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Air Fryer Funfetti Cake

Name: Air Fryer Funfetti Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cup all-purpose cake flour; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperarture; 3 large egg whites; 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup sprinkles; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup Buttercream Frosting

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Air Fryer Funfetti Cake — Baking in the Air Fryer is fun! It’s almost like cooking in an adult version of the easy-bake oven! And who doesn’t love cake? Today, I made my family’s favorite cake, which happens to be loaded with sprinkles! This is a great and easy holiday recipe! If you have not made a cake in the air fryer yet, this is a game-changer and will soon become one of your favorite recipes!

This cake is everything you could wish for on your birthday. It’s ultra-moist and downright delicious, with tons of sprinkles to give it that extra special touch! The outside is frosted in my homemade buttercream, this batter makes amazing funfetti cupcakes too!

This cake is the ultimate birthday celebration. The flavor of this fluffy, sweet treat brings back such happy memories and leaves me yearning for more!

Is there anything better than sprinkles? My kids love this, and what adult doesn’t love a fun cake?

The Air Fryer Funfetti Cake is a must for anyone with an air fryer. It’s easy to make, delicious, and takes less time than baking cakes in the oven! This cake will be gone before you know it. Give this recipe a try today!

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Ingredients Needed For Air Fryer Funfetti Cake

All-Purpose Flour
Granulated Sugar
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Butter
Eggs
Pure Vanilla Extract
Sour Cream
Milk
Sprinkles
Salt

How To Make Air Fryer Funfetti Cake

In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, mix well. Then in another bowl, add your wet ingredients, the butter, eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream, and milk. Mix well. Mix in your sprinkles.

Pour your cake batter into a prepared pan (spared with cooking spray or baking spray) and pour the batter in about 2/3 way full. Set into the air fryer and bake at 320 degrees F, air fryer setting, for 12 to 15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let the cake cool before frosting and decorating the cake.

Pro Tips:

This recipe works best with 6-inch pans; the pan will make or break this recipe. Remember, an air fryer works by hot air circulating around the pan, so any thick pan that you use will leave you with a raw center. So, if you want the cake fully cooked, use a thinner cake pan that you are used to using.
Your recipe won’t turn out right if you don’t measure your flour. A common mistake is adding too much, which can lead to an unstable dough or dough that’s too soft for baking with its elasticity compromised. Using scales instead of just eyeballing will give accurate measurements every time!
You can substitute whole milk yogurt for the sour cream, it will taste about the same.
You can line your cake pans with parchment paper, if you don’t have cooking spray, or want to make a layered cake.

IS FUNFETTI CAKE WHITE OR YELLOW?

It’s a white cake, right? You may think that the answer is obvious, but it turns out that there are two schools of thought on this.

The first school of thought maintains that Funfetti Cake should be yellow because “fun” and “fetti” mean different things. The second school of thought says that Funfetti Cake should be white because it’s a vanilla-white cake with sprinkles mixed in. Who is right?

If you add the egg yolks, to the cake mix, the cake will be yellow. Omitting them will give you the classic white appearance of the cake.

CAN I PUT SPRINKLES IN CAKE MIX?

Yes, you can add any sprinkles that you want. This makes for a great holiday recipe. As you just switched out, some great ideas:

Valentine’s Day: Red, Pink, and White Sprinkles
St. Patrick’s Day: Green and White Sprinkles
Easter: Pastel Sprinkles
Patriotic Holidays (4th of July, Memorial Day, Patriots Day, Labor Day) Red, Blue, and White Sprinkles.
Halloween: Orange, Black, Purple, and White Sprinkles
Thanksgiving: Orange, White, Red, and Brown Sprinkles
Christmas: Red, Green, and White Sprinkles

WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR FUNFETTI CAKE?

It’s time to make a cake! Funfetti is one of the most popular flavor cakes out there. It has colorful sprinkles, white frosting, and an assortment of colors on top. You can even color your funfetti cake with natural food coloring.

Traditionally it’s a white cake, with colored sprinkles tossed in, then covered with a white buttercream frosting, and then for even more fun, sprinkle some more sprinkles on top.

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