Funfetti Cake. I’m a sucker for frosting funfetti cake with classic American buttercream, but there’s no reason to not get more creative with this fun, buttery, vanilla cake. 16. Vanilla Cake ...

(Or for deep American-style cupcakes ... You can colour the buttercream at this stage. To make butterfly cakes, cut the top off each cake using a small serrated knife – angling the knife ...

(Chilling the cakes or even freezing them will make them sturdier to work with.) To make the buttercream, place the salted butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Sift the icing sugar on top ...