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rainbow cake
Photo: David Holifield

rainbow cake

28 ingredients Serves 25 openrecipes
rainbow cake

a yummy rainbow cake with chocolate frosting/buttercream

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

696
Calories
19g
Protein
18g
Fat
109g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cake not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Utensil's
  • * 1 large mixing bowl
  • * jug or small mixing bowl
  • * wooden mixing spoon
  • * spatula
  • * sieve
  • * hand whisk or electric whisk/mixer
  • * 4 breakfast bowls (or more depending on how many different colours your going to use)
  • * 4 or more spoons
  • * food weighing scales
  • * 26cm - 10" springform pan
  • * 2 x 18cm - 7" pans
  • * baking paper
  • * red, green, yellow and blue food colouring
  • * a table spoon
  • * wooden skewer
  • Ingredient's
  • * 330g butter (room temperature)
  • * 330g caster sugar
  • * 330g self-raising flour
  • * 6 medium-large eggs
  • * vanilla essence to taste (optional) i didn't use this as i thought the cake was rich enough
  • * food colouring-red, green, yellow and blue
  • Buttercream
  • * 120g butter (room temperature)
  • * 280g icing sugar
  • * a few drops of vanilla essence (optional but tasty)
  • * food colouring (optional)

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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