Blueberry Cake Studded with Candy
Blueberry Cake Studded with Candy
A Beautiful Blue-Berry Cake. This blueberry cake looks so impressive yet it’s so simple and easy to make. Made with a boxed white cake mix, a can of blueberry pie filling, a can of vanilla frosting and the star of this cake…..multi-colored nonpareils candies. You will wow your guests with this cake! They’ll never know how easy it was to make, unless you tell them.

Tinted Blue
For this recipe we tinted the white cake mix blue with a blue gel food coloring from AmeriColor The Worlds Finest Food Color. I started using Americolor food coloring gel a few years ago and I have to admit it’s the best coloring gel I’ve ever used. This isn’t a plug or anything, I just like it and thought you’d like to try it too. It seems to me that with gel food coloring, you don’t need as much either. So give it a try and see what you think!
Make From Scratch
This recipe is made with several convenient products, such as a boxed cake mix, canned frosting and canned blueberry pie filling. You can certainly make this whole ensemble from scratch. Make your favorite vanilla or white from scratch cake, make a vanilla buttercream frosting and if you have homemade blueberry pie filling laying around, by all means use it! Better still, take a picture of your creation, send it to me and I’ll post it here!
Why Nonpareils?
You might be wondering why I decided to use nonpareils to decorate this cake. The answer is a simple one. My husband loves nonpareils and since he is my primary taste tester….you get the point! I have to confess, I have made this cake once before. The first time I made a chocolate cake with white frosting and Sno Cap nonpareils. The cake was delicious but it was very lackluster. I decided to make this cake again after I found these pastel colored sno-cap nonpareils at Sweet Memories Candy Shoppe.
Nonpareils
Nonpareils are dark chocolate discs that are sprinkled with small, white candy balls. The name actually refers to the small candy balls and is from the French word for “without equal.” Sno Caps are a smaller version of the larger discs. Nonpareils are a decorative confection in the shape of tiny balls made with sugar and starch. Traditionally white but are now available in many colors. Nonpareils were often used by bakers to decorate wedding cakes in the early 1900’s through the 1960’s.
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Blueberry Cake Studded with Candy
Ingredients
- 1 18 oz package classic white cake mix
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 4 egg whites
- 4-6 drops blue gel food coloring
- 1 21 oz can blueberry pie filling
- 2 16 oz cans classic vanilla frosting
- multi-colored nonpareils candy,
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º Lightly spray bottom and sides of three 8-inch round baking pans with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Mix cake mix, water, oil and egg whites in a large bowl until moistened. Beat with mixer on low speed for 2 minutes, beat on medium speed 2 minutes longer. Stir in blue gel food coloring, 2 to 4 drops. Divide batter between prepared pans. Tap pans on counter top to remove air bubbles.
- Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes. Cake is done when a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Remove from oven. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Carefully remove cake(s) from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
- With serrated knife, cut off uneven tops from cakes. Place one cake round on cake pedestal.
- Lightly frost top of cake, with slotted spoon, spoon blueberry pie filling on frosting. Place second cake layer on top of first layer, frost, with slotted spoon, spoon blueberry pie filling on frosting layer.
- *Tip: you might need to insert wooden skewers into cake to keep the cake layers stable. Lightly frost top and sides of cake. Set frosting aside.
- Refrigerate cake until frosting is set. Remove from refrigerate and finish frosting top and sides of cake. Start adding multi-colored non-pareils to top of cake, until top of cake is covered in candies. Repeat adding candies to sides of cake. Keep cake in refrigerator until ready to serve.
Banana Blueberry Breakfast Bread is another delicious recipe featuring blueberries.



26 Comments on “Blueberry Cake Studded with Candy”
This is a gorgeous cake!!
I actually love playing with colors, especially in desserts. It's fun and it's beautiful/
I'd definitely loooooooove a slice or two to eat
Thanks so much for stopping by Winnie~ Always a pleasure to have you visit:) Lynn
Oh how fun! I'm pinning this! I'm visiting from http://www.artistic31mama.com and the Mom's Monday Mingle blog hop! Returning the follows! Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I'll look forward to seeing more from yours. 🙂
Hi Faith~ Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the return follows~Lynn
A beautiful presentation for this cake. Your recipe is awesome and thank you so much for sharing it at the table with Full Plate Thursday.
Hope to see you again soon!
Miz Helen
Always a pleasure to have you drop in Miz Helen~ See you again next time~Lynn
This looks yummy. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday linky party. I hope you join us again next week with some more yummy recipes.
Thanks for stopping by~ I'll see you at the next linky party…It's a favorite! Lynn
I just love the color of this cake and the little candies on the top make it perfect! This cake would be a big hit in my house!
Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com
Hi Cindy~ Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend~Lynn
Lynn,
Thank you for making it to my party, better late than never LOL!
This cake looks so fun and yummy. I pinned it. See you next week at Tuesday Trivia.
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
Hi Wanda~ Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you next week….hopefully I will be on time:) lol Lynn
What a fun cake!
Thanks Michelle~
I love this blue color! It's so fun – and the snow capped candies just top it off! Super cute idea 🙂
Thank you~ The kids loved it~ So Glad you stopped by~Lynn
P.S. I'm your newest follower 🙂
Thank you~ I'm following you too:) Lynn
That is just gorgeous!!! I love how you frosted it, beautiful.
Stopping by from Festive fridays 🙂
Alexis from Running Away? I'll Help You Pack!
Hi Alexis~ Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great week-end~Lynn
I can't believe how intense the blue is in your cake layers! So bright and beautiful 🙂
Hi Loretta~ Thanks for dropping by and hope you have a great week-end~Lynn
This not only looks luscious but also very pretty and unusual. Thanks for showing us how. Linda
Thanks for stopping by~ This cake turned out really nice and very delicious~Lynn
The blue color kind of frightens me, but the rest of this cake looks delicious and moist! I bet the almond extract adds a really nice touch of flavor.
Natashalh
Thanks for stopping by~ Sorry to hear the blue frightens you:( I made it for my Nephews Birthday and he loved the color~ What matters is the taste and you're right, this cake is very moist and I love the taste of almond and blueberries together:) Lynn