Rainbow Cakes
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I get so excited when I spot a rainbow! It doesnt happen often but rainbows feel magical. They make me feel like a kid again.
I started to imagine how I could cake my very own rainbow. I am making 7 mini cakes, each one representing a colour of the rainbow. The cakes will be full of colour from the inside out, topped with some of my favourite candies, and filled with a rainbow surprise. This is going to be fun.
When I got the chance to decorate these rainbow cakes with my special guest, Tiffany Pratt, it was even more fun!
Ingredients
Cake
- 6 lb portion of Yo's Ultimate Vanilla Cake
Icing
- Simple Syrup
- Italian Meringue Buttercream
Decorations
- 2 1/2 lbs White Fondant
- Icing Sugar & Colored Sugar
- Chocolate Buttons
- Sprinkles
- Gumballs & Jumbo Gumballs
- Sour Warheads
- Banana Candies
- Rock Candy Sticks
- Royal Icing Flowers
- Food Writer Markers
- White Food Colouring
- Royal Icing
- Clear Piping Gel
- Gel food coloring: red, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, pink
Read It!
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Prepare the 6lb portion of Yos Ultimate Vanilla Cake. Divide evenly into 7 bowls (about 14 oz of batter per bowl). Dye each portion one colour of the rainbow.
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Divide all of the coloured batter between your 14 prepared cake pans. Two cake pans per colour. Bake the cakes at 350 for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Let cool.
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Remove the cakes from their pans, levelling them, and cutting each into two layers. Each coloured cake will be made up of four layers.
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Using the 1 1/2 circle cutter, cut a hole from the centre of the two middle cake layers in each colour.
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Prepare the simple syrup and soak all the cake layers.
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Prepare the Italian Meringue Buttercream. To fill each cake, place one cake layer down and spread on a layer of buttercream. Then place a cake layer, with a hole cut out, on top. Use a piping bag to pipe a ring of buttercream on top of the cake and spreading it with an offset spatula.
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Place the second cake layer with a hole cut out on top. Fill this secret chamber with rainbow sprinkles, filling all the way to the top. Flip the final layer of cake over and spread a layer of buttercream, flip again and place onto the cake.
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Repeat this process with the remaining 6 colours of cake. Once completed, crumb coat and chill for 20 minutes.
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Ice them smoothly, and chill again.
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Make a mark on the bottom of the cake board to label the colour. Once they are all white, you wont be able to tell.
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Cover each cake with fondant. I rolled out 3/4 lb at a time, and had 1/2 lb left over once the cake was covered.
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Set up a cake decorating station, invite your friends over or decorate with your kids.
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Paint your cakes using the same gel food colouring that was used to dye them. Dilute it with food grade alcohol or white food colouring to make it more opaque.
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Draw on the cakes with food colouring markers. Glue candy all around with the help of royal icing. Brush on a base of clear piping gel and throw on some sprinkle and sugar.
Congratulations you did it!
