Pinterest Rainbow cake

Erin · Guru

Pinterest Rainbow cake

muffy · Guru

Great job!!! I decided next time I would use boxed white cake mix. Is that what you used? I didn't have one, so I searched the net to find a white cake mix that did not use " gently folded" beaten egg whites. IMO it needs to be as white as possible for the food colours to stay true to colour... Let us know what you used!

Domimom · Senior Member

I'm not sure, but your cake is awesome!!

Erin · Guru

muffy wrote:
Great job!!! I decided next time I would use boxed white cake mix. Is that what you used? I didn't have one, so I searched the net to find a white cake mix that did not use " gently folded" beaten egg whites. IMO it needs to be as white as possible for the food colours to stay true to colour... Let us know what you used!

Hmm, I used a boxed white cake. It called for three egg whites, but didnt say anything about being folded in. It called for whisking/mixing for two minutes, and then when I seperated into three bowld to collor, I obviously did more mixing. I wonder if that contributed. It tasted yummy , it was just super crumbly. I used two boxes and three tubs of frosting. :oink

As for the colors, I picked up some gel dye at Michaels - it is Dugg Goldman (Charm City Cakes) brand. lol. To dye cakes bright colors,gel is the way to go.

Corey · Guru

whenever i dye cakes or cupcakes i have the best success with Betty Crocker WHITE (not just vanilla) cake mix. make sure you only use the egg whites, versus whole eggs. it is never crumbly and as long as you make your own icing it doesn't have that boxed cake taste, iykwim.

Corey · Guru

weird. sounds like that IS what you used, i bet it was all of the mixing you did.

Corey · Guru

i think yours looked awesome, but if you wanted to go homemade (if you ever do it again) this is the girl's recipe who made her rainbow cake on martha stewart awhile back...

http://www.whisk-kid.com/2009/08/say-it-with-cake.html

Sara · Guru

looks awesome!

Michele · Senior Member

Looks great Erin! I can see why it was the hit of the party. I am dying to try make one now too!

Jo · Guru

That looks awesome, Erin!

gogona · Guru

Corey wrote:
i think yours looked awesome, but if you wanted to go homemade (if you ever do it again) this is the girl's recipe who made her rainbow cake on martha stewart awhile back...
http://www.whisk-kid.com/2009/08/say-it-with-cake.html

Thanks for the link, Corey. I am going to attempt to make this for DH's birthday smile

Michele · Senior Member

Erin or Corey, I just read the whisk blog and it says to only use a cup of batter per layer of cake. Is that really enough? I am planning to make this and I want to make sure it is right. I'm not going to use as much frosting as the picture in the whisk blog. I really appreciate your hope or input. :)

Erin · Guru

I used two boxes of cake mix and split each into three. I think that ended up being 1 1/3 cups each, and yes, they were a bit tall for a six layer cake but not too bad.So, 1 cup each sounds about right. I took a long serrated knife and tried to trim the hump off each layer, so they were each relatively flat.

kris · Guru

OMG I'm soooo inspired.

Michele · Senior Member

Erin wrote:
I used two boxes of cake mix and split each into three. I think that ended up being 1 1/3 cups each, and yes, they were a bit tall for a six layer cake but not too bad.So, 1 cup each sounds about right. I took a long serrated knife and tried to trim the hump off each layer, so they were each relatively flat.

Thank you! I was thinking I would have to "trim the hump". I can't wait to do it. I think maybe in another week or so. I just need to figure out my frosting now...

LDSMOM · Senior Member

To make it less crumbly, you could try to put it in the fridge for several hours. I'm not sure why it works, but I noticed that it helped the cake come apart cleaner several years ago.

Jo · Guru

Erin - what did you do for frosting?