Dot Cake, by Cheryl & Maddie

Maddie went to a baking camp for a couple of weeks this summer and fell in love with one of the desserts they made.. a dot cake! She brought the recipe home and wanted to try her hand at it. Her friend came over yesterday and they eagerly gathered all of the ingredients. We didn't necessarily follow the original recipe as that had us making the dough from scratch. Since this involved two 9 year olds who very much wanted to do this on their own, I found a recipe that used a funfetti box mix to help the process. These turned out SO well! And they (mostly) made them all by themselves. A sweet treat for all of us. Yum!

Ingredients: 

Cake: 

1 box Funfetti cake mix

3 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup milk

4 oz sour cream (we forgot this even though they took it out.. oops! Didn't notice it missing)

1 tsp vanilla extract

Buttercream:

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cups powdered sugar

2 tbsp milk

Decoration: 

1 bottle rainbow sprinkles

Directions: 

1) Preheat oven to 325. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.

2) In a large bowl, combine eggs, cake mix, oil, milk, sour cream, vanilla extract. Mix until smooth and fully combined. 

3) Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 33 minutes. 

4) While it cooks, make the buttercream. Beat the butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and mix. 

5) Gradually add the powdered sugar one cup at a time, mixing after each cup. Add the milk a little at a time until the frosting reaches a sooth consistency. Continue beating until light and fluffy. 

6) Once the cake has cooled, use mason jars to use as cutters. Simply press each jar down into the cake and lift. 

7) Transfer the buttercream to a piping bag and pipe a generous amount into each cake. Use a spatula to smooth. 

8) Add rainbow sprinkles to the top. 

9) Serve immediately or refrigerate.