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Pink Champagne Cake

Layered Pink Champagne cake to celebrate 60th anniversary.

Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes

Meet the Chef: Dikla Frances

Dee is a self-taught passionate baker, aspiring food photographer with a strong sweet tooth. She is behind the baking blog “One Sarcastic Baker” where she shares sweet recipes sprinkled with a dash of sarcasm. Her love for baking and all things sweets has always been her way of communicating and expressing what she could not say in words. Since her early teens, she has been baking, experimenting and exploring the world of “baking science” and she couldn't be more thrilled to share her knowledge and passion with the world!

Servings

For the cake

  • 2 2/3 cups Cake flour 2 2/3 cups Cake flour
  • 2.5 tsp Baking powder 2.5 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Salt
  • Florida Crystals® Organic Raw Cane Sugar 2 Cups 2 Cups Florida Crystals® Organic Raw Cane Sugar
  • 1 stick Unsalted butter soft 1 stick Unsalted butter soft
  • 6 Egg whites 6 Egg whites
  • 1/3 cup Avocado oil 1/3 cup Avocado oil
  • 2/3 cup Pink champagne 2/3 cup Pink champagne
  • 1/3 cup Heavy cream 1/3 cup Heavy cream
  • 2 drops Natural pink food coloring 2 drops Natural pink food coloring

For the buttercream

  • 3 sticks Unsalted butter, soft 3 sticks Unsalted butter, soft
  • Florida Crystals® Organic Powdered Raw Cane Sugar 6 cups 6 cups Florida Crystals® Organic Powdered Raw Cane Sugar
  • 2-3 TBS Pink champagne (optional, if skipping, reduce powdered sugar to 3 cups) 2-3 TBS Pink champagne (optional, if skipping, reduce powdered sugar to 3 cups)
  • 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions

Prepare the cakes

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350F and line three 3x8” round pans with parchment paper. Set aside.

Step 2

In a bowl of a standing mixer, sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add Florida Crystals® Organic Raw Cane Sugar and mix on low using the paddle attachment.

Step 3

Increase speed to medium and add the butter in small pieces and mix until the mixture resembles coarse sand.

Step 4

In a large mixing bowl mix together the egg whites, oil, champagne, heavy cream, and food coloring.

Step 5

Pour the mixture into the flour mixture and mix until fully combined, about 20 seconds.

Step 6

Divide the batter between the greased pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or just until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cakes.

To make the buttercream

Step 7

Place the butter in a bowl of stand mixer and beat for 1 minute.

Step 8

Gradually add Florida Crystals® Organic Powdered Raw Cane Sugar followed by the pink champagne and salt.

Step 9

Mix until fully incorporated and smooth.

Assemble the cake

Step 10

Place one cake on top of the serving dish and spread ⅓ cup of the buttercream. Top with another layer of cake and repeat with the remaining of the cakes.

Step 11

Frost the top and sides of the cake with the rest of the buttercream.

Additional Tip

  • For best flavor, pour and measure the champagne into a measuring cup about 30-45 minutes ahead and let sit at room temperature.
  • Make sure all of the ingredients are at room temperature.
  • If cake flour is not available, take 3 cups of all-purpose flour and remove 6 tablespoons. Mix together the remaining flour with 6 tablespoons of potato starch. Use 2 ⅔ cups of this mixture for your cake mix.

Right On To Homegrown – Since 1960

Join us in celebrating our 60th anniversary! At Florida Crystals®, we passionately cultivate the only organic raw sugarcane sustainably grown in the U.S., and we do it in a way that’s at peace with Mother Nature. That’s fab! That’s Honest to Goodness Sugar.