M&M's Rainbow Cake! How to make a Gravity Defying M&M Candy Cake with Cupcake Addiction

For the printable recipe click here: http://bit.ly/2gUIN7H
Learn how to make this Illusion effect m&m candy cake! Substitute with Skittles or your favourite candy!
This amazing, gravity defying cake actually looks like there's a packet of m&m's suspended above, pouring down onto the cake.

As always, this cake is easier to recreate than it looks and you'll be super surprised how simple it really is!

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Ingredients:
Cake batter - you can use your own recipe or a packet mix but you'll need a double batch http://bit.ly/BESTChocolateCake
Buttercream frosting http://bit.ly/2hg9W6M
3 large packets of m&m's
A small packet of m&m's
Sugar syrup (2 tbsp apricot jam with 3tbsp water heated in the microwave)
Melted chocolate - dark, milk or white

Tools:
10" cake board
*Optional Cake turntable
6 " & 4 " cake tins (or whatever size you want your layers to be)
6" & 4" cake boards (make sure the smaller board is cardboard, not thick wood)
4 x skewers http://amzn.to/2okxTfW
Serrated edge knife (bread knife)
Balloon stick with balloon holding cup attached
Spoon
Scissors
Cotton wool balls
Offset spatula http://amzn.to/2evwxfj
Pastry brush http://amzn.to/2c8w14J
Parchment paper http://amzn.to/2c8xw2A

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