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

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!

Tools & Equipment:
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
Serrated edge knife (bread knife)
Balloon stick with balloon holding cup attached
Offset spatula
pastry brush
Spoon
Scissors
Cottom wool balls
Baking or greaseproof paper

Ingredients:
Cake batter - you can use your own recipe or a packet mix but you'll need a double batch
Buttercream frosting (recipe link below)
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

Useful Links:
Link to buttercream frosting recipe:

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Xx Elise

Music: "Happy Harry" by Lincoln Grounds / Michael Pearse via Audio Network www.audionetwork.com