I would like to make one but was wondering, if I make an 8" cake for practice;
#1 How high will it be?
#2 How much batter should I use for each layer.
Given that there are 6 colors, I am imagining a very tall cake with all the layers, filling and icing. Am I right or should my cake layers be about the height of a pancake so to speak.
TIA
When I have made them, I make the layers 1/2" high, mine end up about 5" high, and I use 8 colours. I don't use much filling at all, and use a leveler to make sure the layers are exact.
As far as batter goes, that really depends on your recipe. My basic white cake, (that I just add colouring to), would take about a cup of batter, and that would give me just over 1/2". Then I can level it off perfectly.
Thank you scrumdiddlycakes, I always use the WASC recipe which leaves me with more than enough cake batter to fill 2 - 8" round cake pans.
Can I ask you what colors you use? For rainbows I thought it was Red, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple. Am I missing a couple of colors?
AMine are 6 layers about an inch each, so about. 6 inches total once leveled and filled. I did red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. I've seen some people throw pink in there next to the red, and some do a light blue and dark blue, but I like the simplicity the main 6 colors add to an already busy cake.
Thank you scrumdiddlycakes, I always use the WASC recipe which leaves me with more than enough cake batter to fill 2 - 8" round cake pans.
Can I ask you what colors you use? For rainbows I thought it was Red, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple. Am I missing a couple of colors?
I also do a pink layer, and a light and a dark blue layer. I liked the half inch layers but thought it needed more height, so I added 2 extra.
I also colour my butter cream to match, so you don't get the white lines in between, and heat it a little, so I can spread it really thin.
AI separated the amount of batter 6 times. Was a tall cake bur worked![IMG]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3025973/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
Thank you scrumdiddlycakes, I always use the WASC recipe which leaves me with more than enough cake batter to fill 2 - 8" round cake pans.
Can I ask you what colors you use? For rainbows I thought it was Red, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple. Am I missing a couple of colors?
Hi auntginn,
ROYGBIV - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Although when I made one recently, I merged indigo and violet into just one layer of purple. I didn't want a toweringly tall cake, so I divided the usual amount of batter required to make a regular cake into 6 and coloured them accordingly. This means each cake layer is very thin, but when put together (along with layers of buttercream), it'll look fine.
Here's the one I made.. I wish the layers were more even, and I really need to work on my ruffles! Hope that helps :)
Oh... I like that. Looks good Allycrumbs
Ok so don't kill me, but does anybody make your colors with flavors, such as red - cherry, yellow - lemon and so on? Or would that be just too many flavors?
I think it would be overkill, 6 different flavours would just end up getting muddled.
I have had a few desserts that did that many different components well, but that doesn't involve needed a colour/falvour to match, it would be nearly impossible to get so many complimentary flavours in coordinating colours.
AIn regards to the flavours, auntginn, check out this link to skittles rainbow cake (taste the rainbow!)
http://teensntoddlers.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/skittles-rainbow-cake.html?m=1
I have also seen posts about rainbow cakes are flavored differently per color. I've seen jello used and I've seen just fruit extracts. They all said it tasted good, but I do have a hard time imagining it. Google "rainbow cake with different flavors" and you will get a bunch of options for how to flavor them differently. If you try it, let us know how it goes!
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