Pinata Cake – How To Make A Pinata Cake
Are you ready to make a Pinata Cake? We are going to show you how to make a Pinata Cake. This Pinata Cake tutorial can be used for Cinco de Mayo and on other occasions. Think spring parties, summer parties, celebration cake, birthday cake, gender reveal cakes or Easter cakes. It is perfect for any time you want a cake with a surprise in the middle.
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 it’s variations; for Jelly Bean Cake, Gender Reveal Cake, Birthday Cake or Unicorn Cake.
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The cake recipe is the same.
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Start with a white cake.
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Basically, it is how you decorate the top and fill the centers that make the cakes different.
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Start by using different colored cake batter layers and different candy or jelly bean colors inside and on the top and center of your cake.
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Follow the step by step instructions below
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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.
How to make a Pinata Cake
First, make your cake
We cheated using a box mix but, of course, you can make your white cake from scratch.
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Next add your cake food coloring to the individual layers prior to baking, with your theme colors.
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Use a different bowl for each color layer.
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Pour your cakes into prepared baking pans.
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Follow the baking time on your cake recipe you choose to use. (box or scratch)
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NOTE: Always watch the cake in the last 10 minutes of the bake time. Each oven, altitude and other conditions make the fully bake time slightly different.
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Remove from oven when the cake comes clean with a toothpick.
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Let the cake cool at least 10 minutes or slightly more prior to removing from the cake pans.
Cake Variations
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Use a cake food coloring kit;
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For a unicorn cake, pick your colored cake layers, and candies
add 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
) (girl) (woodland theme) (princess crown). You get the idea. -
For a jellybean-cake use any colored cake layers and any colored jelly beans.
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For the Pinata-cake use bright colored jelly beans
and cake layers colors to match your party theme. -
For a rainbow cake used many colored cake layers for your cake and rainbow-colored jelly beans or candies.
add a 
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) (
) (woodland 
) (
). You get the idea.
and cake layers colors to match your party theme. You see how this cake tutorial can be used for your celebrations and even as a birthday cake.
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Frost the cake to match your theme!
What do you do if your cake layers are uneven?
If your cake layers are uneven use
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a serrated knife
(if using a knife you might like this cake slicer tool to keep the layers even) OR -
use a cake slicer
(up to 10 inches) OR -
adjustable cake slicer
to even out layers prior to going on to the next steps.
(if using a knife you might like this
to keep the layers even) OR
(up to 10 inches) OR
to even out layers prior to going on to the next steps. How long before removing a cake before the pan?
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 Pinata Cake (or any of the other themed cakes).
Use a cake ring 
or circle cut out to create the cut. Remove the cut piece from the center and reserve 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 pinata cake
Next, follow the assembly instructions. You can watch this video to help you but, her piping instructions are not for a novice.
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Use a buttercream frosting.
Assembly cake instructions
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First, add a layer to the bottom and frost the layer
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Then, add the next layer with the hole cut out
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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 begin frosting the cake
until finished all the around and over the top. After the frosting, decorate the cake to match your celebration. (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? Pinata Cake for the win!
Remember to use colored cake batter layers by using cake food coloring
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)
You can make this a 6, 8, 9, 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?
I think your guests will really enjoy this cake.
Recipes with jelly beans
- How to make jelly bean cupcakes I share all my favorite piping tutorials.
- I can’t believe it’s been so long since we first made this tutorial for how to make a jelly bean cake.
Remember practice makes perfect when it comes to cake decorating. Keep it as simple or complex as your skill level allows.
These are so cute! I saw on on facebook the other day and they are so creative. Perfect for parties or Easter.