Striped Vanilla Bundt Cake

 Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups cake flour
• ¼ tsp. baking powder
• ¼ tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• ½ cup plus 2 ½ tbsp. whole milk, divided
• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• Green paste food coloring
• Yellow paste food coloring
• Pink paste food coloring

 Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 6-cup Bundt pan with baking spray with flour. In a medium bowl, combine cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, whisking well. In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and granulated sugar. Beat at high speed with a mixer until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes. Add eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract, beating until blended. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternately with ½ cup milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan, and tap on countertop to settle batter and reduce air bubbles. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean, approximately 40 minutes. Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto a wire cooling rack, and turn cake right side up. Let cool completely. In a large bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar and remaining 2 ½ tablespoons milk, whisking until smooth. Divide mixture into 3 bowls. Using food coloring, tint a portion green, a portion yellow, and a portion pink. Place each color in a piping bag fitted with a medium round piping tip. Pipe glazes onto cake in stripes. Store cake in an airtight container at room temperature until serving time, up to 3 days.

 Tested in the THASC kitchen. Photo by THASC.

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