Make Your Cake Look Like Cherry Blossom Trees Inside With A Simple Trick

Use sprinkles and chocolate to create branches and flowers

This vibrant and eye-catching interior design comes from blogger Buttermilk by Sam, who recently shared an Instagram story showcasing the process of creating a cherry blossom cake. The concept involves crafting a marbled cake with thin ribbons of chocolate batter piped onto a vanilla base mixed with pink sprinkles before baking. The trick is to ensure the dark lines are fine enough to resemble delicate tree branches adorned with blossoms. While the technique is straightforward, it's important to choose sprinkles that won’t bleed too much color into the wet batter (so it's best to avoid nonpareils). Sam also incorporates various shades of pink sprinkles for a more intricate final look.

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I adore DC's cherry blossoms so much that I bake this cake every year to celebrate peak bloom ? #spring #cherryblossom #springdiy

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Although you can use a loaf or sheet pan, it also makes a stunning layer cake, as demonstrated by Sam on TikTok. With the sprinkle-filled vanilla batter prepared, pour a ½ inch layer into a cake pan and top it with thin, branch-like ribbons of chocolate batter. Repeat this layering process, adding another layer of pink-speckled batter topped with squiggly chocolate lines, and bake as usual. To enhance the floral theme, you can decorate the exterior with petals or use a simple "petal" technique that only requires a spoon and a piping bag. When you slice the cake, you'll unveil a breathtaking display of blossom-covered branches in each piece.