A Table Full Of Joy

  • 4th of July Recipes
  • Entree Recipes
  • Side Dish Recipes
  • Dessert Recipes
  • All Recipes
  • About Me
  • Subscribe
menu icon
go to homepage
  • 4th of July Recipes
  • Entree Recipes
  • Side Dish Recipes
  • Dessert Recipes
  • All Recipes
  • About Me
  • Subscribe
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • 4th of July Recipes
    • Entree Recipes
    • Side Dish Recipes
    • Dessert Recipes
    • All Recipes
    • About Me
    • Subscribe
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ร—
    Home ยป Recipes ยป Baking Recipes

    Pink and Gold Cake

    Published: Jan 22, 2025 by Lisa Killian ยท This post may contain affiliate links. Please read myย  disclosure policy.

    โ†“ Jump to Recipe

    Pink and Gold Cake โ€“ perfect for a fun girlโ€™s night celebration or a baby girlโ€™s baby shower! And that is what this sweet cake was for- my friendโ€™s baby shower!

    Pink and gold cake, great for parties, baby showers, or any fun get together. Strawberry flavored and not hard to make! #pink #pinkandgold #gold #cake #dripcake #babyshower #baby #girlsbabyshower #atablefullofjoy #cakedecorating #easydecorating

    Pink and Gold Cake

    I had so much fun making this pink and gold cake. The inside is a strawberry vanilla swirl with a strawberry buttercream frosting.

    Topped with a super easy drip and fun sprinkles everyone loved this girls baby shower cake!

    How to a make pink and gold cake:

    • Whip up the batter for my easy vanilla cake but use 1tbs vanilla paste instead of the vanilla extract and divide the batter in half.
    • To half of the batter add a little pink food coloring gel and ยฝ-1tsp strawberry oil.
    • Prep your cake pans and then scoop and swirl the batters into each cake pan.
    • Bake, let cool, frost and enjoy!

    I love using Lorann's Oils as flavorings. You can find them in the cake decorating isle of your local grocery store. They come in tiny bottles- but you only need a little!

    This made a great girl's baby shower cake but would work for any party!

    Pink and gold cake, great for parties, baby showers, or any fun get together. Strawberry flavored and not hard to make! #pink #pinkandgold #gold #cake #dripcake #babyshower #baby #girlsbabyshower #atablefullofjoy #cakedecorating #easydecorating

    How to create a drip cake:

    • Combine ยฝ candy melts and heavy cream.
    • Melt in microwave for 30 seconds and then stir until smooth.
    • Allow to cool until it is liquid still but not warm (about 10 minutes).
    • Test a drip on the side of a bowl to see if it the drip sets up the way you want it and then add drip to cake.
    • Finish with adding the candy melt ganache to the top of the cake. It should smooth out on its own.
    • Add sprinkles to the drip and then place cake in the fridge until the drip has set up completely before adding any piped decorations to the top.

    I did just throw the sprinkles at the side of the cake at the drip and they stuck well. You can try to gently press them on but I didnโ€™t have the patience for that.

    How to make strawberry vanilla frosting:

    • Whip up a double batch of my easy vanilla buttercream adding a ยผ teaspoon strawberry oil and a small toothpick abmount of purple food coloring- this will help it get bright white. Weird but it works!
    • Enjoy!

    Save this for later!

    We'll email this post to you, so you can come back to it later!

    Don't worry, I promise not to spam you!

    Now I did opt to make just one batch of my vanilla frosting into strawberry vanilla frosting because I wanted a good balance of strawberry and vanilla.

    I used the strawberry vanilla buttercream for the layers, crumb coat, and piped decorations on top of the cake. The vanilla buttercream was used for the final coat.

    Overall though it didn't really make a difference so I suggest just making all the frosting strawberry flavored.

    Pink and gold cake, great for parties, baby showers, or any fun get together. Strawberry flavored and not hard to make! #pink #pinkandgold #gold #cake #dripcake #babyshower #baby #girlsbabyshower #atablefullofjoy #cakedecorating #easydecorating

    How to get a smooth final coat for your cake?

