Has anybody ever made a rainbow cake?

[Anonymous]

My son is having a LEGO birthday this weekend and I am thinking of making a LEGO head cake like the one in this link:

http://babyology.com.au/parties/show-us-your-party-jacks-lego-birthday.html

But, I thought that it might be fun - and go with the LEGO theme - to have the cake be a 'rainbow' of LEGO colors inside, to come up with something like this:

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/rainbow-layer-cake/4969fed8-141e-45f5-9a04-e03addd20fbb

There is even the possibility of having the cake like a colored checkerboard inside, but that might be pushing it.

Anybody ever try one of these rainbow cakes? I worry about the likelihood of getting nice bright colors and relatively even layers.

[Anonymous]

If you can make a layer cake you can do it. You just have to use a shit ton of food coloring. And white cake with no yolks. Don't do checkerboard - too many crumbles and too hard to frost.

[Anonymous]

OMG OP…you are so awesome for just posting this. I've never seen anything like this before (the Betty Crocker one)

PLEASE come back here and let us know if you do it!

Can you imagine this AT EASTER? I may have to do this--now that I've finally mastered the lamb cake, I may have to abandon it for this!

[Anonymous]

Didn't make it but got on for my daughters bday that everyone loved! From fluffy thoughts in McLean

[Anonymous]

Has anyone ever made a rainbow cake using koolaid or jello for the color/flavor of the layers? Saw something for this once, but wonder if it turns out well in real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can make a layer cake you can do it. You just have to use a shit ton of food coloring. And white cake with no yolks. Don't do checkerboard - too many crumbles and too hard to frost.

Will a cake cook properly with no yolks?

[Anonymous]

I have made one in the past. Use the gel food coloring (you can get them at Michaels). Much better colors than the liquid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have made one in the past. Use the gel food coloring (you can get them at Michaels). Much better colors than the liquid.

Did you use a regular cake recipe? Or a box?

[Anonymous]

Last time we were at Giant there was a cake mix (with a picture of Duff from Ace of Cakes) specifically for this kind of colored cake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last time we were at Giant there was a cake mix (with a picture of Duff from Ace of Cakes) specifically for this kind of colored cake.

My 4yo made an Ace of Cakes Tie Dye cake with my mom and absolutely loved it (both making it and the taste).

[Anonymous]

I've made one and it came out really well. Just used store bought white cake and added the food coloring.

[Anonymous]

I've made one. Six layers for my six year old's birthday. Use gel food coloring and weight the layers to get them even. I'll post a pic and the recipe...

[Anonymous]

I made one. Used a white cake mix and lots of little bowls and good food coloring. Had 3 pans so baked 3 layers at a time. Make sure the frosting is white and not on too thick in the middle so you can see the colors. FYI blue doesn't show up very different from green. It's easy just time consuming. The thin layers do cook much faster so be vigilant.

[Anonymous]

I used this recipe for the cake and made a butter cream frosting. http://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2010/11/rainbow-cake.html

Sorry I don't know how to resize.

[Anonymous]

You can taste the food coloring, unfortunately. I'm thinking it's not too healthy for kids to ingest so much dye.