rainbow cake the sequel

[erilyn]

see into the heart of the madness

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[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Did they like it?

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I think those that tried it liked it - but there was A LOT of cake, and I think some people were putoff by the colours ;)

[jezzabe.livejournal.com]

omg, that looks AMAZING.

like my housemate said, 'it's like a unicorn shat out a cake!'

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

BEST DESCRIPTION EVER!

[jezzabe.livejournal.com]

i know, right!?

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I saw the initial prototype of the cake and chose not to comment, thinking it would fail. Well fucking done!!!!!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I was not necessarily 100% sure myself ;)

[alasen.livejournal.com]

mmm, rainbow cake. Looks good!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Tasted pretty damn good (and organge-y), if I do say so myself :)

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Your icon makes me want some waffles!

I wonder if I could make rainbow waffles...

[hnix.livejournal.com]

That is glorious and I want a piece right now.

ETA: Also, what icing did you end up using? It looks squidgy and delicious.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Vienna Cream (which is just whipped butter and icing sugar, with rind and juice for flavour). I think it's looking goopy because the cake had been unrefrigerated for a few hours, it isn't always like that.

Thank you for inspiring this! :D

[hnix.livejournal.com]

Mmm, buttery. I meant squidgy in a good way!

I'm glad it was so successful! Maybe I'll give that party cake recipe a go myself.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

That looks awesome! :-D

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was a lot of fun to make :)

[cubby-bear.livejournal.com]

That looks absolutely fabulous and it has chocolate. A perfect dessert. I may have to do something like it for one of the youth dinners.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm totally gonna make it again (I don't know if work was the most receptive crowd for it, but I liked how it turned out)

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

That looks SO AWESOME. I have GOT to get around to making that thing.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

SO MUCH FUN! SO MANY BOWLS TO LICK BATTER FROM!

[indybrat.livejournal.com]

I would love to have a go at making that. Would you share your recipe?

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

- Make a light-coloured cake of your preference.
- Divide finished mixture into as many colours as you want (you're gonna make a lot of bowls dirty for this, heh).
- Dye with food colouring to desired tones.
- Put globs of cake mix (that's totally the technical term IMO) into cake tin, try not to have too big a bits of any one colour.
- I ran a knife through the mixture, in a swirly way, just once. I didn't mix the batter much once it was in tin.

The actual orange cake recipe is:

ORANGE YOGHURT CAKE

2 tspns grated orange rind (I often end up with a bit more rind)
2 tspns grated lemon rind
125 g (4 oz) butter
1 cup castor sugar
3 eggs, seperated
1.5 cups SR Flour
1 cup natural yoghurt
2 tablespoons orange juice

Add grated rinds to the butter, gradually beat in the sugar. Continue beating until creamy, then beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Fold sifted flour into creamed mixture alternately with the combined yoghurt and orange juice. Beat egg whites until stiff, and fold in thoroughly. Pour into greased tin and cook in moderate oven (350F) until skewer comes out clean. Remove from tin and let cool. Ice with orange/lemon icing.
NB - This is not a large cake, and I often make a one and a half mixture.
NB(2) - 1 tspn of vanilla essence is a nice addition.

[indybrat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Please post pics if you make a rainbow cake! :D

[simply-fly-away.livejournal.com]

I was just about to ask for the recipe, it looks amazing. Thank you!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

You're welcome - and post pics if you make one! :)