Multi Flavoured Rainbow Cake

I wanted my layers to be full size 9 inch layer cakes and not thin.

Multi flavoured rainbow cake.

Pour half into separate bowl. Trim rounded tops off cakes to level if needed. Carefully remove the aluminum wrapped cardboard from the cake pan and flip the cake out onto a cake stand. On serving plate place purple cake layer.

Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 5 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack. Reline and grease the pans and bake the final three layers. It s kind of a cross between a white cake and a hummingbird cake in flavor. So i doubled this recipe and filled my cake pans a little fuller and had enough left to make 12 regular sized cupcakes.

It took a small box of each flavor of gelatin in the double recipe so no measuring needed. Spread light coat of frosting on top and side of cake to seal in crumbs then frost with remaining frosting. It s one of my go to cake flavors whenever i m making something for a crowd. Step by step i own three 8 cake tins so i did three layers of the cake at a time i started by creaming the butter and sugar together with the lemon zest.

Repeat with blue green yellow orange and red cake layers. One cake mix makes only 2 full sized layers. Allow the cake to cool for up to 2 hours. A rainbow cake has long been one of my favourites for a special occasion it looks so impressive yet it s a relatively simple process.

Then i added the eggs and self raising flour and split the mixture between three bowls. Prepare cake batter from 1 pkg. Bake cake for 25 to 30 minutes until layers are fragrant and spring back when touched. You just need to set aside some time to bake three sets of sponges then decorate your showstopper and i ve made sure there s plenty of icing so no danger of running short before the end.

Cake mix as directed on package. Grease and flour 2 9 inch round pans. Allow the cake layers to cool completely. I rrrrreally like it with cream cheese frosting though.

Cover bottoms with parchment. Of course if vanilla is your thing then you can easily make this cake a vanilla rainbow cake too.