[Oilucy]

Ok so I'm fairly good at baking and this is what I'd like to bake for DD's 4th birthday in a few weeks time. I love the idea that all of her friends can join her in blowing out the candles (after she has had the first go she tells me!!).

CAKE HERE: http://pinterest.com/pin/230739180879963966/

But, I'd like some advice as to how you would best prepare the individual coloured section given they are sandwiched vertically.

My only thought was to buy a small sized tin and re-use it over and over baking one colour at a time! I'm thinking that would take ages unless I bought a few of them (but I dont really want to go to the expense).

I guess I'd also start off with say light coloured mixture and then slowly darken it for each layer.
Finally, sandwich the whole thing together with butter cream icing and put sprinkles and candles on top.

I'd love some thoughts on the best tins to achieve the individual coloured layers would be fantastic!

[MelbChick]

Hi OP

That looks amazing and I must say I do love an ambitious birthday cake. My husband pulls out his hair at the things I attempt! LOL.
I just made a cake in the shape of a possum for my son for his 3rd birthday and am planning another major Mad Hatter's Tea Party thing for his party in a couple of weeks...

My most immediate thought is that I would say that is a cake I would not attempt. HOWEVER... as I also like a challenge , I have given it some thought.

I reckon you could make the layers in a large rectangular tin. Mix up the colours as you suggested and spread the cake batter in stripes inside the tin to save time and then trim them all to size at the end. You'll have some wastage but that's the only way I can think of to bake multiple colours at once.
Have fun!!

[Glowworm80]

I made a marbled rainbow cake once. I made a basic vanilla mixture then coloured them individually in lots and lots of bowls. Using gel colours would allow you to graduate the colours in the mixture better then liquid ones.


As for the baking part all I can think of is to use a square baking tin and construct a tinfoil barrier in a cross pattern then fill it with similar colours from each corner. Let it settle pull the barrier our gently. Once baked just trim the cake slightly where the colours meet.


Good luck and please post pics when you have done it. Love looking at cakes!:-)

[Sinister Bonnet]

A friand tin?

[skae]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emily-weaver-...s-38319530@N03/

The original baker of the cake describes her method here Good luck!

ETA - if you follow the links thru you get to a different tutorial: http://www.chocolatesuze.com/2009/12/04/20...er-rainbow-cake

This post has been edited by skae: 17/01/2013, 10:50 PM

[greengoddess]

Any of those suggestions above would work, but one word of caution - you will need to colour each batter separately. Personally, I'd probably use a loaf tin and just bake lots of separate layers. You'll find they cook faster if they are thinner, so it might not take as much time, but it still will take time.

Don't just add colour as you will end up with a muddy mess and no distinct colours.

Do add pics when you're done!!

[aratiaw]

Disposable foil containers? I think the Woolies home brand ones would actually be quite a good size. Kmart sells slightly wider ones if the woolies ones aren't suitable. I know some people use foil pie dishes for those stacked round rainbow cakes.

[Megs25]

If you want it to look nice, the only way to do a cake like that is to make the batter, split it into how many colours you want, colour each lot of batter and bake each layer separately.

They won't take long to cook, and any other method is just going to leave you with a murky mess of a cake.

[Oilucy]

Skae thank you SO MUCH for finding the instructions!! I had tried myself but with no luck!

[imamumto3]

If you want it to look nice, the only way to do a cake like that is to make the batter, split it into how many colours you want, colour each lot of batter and bake each layer separately.

They won't take long to cook, and any other method is just going to leave you with a murky mess of a cake.

this.

I have made the standard round, vertically stacked cake. I made the batter, weighed it and then separated the batter into individual bowls, weighing them so that all the layers would be the same size. I used 2 good quality round non stick tins, the cakes cooked really quickly, 8 minutes I think. then I turned them onto wire racks to cool while using the tins for the next layer. the cakes cooled really quickly too.

for that cake I would probably buy 2 small square tins from a specialty cake decorating shop, or victorias basement if they had them because they can be quite cheap. then you know that the layers would all be the same size, making construction a breeze

eta. just found a 10cm square tin online for about $18. that was just looking at one website, you might be able to find cheaper or be able to higher a couple of tins for a day

This post has been edited by imamumto3: 18/01/2013, 06:29 AM