RAINBOW CAKE
Ingredients
Cake:
1: plain flour 3 cups
2: sugar 2&1/3 cups
3: egg whites 5 (room temperature)
4: vanilla essence 1 tbs
5: salt 1/2 ts
6: baking powder 2 tbs
7: unsalted butter 225 g (room temperature)
8: milk 1&1/2 cups
9: food colours red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple 1tsp each (or as bright you like can add more)
10:6 foil tins of 9 inch (greased and add the baking paper at the bottom)
Frosting
1: cream cheese 600g
2: white chocolate 450g
3: icing sugar 2 cups
4: butter 60g (room temperature)
5: vanilla essence 1 tbs
6: smarties or m&m 3 packets for different colours
Instructions
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RAINBOW CAKE
Preheat The Oven 350f, 180c, Gas Mark 4.
1: grease the 6 cake tins and line the bottom with baking paper and grease it again.
2: sieve the flour, salt, baking powder and keep aside.
3: beat the sugar, butter till creamy and smooth.
4: then add the egg whites slowly and beat till combined.
5: now add the vanilla, flour, milk and beat then add the remaining flour and milk and beat till well combined.
6: now divide the batter in 6 bowls (1 cup and if remaining then again divide)and add the colours in each of them and mix the colours.
7: transfer the batter in the 6 greased pans and bake them for 12 to 15 minutes each or in batches.
8: remove them from the oven and cool it for 10 minutes in the tin, then remove from the tin and cool completely and remove the baking paper.
Frosting:
1: melt the chocolate till smooth on a double boiler pot, then keep aside to cool down slightly.
2: in a bowl add the cream cheese, butter, vanilla essence and beat till creamy.
3: then add the powder sugar and beat till combined.
4: now add the melted chocolate and beat again.
Assemble Cake:
1: place the cake on a plater any colour u like and spread the frosting 1 cup then place the other cake and carry on the same till the last cake and cover all around and decorate the cake with the m&m or smarties.
2: serve and enjoy.
BY FAIZA ZARIF
(COOK WITH FAIZA)
