How To Make a Unicorn Cake - Bakery Secret! | Cupcake Jemma

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Before the Unicorn Cake, there was OUR Unicorn Cake. It;s a Crumbs & Doilies classic and now I'm going to show you how to make it at home. Another C&D secret revealed!
Recipe...
625g soft unsalted butter
625g caster sugar
10 lg eggs
625g self raising flour, sifted
8 tbsp milk + 1tsp vanilla
3/4 cup of sprinkles
For the buttercream, make three times this amount...
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For the meringues...
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White chocolate and sprinkles to finish!
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[@jol3129]

My bf surprised me with this cake when we visited Crumbs & Doilies in London because he knows how much I love your channel! So glad I can try and recreate this back at home here in the US to relive the memories!

[@xolio1993]

she's using 9 inch cake tins so it's 625g of everything. for 8 inch tins (decreasing by one inch) , decrease the ingredients by 125g , so 500g of everything. if you need 10 inch tins , add 125g so its 750g of everything :)

[@JA-wd9hz]

Went to Crumbs and Doilies yesterday but was upset when you weren't there. The staff told me you were on holiday. Hope you're having fun. I did get a peanut butter brownie though. It was AWESOME!

[@raufxniczilla8286]

Nicky is so generous handing C&D the recipe. 😍 And now Jemma is sharing it with the world, also very generous.. all success for both of you!! Sending my love from Indonesia 😘

[@emily_kingham]

Hi!!!!! Jemma, you are awesome, I'm just going to say that first, lol. I've been binge watching your videos. Your positive, sweet, funny attitude always puts me in a good mood and pumps me up for my own baking. I love you and thank you so much Jemma for your videos!! TIP: There's a secret to getting flat cake layers!! No need to scrape and waste!! They will be fluffy too... use cake strips. They are wet pieces of fabric you wrap around the outside of your pan.

[@marieanne23]

The secret has been revealed, I’ve always loved this cake. Just looking at it brings me joy🌈 Now I can try and recreate at home, thank you Jemma!🤗

[@patriciagagnon2342]

Help! I am using your recipe to create my daughters cake for her birthday, and thought I would use the same sponge recipe for her cupcakes to take to school to share with her class mates. I love the recipe, but noticed that the bottoms of the cupcake liners are quite buttery when they come out of the oven. I am in the States, so working with not quite the same quality butter, and with an oven at about 320 F. They taste AMAZING so totally worth the effort. Thanks so much for your channel, and for sharing all your knowledge.

[@judiegarnett2644]

THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR STATING THE FROSTING QUANTITY

[@marcusharrington4017]

Your crumb layer looks better than my final layer 😂

[@carterwilliamgamingandvlog3652]

Lol! Yes!

[@silasbarbie4416]

😂😂😂 so funny

[@CraftnCreations]

We are the lucky ones to have someone like you on KZbin!❤️

[@LifeCakeOfficial]

spending time with family and friends to bake cake

[@HowTasty]

I was waiting for this video after seeing the picture on your Instagram! Simply adorable

[@debbiewilliams3363]

How Tasty This looks, I just may have to make one for my grandsons birthday xx

[@rahul6555]

Love🌈🌈🌈

[@AF-ph5yq]

Yygy

[@Khamosshiya]

What a beautiful cake 🌈🦄😍Thank you Jemma 💕for sharing the detailed recipe and your great baking skills👌🏼God bless you 👏🏼

[@clarencedelramos6705]

Thank you for sharing your cake recipe! Made this cake twice for my daughter's birthday and for my niece's bday 😊 you inspired me to learn baking and I am now still learning and enjoying it. Thank you! ❤❤❤

[@s0neskim]

Self-Raising flour is a plain flour that have baking powder in it already. When you want to make bigger cake or cupcakes, self raising is the best flour to use because you don't need your calculator to calculate the ratio of baking powder 1tsp baking powder for every 100-125g plain flour.Or because you are not sure how much baking powder you need to add because you don't want the cake to be heavy or too light (it will have a slightly bitter taste)

[@pieceocake0926]

THE MOST AMAZING CAKE EVER!!!! I have made this recipe several times now and absolutely love it! Thank you for sharing!

