Directions: |
Directions:Preheat oven to 325º.
Prepare 3 round cake pans by spraying Baker’s Joy, liberally, and set aside.
Mix one box of cake mix according to directions and ingredients on back of box.
Separate mixture into three regular bowls, 1 cup of cake batter roughly per bowl, and add red in one bowl, orange in the second bowl and yellow in the third bowl. Mix well with spoon.
Pour batter into each of their respective pans and bake according to box directions. Check cakes 10 minutes before done so you don’t over cook them. Because less batter is in each pan, they can cook faster.
Remove cakes from oven and let cool for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, wrap each layer in plastic wrap and place in freezer until ready to assemble cake. But at least freeze for 1 hour.
Repeat the same process with the second box of cake mix. Clean pans and mixing bowls. Mix batter according to directions.
Separate into three regular bowls, 1 cup of batter for each bowl, but this time with green in one bowl, blue for the second and purple for the last color.
**The food coloring box gives directions on how to create each color for the cake batter.
Frosting:
Use a mixer to beat cream cheeses and butter for 3 minutes. Add vanilla and combine.
Slowly add in 6 cups of powdered sugar and set aside or refrigerate until ready to assemble cake.
Cake Assembly:
With a large bread knife, level off each cake layer. If you look at my cake picture, I didn’t level off each layer and was left with an unevenly warped cake.
Start with the purple layer first as the bottom layer. Add enough frosting to cover the top of the cake and frost.
**If some frosting goes off edge, just smooth onto side of cake with cake knife.
**Remove each cake layer from freezer as needed to keep cake steady and easy to assemble.
Next, add blue layer on top of purple layer and add enough frosting to cover top of layer.
**Smooth sides of cake layers as you add them for even frosting.
Repeat process with each layer. After blue layer, add green then yellow then orange and lastly red, frosting between layers.
At this point, you need to ensure that the cake maintains its form and stays together so place in refrigerator for 2 hours before frosting the entire cake.
Once cake is firm, frost with rest of frosting. Start by putting frosting on top of cake and smoothing it out with a smooth edge knife or cake knife and then frost the sides.
Smooth the sides and add decorations if desired.
**I did not add any additional decorations to my cake because I wanted the colorful inside to speak for itself. Enjoy! |
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