Sinamon Tales

by Monika

Rainbow Cake – A Piece of Joy

Nothing can beat the colors of this awesome and wonderful Rainbow Cake 🙂

Just looking at this picture of the rainbow cake reminds me of the wondrous mix of rain and sunshine in the sky!

rainbow cake

 

Rainbow cakes are happy cakes, just like rainbows… Whats not to love in them, the colors… just look how pretty it looks.

Some weeks ago, Artsy Craftsy Mom asked me for a rainbow cake recipe on FB, I suggested her some links as she told me how her daughter wanted to bake and decorate the rainbow cake as a homecoming party gift after the summer vacation break. Because the cake was so special to Little P, Shruti was a little hesitant to bake it all by herself and I initially offered to help her by giving her batter that she can bake at home, the idea went back and forth and we finally decided that I will bake the cake for her, send her the frosting and she will do the decorations with Little P at home.

 

 

I loved baking this cake! I have baked rainbow cupcakes before and I had baked rainbow cake which was a cake with seven layers each with different colors, but this is the first time I was baking rainbow cake with all the colors in one cake and I so enjoyed the pouring, part of me was behaving like a child, pouring a spoonful of a different color each time… what joy 🙂

And then look at the beautiful decorations which Little P did on it! Sigh, the gems, the sprinkles on the light blue frosting…Doesn’t this look like the rainbow, really? Reminded me of the fruit cake with bits of tutti frooti my mom used to bake when I was a kid!  These are the times I really am glad I have great friends and have the love for baking! This cake made everyone happy, regardless of age? That is all we want on birthdays and in parties, right?

 

 

Source – adapted from various sources on the internet.

Rainbow Cake - a piece of joy

Rainbow cakes are happy cakes, just like rainbows... Whats not to love in them, the colors... just look how pretty it looks!
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American, british

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tbsps milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

For the frosting

  • 70 gm unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 150 gm icing sugar sieved
  • 1 2 tbsps milk of

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 190 C and prepare your pan (I used a 6-inch round pan for this) by lightly greasing it with butter and keep aside.
  • Beat the butter and sugar together till light and fluffy, this will take about 2-3 minutes.
  • Now beat in one egg at a time, adding a little flour if your egg shows signs of curdling.
  • Add the milk, vanilla essence and rest of the flour and mix till just blended.
  • Divide the batter equally in six bowls.
  • Add one tsp of red color in bowl number 1.
  • Add one tsp of yellow color in bowl number 2.
  • Add one tsp of green color in bowl number 3.
  • Add one tsp of blue color in bowl number 4.
  • Add half a tsp of red color and half a tsp of yellow color in bowl number 5 to make orange color.
  • Add half a tsp of blue color and half a tsp of red color in bowl number 6 to make purple color.
  • Take six tbsp measures or 6 equal measure spoons at home and starting with purple, keep pouring one spoonful of each color in the center of the baking bowl. Let the batter spread by itself, when u pour spoon after spoon it will start to form the layers.
  • When you have finished pouring the batter, give the bowl couple of gentle taps on the kitchen counter to let go of any large air bubbles and bake in the preheated oven for about 3-40 minutes till the tooth pick comes out clean and the top of the cake bounces back when pressed.
  • Let it cool completely before frosting.
  • In the meanwhile, beat your butter and sugar till light and fluffy, mix a bit of blue color to give the sky color, add the milk if you feel the frosting is too thick.
  • After the cake is completely cool, spread the frosting on top and decorate with sprinkles and gems.

Notes

 
 
Now you tell me whats not there to fall in love with this cake 🙂
PS: Pictures credit Shruti.
If you make this, share a picture with me on twitter, instagram or Facebook? I would love to hear what you have to say about it !
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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Comments

  5. Soumya says

    This IS just too awesome! The colors! The recipe! Everything! I just jumped out of my chair when I saw the photograph 🙂

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  6. S says

    Lovely bright one, Monika !

    Inspired by just your photo the other day, I had baked my own, but didn’t think of mixing colours ! also, thanks for the tip on pouring in the batter 🙂

    – Soumya

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  9. Smita says

    I was waiting for this one 🙂 and the secret of the layers sounds so simple but i am sure i will goof up but still will try 🙂
    Thanks!

    Reply

  25. Gayatri says

    Hi Monika, I tried this recipe over the weekend. I was a little hesitant in using the food colours so ended up with a “pastel” rainbow cake, nevertheless delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Would you use teaspoons of batter to get layers in cupcakes? Please let me know. Thanks once again.

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  26. monikamanchanda says

    thanks gayatri so glad u liked them and yes for cupcakes one teaspoon layering would do

    also if u dont mind send me a picture at [email protected] and I will share it with wider sinamon family 🙂

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  30. Megha Malik says

    God I loved it!!! 🙂 I was redirected from the Blog- Perceptions..:) and it was absolutely worth it 🙂

    Thank you so much..for sharing the recipe!

    Regards,
    Megha 🙂

    Reply

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