Carnival Cake

Ingredients

• 6 to 8 ounces white candy-coated chocolate pieces, for decorating
• Yellow and red food coloring
• Swiss-Meringue Buttercream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 ¼ cups hot water
• 2 ¼ cups buttermilk
• + 8 more ingredients
• • 6 large eggs
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons salt
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
  • 4 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 4 ½ cups sugar
  • 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 ¼ cups unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
  • Unsalted butter, for pans

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Cut 2 rounds of parchment paper to line bottoms of 2 (10-by-2-inch) round cake pans. Butter pans; line with parchment. Butter parchment. Dust pans with cocoa; tap out excess. 2. Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking po...

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