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How to make a Rainbow Cake

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Growing up as a child, the first time I ever saw a rainbow in the sky I was ecstatic. I couldn't believe my eyes because I thought it was too good to be true and I marveled at its wonder. It made me to know that God is truly awesome and is a great Artist.  Rainbows are meteorological phenomenons caused  by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets causing a spectrum of light to appear in the sky. They take the form of a multi-coloured arc or semi-circle. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.
They can be full circles; but, the average observer sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground and its centered on a line from the sun to the observers eye.
Today I have decided to post this recipe of mine to bring down the rainbow you see in the sky, far from you to being very close and sitting on your kitchen table or cake board. Enjoy!

 

 

 

Rainbow Cake Recipe

Prep Time: 30mins          Cook Time: 10mins for each layer     Total Time: 2hrs (plus cooling time)

Things you'll need:
        
    Cake:
  • Cake batter
  • 7 Bowls for mixing
  • 7  Spoons
  • 7 Food Colours (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,Blue, Indigo (mix blue and violet) and Violet)
  • Baking pan (I used a 6-inch pan, make sure you have enough batter to suit your pan size)
  • Butter for greasing Pan
  • Palette Knife for spreading frosting
  • Big spoon or Ice-cream scoop 
Frosting:
  • Butter cream frosting
  • Piping bags and No. 12 Piping tip
  • Food colours (same as above )
Procedure: Preheat the oven/pot (see my previous post on "how to bake a cake without oven") to 180 degrees Celsius.
Share the batter in all the bowls by scooping out same proportions into the bowls until batter is equally shared.

When this is completed, put the colours into each bowls accordingly, starting with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. ( I used the acronym ROYGBIV). 
With a different spoon for each bowl, mix in the colours thoroughly. Using different spoons prevents colours mixing together. You can use same spoon if you want, but you will have to wash it from time to time which is quite stressful. That's why I went for the option of using different spoons.
 Bake each coloured batter one at a time by pouring in the batter into the pan and using the spoon to work it out to fill the base of the pan. Make sure the batter fills the base completely because the batter is a thin layer, so care must be taken to make sure its evenly distributed. 
Bake for 10mins each and allow to cool.
When completely cool, layer each cake with butter-cream frosting (watch-out for my post on my butter-cream frosting recipe) and stack up the cakes in layers. 
Crumb coat with a thin layer of butter-cream icing.
Repeat the same procedure for the mixing of the colours for the frosting and put them in your piping bag with the tip and pipe in petal shaped patterns. And there you have it! Your very own rainbow cake!


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  1. Unknown4 August 2015 at 16:52

    That looks good. I've never been very good at making layered cakes. It usually turns out like the Leaning Tower of Pisa!

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    1. Hairianna's Tutorials5 August 2015 at 00:56

      Thanks Lisa, Awww @ your layered cake turning out like the Leaning Tower of Pisa (I love that tower though, LOL) . Read my post on how to layer a cake and let me know how it turns out this time.

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