[@diddleskenn1]

Hi can you tell me how many people the cake served. I want to make it for a christening this weekend but am a bit nervous about it.

[@lisabarnhart3674]

You guys are such an inspiration to me in USA 🇺🇸! Thank you so much for sharing recipes, tips and how to’s! Love you guys!!🌷

[@niamh4034]

going on a trip to london in january and i'm SO excited to visit crumbs and doilies!!!

[@nikitahjkakkad602]

The most beautiful cake we’ve ever seen ♥️♥️♥️

[@ineslapaix]

Omg I was literally looking for this video earlier, I thought you already had it up but it was the behind the scenes 🌸 THAKNYOU!

[@MadeOfPaperAndString]

You are such an inspiration Jemma! I love all your recipes, techniques and aesthetics! You are amazing! Please keep the recipes coming!

[@sarahjes1]

Dream video! I literally watch all your videos and pause as you do each step as I try to clumsily copy it! X

[@NatashaSummer]

This cake looks magical! Going to recreate it for my daughters 6th birthday 😀😀😊

[@glowdawn1976]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR TWO YEARS YAAAAAS

[@umawifa2325]

I love your channel Jemma. You take your time to teach us so much. Secrets that others are hiding. Bless you. I simply love you!!

[@semanticsamuel936]

Wish I'd seen this recipe before Brighton Pride (last weekend!). My friends would have appreciated this!

[@justinedamour-savoie417]

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!! So exciting! Thanks for sharing! And Nikki, you are SO talented!

[@WilliamsKitchenEN]

What an amazing cake Jemma, thank you for sharing that recipe with all of us 🌈🦄🌈🦄🌈

[@mayaflici374]

William's Kitchen EN oh mon Dieu, William aime les vidéos de Jemma PS: tes vidéos sont super, continue comme ça 🔥❤

[@WilliamsKitchenEN]

Oh merci Maya, yep big fan!!

[@TheCookieCoutureChannel]

Superb recipe!!! Love anything unicorns and this cake is one of my favorites so far, I wish I can give it a bite!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@let_your_weird_light_shine_2.0]

You can avoid having to trim your cake if you used cake strips. It stops the outside from over cooking and keeps the cakes level. You can buy reusable ones from Wilton or make your own with cloth and tin foil or paper twol and tin foil. It's quite easy and the results are phenomenal!

[@let_your_weird_light_shine_2.0]

@• Mellow Kitch • Rachel Solden cake strips are reusable if you buy them and not make them. I learned about them from a person who makes cakes for a living so....not sure how they could burn through, them....🤔

[@ShaShanDIY]

This cake looks so pretty! We love unicorns 😍❤️

[@miyurimiyazaki1520]

Sha&Shan DIY I always see around cake videos

[@blueberrys7165]

😍😍😍😍

[@aisyahbinsmit2817]

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[@messymaci9592]

I need to make this! Well, all I have to do now is to wait for someone's birthday 😂

[@rachkate76]

This has been my favourite cake ever since the preview of it beìng made a couple of years back. it just ozzes bright happiness.

[@starryeyes567]

8 tbsp = 1/2 cup or 4 fl oz, just to make it easier!!!

[@joycestewart4893]

My granddaughters and I are watching your video and we love you and your cakes! Ella and Ava said "They are so amazing!"

[@XHXHX]

Eden is going to have the most adorable birthday cakes 🥰

[@Charliefarley170287]

This beautiful cake almost looks to pretty to eat but cake must be eaten! This video is so wonderful. Rainbows, glitter, sprinkles, the rainbow sprinkle cupboard of colour coordinated dreams, cake and of course lovely, bouncy Jemma. What's not to love? Here's a silly video idea; homemade BN biscuits cos we know from Instagram that you love them. I'll be singing "do do do do do!" every time you say BN BN.

