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Pink Champagne Cake

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Pink Champagne Cake Across the Blvd
 
Champagne Cake sounds pretty fancy. Making it by starting off with a boxed white cake mix is not so fancy! Gloria found a recipe a few years ago on Betty Crocker Recipes and with a couple of changes, I gave it a try for a birthday cake for her that year. It turned out great! It would make a pretty Valentine’s Day or Easter dessert, too.

I followed the directions found at Betty Crocker Recipes with only a couple of exceptions. I used butter instead of oil in the cake and I added cream cheese to the frosting. I prefer cream cheese frosting over just about any other kind.

Pink Champagne Cake Across the Blvd

Pink Champagne Cake
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Pink Champagne Cake

A delicious, moist cake with cream cheese frosting.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Pink Champagne Cake
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 12
Author Beverly

Ingredients

  • 1 box White Cake Mix
  • 1 1/4 cup Champagne (Room Temperature)
  • 2/3 cup Butter (Melted)
  • 3 Egg Whites
  • 5 drops Red Food Coloring

Frosting

  • 2 8 oz Packs of Cream Cheese (Softened)
  • 1 Stick Butter (Softened)
  • 4 to 5 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cups Champagne (Room Temperature)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 5 drops Red Food Coloring
  • 1/2 cup Edible Pink and White Beads

Instructions

  1. Pre heat oven to 350.

  2. Prepare 2 8" round cake pans with cooking spray.

  3. Melt butter in microwave.

  4. Whisk egg whites in a small bowl.

  5. In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix and champagne. Add melted butter and egg whites and beat on medium for two minutes.

  6. Add food coloring and beat for 30 seconds.

  7. Divide batter evenly into the two pans. Bake as directed on box.

  8. Cool for five minutes in pans. Remove cake from pans and place on wire cooling racks. Allow cake to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting

  1. Combine butter and cream cheese in mixing bowl. Cream until mixture is combined. Add vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds.

  2. Alternate adding powdered sugar and champagne and beat on medium.

  3. Continue beating until smooth, adding remainder of champagne and sugar until you reach desired consistency.

  4. Add food coloring, one drop at a time and mix until you have the desired color.

  5. Use a generous amount of frosting between layers, on side, and top of cake. Once the cake has been frosted, add the edible pearl beads to the top and around the cake plated

Pink Champagne Cake Across the Blvd
Placed on a pretty milk glass cake plate, this makes a lovely dessert.
Pink Champagne Cake Across the Blvd

It’s very light and moist and the flavor is delicious.

Pink Champagne Cake Across the Blvd
 
This Champagne Cake is both easy to make and pretty to serve.  No need to mention the box mix part, unless someones asks for the recipe!  What do you think of using a boxed mix as the base for a recipe? It’s one of my favorite shortcuts. 
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  1. Laurie says

    Gorgeous! Looks like a perfect Valentine’s day dessert! I love how you decorated the platter as well as the cake – makes the whole display eye catching! I need to spend some time in your kitchen and learn how to cook and bake!

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  5. Kathleen says

    Pretty is such a good word to describe how this lovely cake looks and I am thinking it would taste just as good. I like the cream cheese in the frosting too.

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  6. Kim says

    Beautiful cake! I love champagne cake – it does give it a different texture. Thanks so much for linking up at You Link It, We Make It!

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