INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup
unsalted butter, softened
2 cups
sugar
3 cups
cake flour
1 1/2 tsp
baking powder
3/4 tsp
baking soda
3/4 tsp
salt
6
egg whites, room temperature
1 tsp
pure vanilla extract
2 cups
champagne, room temperature
Red food colouring (optional)
3 sticks
+ 2 tablespoons (375 g) unsalted butter, softened and cut into cubes
3 cups
confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/4 cup
champagne
1 tsp
pure vanilla extract
salt
Few drops of red food colour (optional)
The two 8" or 9" round Champagne Cake layers, broken uup into pieces
~2 cups of the Champagne Frosting
1 lb
white chocolate couverture (I used Callebaut Belgian White Chocolate because I love the quality taste, but you can also use chocolate candy coating--note that white chocolate doesn't get as candy-hard as the candy coating)
Some coloured white chocolate coating melts (if you want to add colour to the coating)
White lollipop sticks (I used 6" Lollipop sticks)
Gold Disco Dust, optional
Gold Star Sprinkles, optional