Your help would be greatly appreciated. I buttered the pan because I never have shortening around. I made these cakes and think I may have done something wrong? Thank you for your response to my question. I am so pleased to find this recipe! After it sets, you can mix your gold dust and vodka together and paint the drip gold. was watching the rainbow cake vid and i just want to share something with you. I will use butter and flour next time. Line four 7 inch pans pans with parchment rounds, and grease with a light spray of non-stick cooking spray. Its the exact same recipe without the food coloring and then you can adjust the servings to what you need them to be. It depends on how thick you want the layers to be! Thanks. It colors it as well as adds a llttle tart (not sour) to the sweet and it is so good. The next day I frosted with the final 'coat'. Hello! Get your 8″x2″ cake pans ready. Very excited to make this cake for my daughter! All the best, You totally can! Preheat oven to 350 degrees. How do I store the layers in the fridge? frosting. Pour in egg whites, and mix on low until just incorporated. It’s much easier to use, and a lot less messy. I changed a couple of things. It seems to be a waste of time and ingredients. I bought gold dust but don’t have the vodka extract. Congratulations on baby!! Don't use regular food coloring. I hope this helps. Your email address will not be published. Boy did this make a hit for Easter dinner!! Tasted like a sugar cookie. My No.#1 Cake :) #fingerlicking #loveit #loveumartha!! Saw this show on Foxtel yesterday then told my daughter about it. Mix 10 seconds to combine. So I was thinking to do this recipe times 1.5? But that one egg did stick. *note* if you adjust the cake pan size using the calculator, keep in mind that the pans should only be filled halfway (1" tall) so the layers are not too big. I’m planning to make this for my daughter’s birthday. How exciting!! Once the layers have fully cooled, I sometimes like to trim the caramelized bits from the sides of the layers using a, large squirt bottles of gel food coloring, How To Make A Rainbow Layer Cake | CHELSWEETS | GoDiva Recipes, 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (226 grams) - 2 sticks, 1 cup pasteurized egg whites from a carton (or about 7 egg whites) (235 grams), 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temperature (345 grams), Red, yellow, blue, and pink gel food coloring, 3 cups unsalted butter, room temperature (678 grams), 1/3 cup heavy cream (or whipping cream) (75 grams), Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and pink gel food coloring. Yay! Here, get our best grilling recipes for everything from fish and meat to pizza and oysters. I’m using dark heavy (i think they are cuisinart brand) pans and my cakes come out too dark on the sides and bottom. I wish I could share photos of how this turned out. Aww thank you! Then I added some little swirls of white frosting on top and added some more sprinkles. I chose this recipe because I had all the ingredients on hand, so I wouldn't have to buy cake mix. I did choose to use 8-inch pans instead of 9, and I'm glad I did because the layers were very thin even for the 8-inch pan. and blue), three secondary colors (orange, green, and violet [sometimes described as purple]), and the six intermediates formed by mixing a primary with a secondary, known as tertiary colors. The best cake she’d ever had was her exact words. Would you be able to recommend a substitution for it or perhaps suggest another one of your recipes that I could use for the rainbow cake? I am pleased you have put the cup measurement in for the butter as we don't have what you call "sticks' of butter here in Australia, ours are all sold by the gram ie 250g, 500g etc. Can I still use all the same measurements or would the cake be too tall? Enter to Win $10,000 to Makeover Your Home! I love testing out new recipes and decorating techniques, and share everything I learn along the way. The rainbow cake would be a great cake to a gay event with the rainbow colors. But they seem to be almost falling apart to the touch. Each bowl was weighed to make sure the layers were equal. Trimming your cakes just makes the slices extra perfect and beautiful when you slice them. I wish i could give more than 5 stars! Client was super impressed. Thankyou. Anyone ever tried a larger sheetcake version? Your advice is appreciated!! They will have it. The cake is moist and flavorful and the buttercream is divine. To mix things up, this rainbow layer cake creates the rainbow using both the cake layers AND the frosting!! I have a question . Mix until well combined. Assuming this recipe is 8cups of batter since that’s what the calculator says for 8” cake pans”?