    Besides practice and a cake scraper, Iโ€™ve noticed if I place a 6 in cake board on top of the cake after itโ€™s been crumb coated and refrigerated a bit and then do a final coat using the cake board as a guide for my cake scraper the final coat comes out so nice.

    To remove the cake board from the top of the cake after you have the sides nice and smooth simply take a long knife and slide it in between the top of the cake and the board and gently take it off.

    I finished off the cake with some pipped on swirls (using a 1M tip)  and more sprinkles!

    The baby shower was so much fun and I was so glad I got to make a cake for it! In addition the cake I also made cupcakes that were the same flavors and decorated with sprinkles pressed onto the side like my Valentines cupcakes.  Easy and beautiful!

    If you like this recipe make sure to check out my easy chocolate striped popcorn, french silk pie, whipped cream cheese frosting recipe and my homemade no churn ice cream!

    The pink and gold cake was a huge hit!

    Pink and gold cake, great for parties, baby showers, or any fun get together. Strawberry flavored and not hard to make! #pink #pinkandgold #gold #cake #dripcake #babyshower #baby #girlsbabyshower #atablefullofjoy #cakedecorating #easydecorating

    HTMLFont size
    Pink and gold cake, great for parties, baby showers, or any fun get together. Strawberry flavored and not hard to make! #pink #pinkandgold #gold #cake #dripcake #babyshower #baby #girlsbabyshower #atablefullofjoy #cakedecorating #easydecorating

    Pink and Gold Cake

    Pink and gold cake, great for parties, baby showers, or any fun get together. Strawberry flavored and not hard to make!
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Pin
    Author: Lisa Killian
    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Decorating Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 15 slices

    Ingredients

    For the cake:

    • 1 batch vanilla cake
    • 1 tbs vanilla bean paste
    • Pink food coloring gel or liquid
    • ยฝ teaspoon -1 teaspoon Strawberry oil I used Loranโ€™s Strawberry Oil

    For the strawberry vanilla buttercream:

    • 2 batches of my easy vanilla buttercream
    • ยผ- ยฝ teaspoon Strawberry oil I used Loranโ€™s Strawberry Oil
    • Small amount of purple/eggplant food gel optional

    For the ganache drip:

    • ยฝ cup pink candy melts
    • 5-10 bright white candy melts
    • 2 tbs heavy whipping cream

    Other items

    • Pink and gold sprinkles*
    • Medium sized pink candy balls
    • 6 inch cake pans
    • 6 inch cake boards
    • 1 M piping tip
    • Piping Bag
    • Squeeze bottle for the drip
    • Cake scraper smoother

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 325ยฐF and prep you cake rounds with butter and a dusting of flour.
    • Whip up a batch of my easy vanilla cake mix BUT use the 1 tbs vanilla bean paste instead of extract. Extract will work but I wanted to see the pretty vanilla flakes in the cake for this.
    • Divide the batter in half and add ยฝ-1 teaspoon of strawberry oil and pink food coloring to one half. Although everyone says not to taste the raw batter I do and thatโ€™s how I determine how much strawberry taste I want. Strawberry oil is super potent so you donโ€™t need a ton. Also, use as much pink food coloring until you get the color you want.
    • To make the cake have a strawberry swirl when you cut into it use a use a cookie scoop or spoon to add a โ…“ of the vanilla and โ…“ of the strawberry cake batter into each 6 in cake round. Alternate adding a scoop of each batter and then use a knife to swirl the batter together.
    • Bake the cake on the second to lowest cake rack for 25 minutes or until cakes are cooked through.
    • While the cakes cool whip up a double batch of my easy vanilla buttercream.* Add in the ยผ teaspoon strawberry oil, taste and if it needs more add in another ยผ tsp. Dip a toothpick into some dark purple food gel and wipe it off into frosting. Mix it in completely- this will help make the white buttercream even whiter.
    • Once cooled, level the cakes if needed (most likely you wonโ€™t need to). I do like to frost the cakes while they are frozen so if you have time pop them in the freezer for 20-40 minutes. If not donโ€™t worry.
    • Place a dab of frosting on the cardboard cake round and then place the bottom cake layer on the round. Add a nice layer of frosting onto the cake, then repeat with the next two layers.
    • Crumb coat the cake and then stick in the freezer for 10 minutes.
    • Final coat the cake and if you need tips on how to get a smooth coat see my notes in the post above. Stick back in the freezer and make your ganache.
    • For the ganache combine the ยฝ cup pink candy melts, 5 white candy melts, and 2 tbs whipping cream. Microwave for 30 seconds and then stir until the mixture is smooth. If the ganache is too hot pink add a few more white candy melts and stir until they are melted and you get the color of pink you desire.
    • Allow the ganache to cool until it isnโ€™t hot but still liquid, place in your squeeze bottle and test a drip on the edge of a bowl. If the drip runs all the way to the bottom it is still too hot. If it is too cold it wonโ€™t drip well at all.
    • Add the drip around the top edge of the cake and then fill in the top of the cake.
    • Add sprinkles to the drip right after you add it to the cake. Then stick the cake in the fridge until the drip sets up (about 10 minutes). This will prevent sliding of the ganache when you add decorations on top.
    • Using the 1M tip and piping bag pipe on top swirl. Add more sprinkles and the pink candies.
    • Enjoy!