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

Thank you so much for giving us this masterclass!!! I will definitely make this ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@agb0012000]

You are so extremely talented. I’m so glad I stumbled onto your channel. I’ve learned so much.

[@colleentreanor797]

Oh my Jemma ! I made this cake different style but with your buttercream. DELICIOUS! THANK YOU for sharing and also your friend. My daughters 7th birthday was a success.

[@zaystellet1260]

just watched few of ur videos and loveeeeee how u keep thing smooth, even leveling the cake in the baking tin is satisfying to watch 😂

[@walsy64]

Love love love your videos. I've been binge watching them for days. Can you pretty please do an ice cream cake video? Trying to perfect chocolate ganache on the ice cream cake without melting the ice cream. No one else has a good video for this. I've searched a lot!

[@mayaflici374]

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe with us! It's 1am where I live and now I'm craving this cake omg

[@reynagg27]

When I saw that Crumbs and Doilies made a cake out of my favorite cookie Biscoff, I said I had to have it.. but unfortunately I live all the way in New York City and can’t try that amazing looking cake 😭😭😭 I would love to attempt to make the cake, can you pretty please make a tutorial on how to make it?!? 🙏🏼

[@thatonegirlelaine]

You make everything look so easy. I love this.

[@angeltabot3932]

Jemma: how do you feel like making it always everytime? Nikki: yah! Me: ???🤣

[@marie-anneduarte4981]

Thank you so much. Did I hear wrong though? You did say it was an 8 inch cake but I heard you say that you were putting the mixture into 9 inch pans??

[@allancairns4596]

Use 8" tins, I used a 9" tin tonight and it was terrible.

[@piscesx4009]

Hey Jemma. If I wanted to use this exact recipe but have a different flavour sponge- instead of vanilla - can I do this? E.g.. chocolate, coffee, lemon? But still keep the ingredients the same? Thanks. Keep up the amazing work xxxxx

[@messymaci9592]

Yes! Finally!!! Stayed up until 1:32 am just tonbe early🙂

[@sajoyaa]

love this!! Jemma can you make the raspberry white chocolate cake next, please!

[@tinap1333]

Serious dilemma guys.. I have no idea how I am going to sample all the goodies when I finally get a chance to visit London. I was thinking of looking for accommodation near C&D. But now I feel, even that wouldn’t be enough. Jemma, do you guys have space to rent out at C&D so I can camp there?

[@runsprints4life767]

The absolute best, love from America!

[@abim6856]

Hey Jemma. Your videos are amazing. Could you do a biscoff cupcake?

[@virpalsingh9752]

The best and the yummiest i have ever seen

[@alannahwatts5778]

Abi did you see the ones she made recently? They look incredible! Wish I could get biscoff in my country!

[@mlw1700]

Question: If you want to use self rising flour in a recipe that calls for All-purpose flour, do you need to make any adjustments to the recipe or the amount of flour?

[@OldLadyBakes]

Brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing! Best cake I’ve made yet. ❤❤❤

[@CzechCubBear]

hey Jemma, everybody knows what you can do with extra cake cut-offs, but what do you do with that already colored and scraped off extra butter cream, that you put on the grease proof paper? B.

[@beverleynunes2795]

I would freeze it, trying not to mix the colours too much when moving it into a container so it stays marbled. Or if I'm using it straight away, just transfer it to a piping bag and top cupcakes with it 😊

[@liesl7617]

Pop the cake cut offs in a food processor to make cake crumbs then mix in the excess frosting. Roll into balls and pop onto lolly sticks to make cake pops!

[@Sweetthang9]

You could scrape the frosting off horizontally, carefully getting the same amount in every scrape, then just plop it onto a cupcake for a rustic rainbow dollop.

[@riri27zm]

I pop it in the freezer and use it for crumb coating another cake later, if my sister hasn't already found and eaten it all!

