Rainbow Cake

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Rainbow Cake

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :30 Min

Cook Time : 30 Min

Total Time : 1 Hr 0 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 5
  • for sponge cake: 200 gms butter, softened, plus a little extra for greasing


  • 500 gms plain flour


  • 150 gms caster sugar


  • 4 eggs


  • 1 tsp baking powder


  • 1 tbsp oil


  • 1 tsp vanilla essence


  • 40 ml milk


  • 2-3 drops edible food colouring - red, orange, yellow, green, blue , purple, pink


  • For the icing 1 tsp vanilla essence


  • 300g cream cheese


  • 350g icing sugar


  • 2-3 tsp cold milk

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 200degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch round pan. combine flour & baking pwdr in a bowl. cream butter and sugar until combined, add eggs one at a time followed by a little of the flour and mix well before adding remaining flour and vanilla extract.
  • If your mix is a little thick add up to 40ml milk - adding a tablespoon at a time and stopping when you get to a consistency that you're happy with.
  • Divide batter evenly among 7 small bowls equally. add the 7 colors to each bowl. mix well.
  • pour batter from 1 bowl in greased cake tin & bake for 10-12 mints or until done.chk with a skewer. if it comes out clean ur cake is done. remove the cake on a wire rack & cool completely. repeat the procedure with all other 6 layers.
  • for the icing : combine cream cheese,icing sugar, vanilla essence & milk in a bowl & beat with a electric beater for few mints until soft peaks r formed. chill icing for atleast 15 mints.
  • now place a layer of cake on a cakestand or serving plate. spread out the icing evenly & cover with another layer of cake.
  • repeat the process until all layers of cake r used.
  • complete the cake by spreading the icingevenly all over the cake.
  • decorate with sprinkles
  • slice & serve