Rainbow Layer Cake
A recipe from our very own staff, Aurane!
Creator
"This rainbow layer cake promises a surprising experience. When you cut it open, you'll discover layers of rainbow colors. It's the perfect cake for a birthday party or festive meal!"
Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Prep time: 25 minutes, Cook time: 1 hour
Ingredients for 8 people
6 eggs
400 grammes of sugar
230 grammes of butter
14 tbsp of baking powder
10 ml of vanilla extract
4 grammes of baking soda
650 ml of heavy cream
118 ml of milk
Red food colouring
Yellow food colouring
Blue food colouring
390 grammes of mascarpone
450 grammes of white chocolate
100 grammes of icing sugar
Step 1/4
For the cake: Beat the sugar with the eggs until they are white. Mix in the melted butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix with 177 ml of heavy cream, milk, and coconut powder. Divide the batter into 6 parts to obtain 6 colors. Mix in one part the blue dye, in another the red dye, in another the yellow. For the last three colors, add blue and yellow for green, yellow and red for orange, blue and red for purple. Pour the first color into a mold. Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes. Turn out and repeat with the second color and so on.
Step 2/4
For the white chocolate ganache: Blend the mascarpone with the melted white chocolate in a food processor until the mixture holds together well. Spread a layer of ganache between each cake layer, stacking them in the order of the colors of the rainbow. Let the cake rest in the refrigerator while you make the whipped cream.
Step 3/4
For the whipped cream: Beat the remaining 473 ml cups of heavy cream with the powdered sugar until the mixture is fluffy.
Step 4/4
Take the cake out of the fridge and cover it with whipped cream. Decorate with colored sugar pearls and serve chilled!
Chefclub's Tips & Hacks
It is also possible to arrange the colors to a gradient of 6 colors.
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