A cardboard box cut open would have also worked. I also however built a backstop to catch anything she flung too hard by taping together some old cake boxes I have. A plastic tablecloth, newspaper, anything will really work. I made my daughter's apron up to protect her, but I also completely covered the space she was working on with parchment. See the video in the recipe below!! □Protecting Your SpaceĪs you can imagine this got messy fast and food dye stains. The same spoons I mixed the colored frosting with, drizzled and splattered. I used some of the leftover cake frostings and haphazardly frosted an upside-down cup. I HIGHLY SUGGEST practicing before you go full-on at the cake. The only special thing she asked for was to also have some pops of color inside, so I used some leftover Unicron sprinkles from last year's party to give it a funfetti flair. I used my tried and true, always well-loved Vanilla Cake recipe. If it's too thin, it looks like watery drips instead of sticking in a thick pattern. If your frosting is too thick it dollops instead of splatters. In small bowls or cups, mix about ½ cup of powdered sugar with the food coloring of your choice, and ½ teaspoon of water at a time until it drips in thick ribbons. I did a very basic royal frosting to make the splatter paint. What made the situation slightly harder, but also absolutely made the most sense is that she wanted to splatter paint it herself. This year my daughter picked a splatter paint party, and the cake design she came up with was right on brand. If you are thinking about or planning a splatter paint party and you are looking for the perfect idea for a cake, you've found it! I'll walk you through everything I used to make this cake come to life as well as some videos of what the process looked like.Įvery year, I let my kids design the cake they want for their birthday. Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print Recipe
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