    Notes

    *I bought pink and gold sprinkles of different shapes and sizes and then mixed them. You can also by premixed sprinkles. *I made one batch of vanilla buttercream and one batch of strawberry buttercream but in the end it wasnโ€™t necessary.
    ย 
    Also note that the nutrition facts are probably not correct since it is trying to calculate using generic frosting and cake mix as ingredients instead of my personal recipes.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 243mg | Potassium: 21mg | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 0.7mg

    More Easy Baking Recipes

    • easy lemon cupcakes featured photo.
      Easy Lemon Cupcakes
    • funfetti birthday cupcake featured image.
      Easy Birthday Cupcakes
    • Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb featured image.
      Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb Recipe
    • Dijon Baked Halibut featured image
      Dijon Baked Halibut Recipe
    5 from 1 vote (1 rating without comment)

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    headshot of lisa

    Hey, I'm Lisa!

    Here you will find easy and delicious recipes that will bring joy and lots of flavor to your home!

    About Me

    4th of July Recipes

    • red white and blue cupcakes featured image
      Red White and Blue Cupcakes
    • 4th of July Cookies featured image
      4th of July Cookies
    • red white and blue bundt cake side view
      Red White and Blue Cake
    • 4th of July Cake featured images
      4th of July Cake
    • red white and blue cheesecake salad featured image
      Red White and Blue Cheesecake Salad
    • toll house pie featured image
      Toll House Pie

    Most Popular Recipes

    • shake and bake chicken featured image
      Shake and Bake Chicken
    • toasted bread featured image
      How to Toast Bread in Oven?
    • fried scallops featured image
      Fried Scallops
    • grilled nuggets featured
      Grilled Chicken Nuggets
    • cinnamon toast crunch bars with mini marshmallows sprinkled around them and milk in a cup, featured image.
      Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bars
    • steak pasta in bowl featured image
      Steak Pasta With Creamy Garlic Sauce

    Featured On

    AS seen on Parade, Hearthstone, Yummly, Sam's Club, Congra, Red Tricycle, Chefling App. Foodgawker, Karo

    Footer

    โ†‘ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure Policy
    • Accessibility Policy

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up for emails and updates!

    Contact

    • About Me
    • Contact

    As an Amazon Associate, ThermoWorks Affiliate, Good Ranchers Affiliate, De Buyer Affiliate, Camp Chef Affiliate, Walmart + Affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright ยฉ 2025 A Table Full of Joyโ„ข

    This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
    Privacy & Cookies Policy

    Privacy Overview

    This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
    Necessary
    Always Enabled
    Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
    Non-necessary
    Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
    SAVE & ACCEPT

    Rate This Recipe

    Your vote:




    A rating is required
    A name is required
    An email is required

    Recipe Ratings without Comment

    Something went wrong. Please try again.