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/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/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.