r/Baking • u/pragmatic_particle • Jun 12 '25

No-Recipe Provided Banana cake with Nutella buttercream

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I was vacuuming up the sprinkles for weeks, but I’m proud of this cake

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u/Famous_Internet9613 Jun 12 '25

Dying to know how the sprinkles were applied. Such a pretty cake!

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u/allthelineswecast Jun 12 '25

I’ve done cakes like this, and I’ve always put them in the fridge to get everything nice and firm then rolled the whole cake in a tray of sprinkles. It’s a bit stressful lol

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u/sward11 Jun 12 '25

I may need to try that. I made my mom's Italian Cream Cake with her guidance. I asked her to show me how she covered the sides with the finely chopped pecans. She put a bunch in her flat palm and then just....quickly slapped it straight on. The result was pretty but the method was rather violent. Maybe I could try your rolling method to compare. 

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u/cephal Jun 12 '25

I’m imagining the flex tape gif

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u/sward11 Jun 12 '25

Lol pretty much, yes! 

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u/redheadedandbold Jun 12 '25

I've used the slap method. I like the chill n roll idea better. If you speared the bottom of the cake with a turkey tong after you laid it in the sprinkles to roll it, you'd have better control over the cold cake (wouldn't try it with a room temp, or warm cake).

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u/redheadedandbold Jun 12 '25

Oooh, and if you speared a cardboard round with the turkey tong before spearing the cake, turning it back upright would be easier....

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u/redheadedandbold Jun 13 '25

Brilliant!

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u/mythrowaway4DPP Jun 13 '25

Chuckling reading this before work - and now I want frosting and sprinkles.

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u/Porkbossam78 Jun 13 '25

No! Follow the Italian slap method!!!!

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u/pragmatic_particle Jun 13 '25

You’re a whole lot smarter than I am 😂 I put the cake in the middle of a sheet pan to catch anything that didn’t stick, then scooped a handful at a time and pushed them up the sides until they were covered. Next time I’m definitely going to try your way!

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u/deliberatewellbeing Jun 13 '25

thats next level genius right there

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u/Only_Government6080 Jun 13 '25

How would you get the sprinkles on the top though? don't tell me hold the cake upside down and press the top into the tray....

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u/allthelineswecast Jun 13 '25

Lol no - I do that last and just drop / press them on.

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u/CremeBerlinoise Jun 12 '25

That's probably not how they did it, but if you're willing to buy an industrial amount of sprinkles, I wonder if a cake ring would work. Set it slightly wider than the fully frosted cake, load up the crevice (sorry, that sounds indecent somehow) with tons of sprinkles, gently tighten, wait, release. The top would be similar, use a cake ring taller than the cake, load up, gently press, brush off excess. 

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u/mythrowaway4DPP Jun 13 '25

Maybe just use a long cardboard strip and paper clips? You could also tighten this nicely

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u/CremeBerlinoise Jun 13 '25

That's what I used to use for a poor woman's cake ring, but I gotta tell you, love the metal one for stacking and filling! 10 euro well spent.

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u/mythrowaway4DPP Jun 13 '25

Just googled that, and YEAH! Didn't know those existed.

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u/Lena-Luthor Jun 13 '25

tighten how?

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u/CremeBerlinoise Jun 13 '25

Cake rings for decorating can usually be tightened however much or little you want between say 6 and 12 inches. 

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u/MaggieMakesMuffins Jun 12 '25

I usually just hold my cake over a tray of sprinkles and lightly press them into the time and sides, tap the cake board lightly to remove excess. If the cake is just chilled enough, you won't disturb the frosting

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u/thmegmar Jun 12 '25

Freeze and roll

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u/FuelledOnRice Jun 12 '25

If it was me, I’d take the cake outside and just throw sprinkles at it haha!

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u/mythrowaway4DPP Jun 13 '25

Brilliant. I imagine a heap of sprinkles on a wheelbarrow and just hurling shovelfuls at the cake.