As Salon outlines, the word “Funfetti” is a combination of “fun” and “confetti”, delicious and fun. The name itself indicates the whimsy and celebration this flavor is meant to embody, first hitting shelves through Pillsbury in the late ’80s. For example, OG’s recipe was a white cake. For those unfamiliar, white cake looks like vanilla cake, but has a slightly different recipe that omits the yolk, giving it a different texture, taste, and of course a whiter appearance (the difference by).
A cake wouldn’t be funfetti without the tremendously contrasting rainbow sprinkles. Not only did it stand out in flavor from traditional cake classics such as chocolate and vanilla, but it also looked surprisingly different from other cakes on the market.
Food show host, author, and recipe maker Molly Yeh declared in an interview with The New York Times that Funfetti was the birthday cake of the ’90s. She states that if you wanted to be a cool kid, you had to put Funfetti on the cake table.To this day, chefs use this flavor for birthdays, pools, her parties, a hint of chlorine, and Of course it is most closely associated with furikake-filled smiles. As time goes on, Funfetti may no longer be the go-to flavor for birthday cakes, but it’s certainly a household name outside of birthday parties.