[@Aprevil]

They could be a fun filling for macaroons

[@notestothenext3055]

Do you chill the cake at all after frosting and before the drip, to help with the pouring of the chocolate drip down the sides?

[@rubyv1329]

I have my cakes in the oven right now. It's been 24 minutes but they're still not cooked through and I know it's because I baked my cakes in 7-inch tins and they're quite deep. The tops are getting quite brown though so I've put some tin foil over the top to trap the heat in and prevent the tops from burning. Keep this in mind people so you don't make the same mistake 😋

[@pikaKipz]

Your oven might have some cold spots here and there. I had the exact same issue, and I had to cook them for 35minuttes before my sponge was as it should be. The browning isnt a big issue tho as youll just shave down your cake when ur gonna decorate it anyways, but its always nice to use some foil, thats true

[@timdaugherty5921]

EASY!! I have made 4 of them already.

[@henard11]

Finally I got an idea to bake cake for my daughter's birthday!!

[@susannekennedy1943]

This cake makes me happy 😊

[@fathimas3859]

So colourful! I have always admired this cake of yours. Please share the white drip recipe. I do find white chocolate harder to work with than dark chocolate drip

[@warrenh]

How do you pick the music for your videos?? It's always pretty funny and doesn't seem like you. The music toward the end of this video particularly, when you added the white chocolate, was insane and amazing.

[@PattymacMakes]

What a masterpiece!! Thank you for sharing your process.

[@wendybowes8051]

At the beginning when adding the butter you say an 8" cake and then when you are putting it in the tins you say 4 x 9" tins. Which should I use?

[@jouless7567]

Hi Jemma Can you tell me the make of the glitter you use I’ve been wanting some like that for ages to make my cakes and cupcakes sparkle.

[@lydiabreuning4329]

I love these videos! They are always so helpful... And let's face it, it's just great to watch how all these yummy cakes are made! I have a question though... What could you use on a cake instead of buttercream? My daughter doesn't like buttercream and I haven't yet found an alternative that I can use on birthday cakes that won't make fondant decor slip or melt...?

[@xolio1993]

3 years late 😅 but theres 6 kinds of buttercream. Crumbs and doilies uses the typical ‘American’ buttercream: butter and icing sugar. Very sweet and not my fave. There’s also Swiss, Italian, French, German and Russian. I’ll leave a link to all the recipes for them too. Swiss meringue buttercream: cooks egg whites and granulated sugar over a double boiler, whipped to meringue and butter slowly beaten in. (Good stability) Italian: sugar syrup poured into egg whites as they whip and butter slowly beaten in. (Best stability) French buttercream: the same as Italian but uses egg yolks not egg whites. Less stable than both meringue buttercreams. German: a Créme patissiére (pastry cream/custard) with butter slowly beaten in. (Stability is ok) Russian: beaten butter with condensed milk (very soft not so stable)

[@lydiabreuning4329]

@@xolio1993 thanks! Even of it's late it's still helpful😉

[@emmagriffiths4871]

when making a cake that needs carving, do i use baking powder as well as plain flour or just the plain flour?

[@michellemurray4461]

Hey, love this!!! Can I ask what brand glitter and sprinkles you use? Love from a fellow caker BellaTortaNI

[@faraha.8076]

Hi Jemma! Quick question, can I use these measurements for three 9 in layers instead of four 8 in ones?

[@sabafahim5558]

Thank you so much for sharing all your secrets, Jemma

[@nida1990]

I am gonna attempt and make this for my birthday in November! Because no one has ever made me a birthday! I have learnt sooooo much from this channel!

[@fionamolloy1321]

Ooohh it’s looks so good!! Can’t wait to try it. Thanks Jemma

[@iusandthefoods]

I'M HERE FROM INDONESIA! love Jemma as always!

[@quynhyenbui1007]

Hi Jemma, the cake looks amazing! 😍😍😍 but I was wodnering, what do you do with the excess buttercream after crumbcoating and the secondcoating? 🤔 Throw away or use again or eat it?

