Rainbow Cake

A rainbow cake is the epitome of joy and culinary delight. It's the merging of unicorn tears and Santa Claus. A wonderful and fantastic treat.

A rainbow cake is a great project for kids and adults alike! Thanks to Martha Stewart and this lovely site for encouraging me!

Simple Rainbow Cake

3 cups all-purpose flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature

2 1/3 cups sugar

5 large egg whites, room temperature

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups milk, room temperature

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple gel food coloring

Preheat oven to 350

Spray 6 nine inch pans with pam or grease with shortening.

Whip butter and sugar til fluffy.

Add egg whites and vanilla.

Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.

Add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture alternately.

Separate batter into 6 different cups or bowls.

Add gel coloring to each one--whatever colors you'd like.

mix and stir until fully incorporated.

Pour each separate color into a pan.

Bake for about 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Stack and layer with frosting between. If you want it to be nice and even, level the cakes and make sure all the layers are nice and even when you frost.

ENJOY!

Yes!

If you notice, the cake layers are quite thin. This was made by following the recipe and not doubling it. I highly recommend that you double the recipe! To make the cake layers a little more defined, try putting a little more frosting between the layers.

I totally forgot baking powder when I baked this cake.... I won't be doing that again! ENJOY!