This layered Vanilla Bean Champagne Cake is perfect to celebrate the holidays or any birthday! Pop a bottle … for cake!
It’s my birthday! I’m gonna party like its my birthday! With a Champagne and Vanilla Cake of course! (Yes, birthdays are an other occasion to overuse exclamation marks). A perfect cake to celebrate birthdays or New Years Eve! This naked layer cake has layers of light and fluffy champagne and vanilla cake with seriously decadent champagne and vanilla bean buttercream. A dreamy white on white layer cake. It’s a stunner. Pop it like its cork!
Whoop whoop. Birthdays are my favourite celebration (after Christmas of course). It’s a day where everyone gets to celebrate you! I’m bigger about celebrating other people, however this year I’m three kids down with all three under three. It’s my year to take a day to party.
And by party I mean wake up at 6am with my sweet toddler twins, eat the breakfast that I cook (the amazing man I married has zero kitchen skills), nurse my hilarious chuckle bunny of a baby, and generally have fun with my family. Partying takes on a new meaning when you have young kids at home, but these 3 are such a hoot that I’m 100% into it. There’s going to be cake and wine at some point so it can’t be so bad.
It was a crazy year. We had our 3rd baby, moved to a house in a suburb, and my husband transitioned into a new job. It’s been one heck of a ride and I can’t wait to see what this next year bring.
Here’s a gorgeous Pink Champagne Cake. Want a birthday cake vibe? How about this Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough one, or even this Funfetti Cake? To learn all about making rosettes on cakes check out this post here.
This Champagne Vanilla Bean Layer Cake is perfect to celebrate the holidays or any birthday! Perfect bakery-like layers of Champagne and Vanilla Bean Cake with a Champagne and Vanilla Bean Buttercream.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 4 lrg egg whites
- 1 1/3 cup champagne or sparkling wine
- 2 tsp high quality vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 4-6 tbsp sparkling wine / champagne
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste or quality vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp nonpareils or sprinkles
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Cake: Preheat oven to 350° F. Butter and line 3 x 6" cake pans. Using the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5-7 minutes. Add egg whites one at a time until well blended. Alternate adding flour, baking powder, and salt with sparking wine. Starting and ending with dry ingredients in 3 separate additions. Divide batter between pans and bake for 23-27 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
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Buttercream: Using the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in vanilla. Add sparking wine 1 tbsp at a time until desired consistency is reached.
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Assembly: level cakes if need be. Top each layer with buttercream and spread evenly. Spread a thick layer of frosting on the sides and top. Scrape to create a smooth and even sides and top. Top cake with rosettes* and nonpareils (sprinkles) if desired.
* Tips on how to make a rosette can be found in this post https://www.mykitchenlove.com/make-ombre-rosette-cake/
Enjoy! xo
Recipes Inspired by: lots of great places but most notably, here and here
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Lovely picture and recipe 🙂
Thank you Suki!!
Beautiful cake. And I can think of so many occasions where this cake would be just perfect. And Happy Birthday!
I have a feeling that this recipe will be resurfacing for NYE in 11 months. 😉 Thank you!
Happy (early or belated) Birthday, Samantha! I love the sound of this cake — how appropriate for a birthday! What an innovative recipe idea. Going to Pin this now and save it for later. Thanks for the inspiration, and have a fantastic weekend!
Thanks Justine!! It was fun and a hit in our house.
WOW that cake sounds amazing. It’s great when you make your own birthday cake…you get EXACTLY what you want. Have a great year!!
Exactly Gloria! 🙂
I hope you had your cake and ate it, too! You deserve it. And that’s a beauty cake, by the way.
Thanks so much Tiffany! It was a great bday … and I had 2 cakes; a DQ ice cream one too 🙂
How decadent, the perfect cake for a celebration but tops for NY. And Happy Birthday to you 😀
Tops! Love it. And thanks Evelyne! The post is from a few years ago, but it is almost my b’day again. Happy Holidays!
This is so perfect for New Year’s Eve! I have a toddler too, so staying up till midnight might not happen, but I have a feeling this cake would make up for it :).
Lol. Cake usually makes up for a lot around here 😉 Hope your holidays were lovely!
Beautiful cake! In the serving size it says “1 6″ Three Layer Cake,” but in the directions it says to butter and line 3 8″ cake pans. Which did you use for this recipe? Thank you!
Hi Julia! Thanks for this note. I updated the measurements recently to reflect a 6″ three layer cake. I’ve updated the instructions as well now which I had clearly missed in my last review! Happy New Year!!
This cake looks absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Would this work for cupcakes?
I haven’t tried that, but I don’t see why not. The crumb is a bit more dense than a typical cupcakes is the only thing you should probably be aware of.
This cake is beautiful! Looks like it came from a bakery! This would be a perfect cake for New Year’s Eve dessert! Thanks for the recipe share!
Awwww, glad you think it’s that pretty 🙂
Wow! My kind of cake for this NYE festivity! It looks incredibly delicious and is very yummy! Everybody would definitely love this, great color too!
Such a great way to ring in the New year!
First, this cake is so pretty!
Lastly, it is so delicious!
Glad it’s both of those things 🙂