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This classic gluten free birthday cake is a funfetti gluten free vanilla layer cake filled with chocolate sour cream frosting and topped with chocolate icing. It's your new go-to birthday cake.
Table of Contents
- This is my go-to birthday cake combination
- Why this is the best gluten free birthday cake
- Gluten free birthday cake ingredient notes
- Tips for making a gluten free funfetti cake
- How to frost and decorate a beautiful gf birthday cake
- How to store a gluten free birthday cake
- Gluten free birthday cake substitutions
- More incredible gluten free cakes
- FAQs
- Classic Gluten Free Birthday Cake Recipe
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Wow- the cake is ridiculously good. I’m careful not to overcook my cakes and the timing listed in the recipe is really accurate. I can’t wait to take this to a birthday party. It is my gift to the birthday girl! This will be my go to gluten free cake recipe. My first one!
Aw, happy birthday to that lucky girl, Mary! So glad you are happy with the way it turned out!
I couldn’t find the flours recommended but successfully used Pamela’s gf flour mix with the suggested cornstarch. Also, added 1/4 tsp almond extract because all of the non-gf funfetti recipes I researched had it. I also used 2, 9″ pans with success. It made a wider and shorter cake, but It was still excellent.
Wondering if there is a necessary modification for high altitude?
There’s nothing unique about gluten free baking with respect to high altitude baking. If you normally make adjustments, I’d make those.
Hi, how come I can’t print the pictures?
Thanks
Hi, Kay, the only thing printable is the recipe, which also has one small square image. The photos in the post aren’t available to print or download.
Hi,
what would 1.33 cups (10.66 fluid ounces) of buttermilk be in grams? That’s such an odd number. Thanks
Grams are a weight measurement, Kay, and buttermilk can vary pretty significantly in weight depending on consistency, so it’s not appropriate. That’s why I use a volume measurement, as is customary with liquids. 1.33 is another way of expressing 1 1/3, which is not odd at all.
That’s disappointing, bc some of the pictures show how it’s done or looks like. Thanks
I’m honestly not sure what you’re referring to, Kay, since there are many photos in the post and an entire step-by-step process video. If you’re not seeing the video, you’re using an ad blocker and that’s really unfair of you (and will limit your ability to consume my video content now and in the future).
Nicole,
Do you have a tested recipe for a white cake.
White cakes are our family’s favorite, and I have never been able to find a really good gluten free recipe for one.
Thank you!
Yes, I do, Michael. Please use the search function for that and any other recipes you’re searching for!
Is there anyway to cut the sugar down to 1 cup. Even using alternative sweeteners cakes in my opinion for us to eat is way to sweet. 1 cup of sugar would be what we use.
Definitely not, Nina. There are two 8-inch cakes being made here, and sugar isn’t just a sweetener. It’s also a tenderizer. It sounds like you might prefer a low carb cake from another source.
Nicole,
This recipe was just in time for my husband’s birthday today! It was delicious and the funfetti was spectacular. I had ordered an assortment of Sweetopia sprinkles awhile ago and they came in handy. Thank you for this!
Happy birthday to your husband! I have to finally place a Sweetapolita order right away. So glad you enjoyed the cake!
We just celebrated my son’s birthday last night. My children always request something to challenge me, like last night’s watermelon pie with fresh slices of watermelon. I, however, miss this classic combination from my childhood like nobody’s business, and won’t be waiting until December to make one for myself. Thank you, Nicole!
Oh that’s so awesome, Julie! There is just something so satisfying about funfetti cake with some decadent frosting and icing.
Bulk barn has some of the Sweetapolita sprinkles GF in Alberta. you can plunk in your location on the Sweetapolita website and may be able to find a place closer to where you live so that you don’t have to order online.
That’s very good information, Sher! Thanks for sharing.
Would you be able to provide a link to the edible confetti you use? I can’t find anything by AmeriColor that isn’t food coloring and I would love to get fun decorations for cakes! Thank you!