Fun Foods ~ Rainbow Cake

I actually made this for Easter this past year and it was a big hit.  It is actually very easy to make, so don't be intimidated and TRY IT! 


Step 1 ~ Use any box of light colored cake mix and prepare as directed on the box.  Decide how many colors you want to use (I used 6 for this cake) and separate the batter evenly into that number of bowls.  You have to use food coloring GEL to color your batter.  If you use liquid food coloring it will make your batter runny and the colors will mix and it wont bake right.  You can find food coloring gel on the baking isle of most any store.  You just have to look for it.  :)  

Step 2 ~ Layer your colors into your cake pan.  I used 2, 8" round pans and layered my cake.  I forgot to take a picture of layering the batter (oops!) but it is easy.  Just start with one color and drop it into the middle of the pan and drop the next color directly on top of it and so on....the batter will spread to the sides of the pan, you don't need to spread it yourself.  If you do you will just mix your colors.  If you are going to use 2 pans and layer your cake, remember to save enough of each batter color for the second pan!   This is what the cake will look like after it has baked.

Step 3 ~ After both cakes have baked and cooled I spread a light layer of frosting on the top of the bottom layer and stacked the second cake on top.  Then I put a light layer of frosting over the entire cake and put the cake in the freezer for about an hour to let it firm up.  Doing this helps keep your cake from getting crumbs in your frosting and will give it a nice even look when you finish frosting it.  Again, I don't have a picture of this step (I've never really done this instruction blogging thing before, Ill get better!).

Step 4 ~ After your cake has set in the freezer awhile, you can finish frosting and decorating it.  I'm not going to give instructions on how to frost the rest of your cake, if you are reading this, most likely you already know the basics of cake making. ;)  So, the following picture is of the 2nd cake I made because my kids and husband devoured the first one before I could get a really good picture of it, lol.

You can see that in this cake that I didn't use the color purple.  I'm not a big purple fan and I thought the color was just too dark for the cake so I left it out.  Next time I will layer the cake differently also.  The red and orange are too close in color and kind of blend together, so I will try putting the yellow between them next time, but it still looks really pretty (and it tastes good too)! 
If you have any questions just ask!  I hope you try it and love it!