Description
A stunning cake perfect for celebrating a Leo birthday.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttercream frosting
- 1/2 cup yellow sanding sugar
- 1/4 cup red sanding sugar
- 1/4 cup orange sanding sugar
- 1/4 cup gold edible glitter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
- In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil, and water. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together pudding mix, sour cream, and vanilla extract.
- Add pudding mixture to cake batter and mix until just combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Frost cake with buttercream frosting.
- Decorate with yellow, red, and orange sanding sugar to create a lion’s mane effect.
- Sprinkle with gold edible glitter.
Notes
- For a richer flavor, you can substitute milk for water in the cake mix.
- Ensure the cake is completely cool before frosting to prevent the frosting from melting.
- Get creative with your sanding sugar colors to match your desired lion look.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
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