to make a Piñata Cake? Learn how to make an incredible pinata cake! This layered cake with a hidden center of candy is the ultimate surprise for Cinco de Mayo, a birthday party, gender reveal, or celebration…
We are going to show you how to make a piñata cake. This piñata cake tutorial can be used for so many occasions. Think spring parties, summer parties, celebration cakes, birthday cakes, gender reveal cakes, or Easter cakes. It is perfect for any time you want a cake with a surprise in the middle.
You can use other candies and solid colors. There are many ways to make this to suit your occasion. Are you looking for a different cake to make? Be sure to see all our easy cake recipes when you are done with this post.
Pinata Cake
How to make this Pinata Cake
Or its variations for Jelly Bean Cake, Gender Reveal Cake, Birthday Cake, or Unicorn Cake.
The cake recipe is the same.
Start with a white cake.
It is how you decorate the top and fill the centers that make the cakes different.
Start by using different colored cake batter layers. And different candy or jelly bean colors inside,
on the top, and in the center of your cake.
Follow the step-by-step instructions below
The instructions include how to cut a circle in a cake, how to assemble the cake, and how to decorate the cake. Plus tips.
This cake with jelly beans is easy to make.
What you will love about this cake recipe is that there are multiple layers with different colors. When you cut the cake, you get a surprise!
Don’t you love surprise cakes? You can use one color jelly beans (pink), (blue) inside to make a gender reveal cake for a baby shower. Cut the cake, and jelly beans will spill out.
Next, add your cake food coloring to the individual layers before baking, with your theme colors.
Use a different bowl for each color layer.
Pour your cakes into prepared baking pans.
Follow the baking time on your cake recipe you choose to use. (box or scratch)
NOTE: Always watch the cake in the last 10 minutes of the bake time. Each oven, altitude, and other conditions make the full baking time slightly different.
Remove from the oven when the cake comes clean with a toothpick.
Let the cake cool at least 10 minutes or slightly more prior to removing from the cake pans.
For a unicorn cake, pick your colored cake layers and candiesAdd a unicorn cake topper.
For a gender reveal cake, add one layer of pink or blue. or if there are twins pink/blue or blue/blue or pink/pink… and your themed baby shower cake topper (boy topper) or (girl topper)
10 minutes, or try this cake removal hack if you are having trouble. Once your cake layers are baked. It’s time to cut and assemble the cake.
How to cut a circle out of a cake
Once the cake layers are cooled, you are ready to cut and put together your Piñata Cake (or any of the other themed cakes).
Use a cake ring or a circle cut out to create the cut. Remove the cut piece from the center and reserve it for assembly in later steps. You can use a donut hole cutter or a circle cookie cutter for a smaller hole. Be sure to leave plenty of room for the cake edge.
How to assemble the piñata cake
Next, follow the assembly instructions. You can watch this videoto help you, but her piping instructions are not for a novice.
First, add a layer to the bottom and frost the layer
Then, add the next layer with the hole cut out
Add your candy to the center of your cake
Fill the center of the cake with your jelly beans or candy.
Be sure to leave a little room at the top to add your cake circle cut out back in.
Top the cake. Then beginfrosting the cakeuntil finished all around and over the top.
After the frosting, decorate the cake to match your celebration. (Helpful baking tools for cakes: piping tools you may need: frosting knife set)
This makes a tasty cake! Who wants to try this for a Cinco de Mayo dessert recipe? Piñata Cake for the win!
Remember to use colored cake batter layers by using cake food coloringto match your parties and themes. Make as many layers and colors as you like. There are so many variations you can make of this cake. (Here’s an example of a Pinata Cake, with a single color cake with candies and chocolate frosting)
You can make this a 6, 8, 9, or 10-inch cake; it all depends on what you want. I love having a go-to cake recipe that can wow a crowd, don’t you?
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or a circle cut out to create the cut. Remove the cut piece from the center and reserve it for assembly in later steps. You can use a donut hole cutter
or a circle cookie cutter 
for a smaller hole. Be sure to leave plenty of room for the cake edge. 
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to match your parties and themes. Make as many layers and colors as you like. There are so many variations you can make of this cake. (Here’s an example of a Pinata Cake, with a single color cake with candies and chocolate frosting)
These are so cute! I saw on on facebook the other day and they are so creative. Perfect for parties or Easter.