Recipe for Rainbow cake; Spread the Rainbow love. :D

From the title i guess you probably would have already know what's this post all about. Yes! Rainbow cake! Not that i bought it but i MADE it. YES! I MADE IT! Hahahaha! I know i know, i don't look like someone that bakes. BUT i do have this little secret, i really LOVE baking. :D

It took me around half a month to do a thorough research on how i should go about doing this cake. It wasn't an easy job, i swear. There's far too many recipes online for me & in order to know which one to follow, i really have to sit down & brainstorm how do i want my final product to look like. Then i came upon kaykay's post on her rainbow cake recipe. It looks amazingly gorgeous & i am so determined to do the same! And so.. here's my 1st try on my very own rainbow cake. :)

Firstly, i must say i'm a little lazy to whip up my cake mix hence i used 2 boxes of Betty Crocker. Please take note that it has to be in light colour in order for the colour gels to be mixed into it. You can get them from any supermarkets out there. However if you would like to do your own mix, by all means. :)

After adding all the necessary ingredients needed, this is what you will get. Then you will have to separate them into 6 or 7 different batches. In my case, i used 6 colours.

After separating them, it's time for you to add colours to your mixture! I chose to use gel colours because the results of them mixing with the mixture will turn out to be more vibrant than those liquid food colouring.

You can get these gel colouring from phoon huat. So added colour to your batches until desired result & stop. This is what i get..

Aren't the colours vibrant?? Hehehe! Simply love it so much!! When i got up to this step, i was like... FINALLY... I SEE COLOURS! :D And you think this is the end? NO! Here comes the tough part. You will need to start baking 6 times before you get all your layers done. And seriously, it's no joke to keep repeating the step for 6 times when you have only 1 baking tin to use. FML!

So you will need a 7.5 inch baking tin for this. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius. Pour each individual batches into the baking & bake separately for 15mins. For those who are worried that you will not get a flat top, you could actually lower your temperature by 25 degrees else. And to test if it's done, all you need is a toothpick. As long as it comes out clean from the layer, it's done!

You will need to allow the layers to cool down. Then it's time for you to do your frosting!

Recipe as follows:
8oz(250g) Cream cheese
2oz(80g/4 squares) Semi-milk chocolate bars
120g Soft butter(salted in my case)
500g Icing sugar
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons Evaporated milk
A pinch of salt
1 cup Dark chocolate rasps (optional)

You will need a hand mixer, mixing bowl here.

• Mix the cream cheese until fluffy. 
• Melt the 4 squares of semi-chocolate bars until soft. Beware of overheating. You might wanna use double boil method to melt it. For those who aren't sure of double boil, all you need is 2 different size of pots, 1 big 1 small. Fill the big pot with hot water & allow the small pot to float on it. Place the chocolate in the small pot. This will melt the chocolate bars & will not burn it. :)
• Add the melted chocolate into the cream cheese & mix them. 
• Once it's combined, add vanilla extract & salt. Mix again.
• Next, you should add in the icing sugar SLOWLY, in batches. Like really a few batches. The more icing sugar you add, the stiffer your frosting will be. Hence you can add more! Runny frosting is really irritating! 
• Add evaporated milk to the frosting. And i added dark chocolate rasp as well.

And this is what i get..

Now that your frosting is done, spread it with spatula between each layer of your rainbow cake until you are happy & then around and over the entire cake!

Chill the cake in the fridge for around 2 hours. Bring it out to touch up wherever you need to. As for me, i went over the entire cake with the frosting again. Then... decorate your cake! Top of the cake was filled with Kinder Bueno & topped with little red hearts.

I left the cake in the fridge for 8hours before the surprise.

I was a lil' worried that the cake may topple off when cut. However it didn't disappoint me. :D

Happy happy! Look how yummilicious it is!

Can't believe i actually succeeded on my 1st try. I think i am so good. Hahahahah! So what do you think? I am gonna try something else very soon.

But for now, you girls better go try doing it & have some fun! If you have questions, drop me a message. Enjoy! :))

xoxo,
Queen