How to make a rainbow cake

It’s quite easy, really.

Start with any white cake mix.  Prepare it according to the directions on the box.  The recipe I originally followed called for two boxes of cake mix and I thought, “Why two?  I’ve always just used one box for a 2-layer cake so that’s what I’ll do this time, too.”  Well, I should have used two boxes.  My cakes came out much thinner than usual, so yes, I should have used two boxes.  I’m guessing it has something to do with all the food coloring making the batter heavier or something.

Next, divvy up the batter into 6 bowls.  I tried to make the amounts slightly different, so the color on the bottom (purple) had more and the color on the top (red) had less, but I don’t know if it made a big difference.

If you want to make a rainbow effect, color each one a different color using food coloring or gel.  I used regular food coloring, and quite a bit of it to get the colors to be bright.

Make sure your pans are greased and floured and pour in the batter.  Pour one color in first, then the next one right on top of it in the middle, and the bottom one will spread out all by itself.   In one pan, pour yellow, orange and red, and in the second pan, pour purple, blue and green.  Just imagine the cakes on top of each other and what order the colors should go in.  It’s pretty easy to figure it out.

Bake according to the directions on the box, and voila!

I was generous with the frosting because the layers came out so thin, but here’s the finished product!

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