[@joseymc2]

I tried your cake the sponge is great not too sweet so when you add butter cream it’s perfect. Thanks

[@alexrojas110]

Who wants to know how to make her white chocolate Ganache drip?????? 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@samanthacampbell6294]

Where can I get these cake sprinkles to make the cake as struggling to buy ones that don't dissolve / bleed. Thanks love your vids

[@bebejanekiew9823]

Hi Jemma , what are the cake ingredients should i prepare for 6 inch cake ? Thank you . 😊

[@avni8936]

Your drips are by far the prettiest of all the drips I've seen on KZbin

[@nuerrahman1126]

I love the rainbow cake video

[@stephaniegonzalez1036]

I just found your channel and I’m binge watching!! I love it!!

[@Blueorbi]

How many days ahead can I prepare this cake and where would you store it? It's an amazing cake btw. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@Ab-abovetheFirmament]

How many cakes I have to bake for them to start looking like that? 🤔Now and then one comes out good, when I get frosting and buttercream consistency right... Should I practice with shaving cream and an upside-down cake pan? 🤔🤔🤔

[@amyeldon298]

Wanting to make this cake (without the meringues) watched this video a million times already 🤣❤️❤️ wish me luck xx

[@messymaci9592]

Okay I can sleep now cause I already watched it!😃 That also means I will only have 4 hours of sleep😂 Let's just hope I will not be late for school tomorrow lol. Love you Madame Jemma. Xoxo from Philippines

[@nivrrtakr2891]

Oh PH

[@messymaci9592]

Oh, so you prefer the brown vanilla extract. Is it better than the clear ones?

[@arianac5974]

Maci Sotico Andoy the lighter ones are usually vanilla essence. They’re also usually thinner, vanilla essence is usually synthetic so it’s not as strong a flavour. Meanwhile, vanilla extract usually comes from vanilla pods mixed with alcohol. It’s a lot thicker and stronger in flavour.

[@messymaci9592]

ari c oooh okay😃 Thank you so much❤️

[@yolandebarradas1571]

You guys are amazing!!🥰🥰🧁🧁

[@DaphneChiodi]

What do you do with all the caramelized part that you trim off the cakes?

[@nicolacorlett79]

Which colour paste do you use for the sides please ? Or even better do you sell them ?😁

[@CupcakeJemma]

We use a variety in the bakery but we’ve got a great set available at cupcakejemma.com. It’s 8 colours and they’re pasted so perfect for baking and colouring buttercream. x

[@caylagallagher228]

soooo pretty!! I love the glitter!

[@musiclov10]

Heyy! Was wondering if you had ideas for cake scraps? I have a lot from square cakes..we've made cake pops, little cups with cake. Thanks for any ideas! :)

[@nige13]

I usually mix mine left overs with a little melted chocolate or buttercream, put in between two pieces of shrink wrap, roll it out add cream/jam/fruit and make a Swiss roll :--)

[@karenscrappy1]

Hi what glitter do you use? Thank you

[@maghnusduffy9582]

Any tips on how to do the white chocolate drip? Is that just pure white chocolate melted in Bain Marie or is there anything mixed with it?

[@emiliesutcliffe1116]

Hi Jemma, I have made a few of your cakes now for special occasions but I’m attempting this for my sisters 18th. Do you make your own jam or which one do you use?

[@joshmillar2263]

Watching these videos makes me want to get back into baking so bad!

[@KikisKitchen]

Amazing 😍

[@rizwanbutt20013]

Me

[@Miss_Melly_D]

I am going to attempt this today ! yay! I love your videos Jemma, I am coming to london for a few days and I am gonna come to your cake shop hopefully you will be there.

[@nasij8928]

That look so delicious specially for that jam between layers of cake and icing T-T

[@janesommer7488]

What butter do you use??? Salted or unsalted???? 🌹 ❤️