Rainbow Cake

Masih dalam rangka ulang tahun hubby. Ini dia Rainbow Cake yang aku buat sebagai birthday cake nya. Rainbow Cake yang terdiri dari 6 warna ini, aku hias dengan cheese frosting displuitin ngebentuk bunga-bunga besar dan kecil. Ini kali pertama aku bikin rainbow cake ini,, aku pake resep yang ada di website nya Martha Stewart. Resep aslinya ternyata blog Whisk Kid. Walaupun cuma pake putih telur, tapi cake nya lembut loh, alhamdulillah. Untuk cheese frostingnya aku reka-reka dari beberapa resep yang aku dapetin.

For 6 layers, 9 inch baking pan

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose fluor

4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperatur (about 226 gr)

2 1/3 cups sugar (i just used 1 3/4 cups)

5 large egg whites (about 150 gr) room temperature

2 tsp pure vanilla extract ( i used toffieco vanilla extract)

1 1/2 cups milk, room temperature

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple food coloring.

Direction:

1. Preheat oven 180 deg C. Brush cake pans with shortening. Line with parchment paper, brush again, set aside.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together fluor, baking powder and salt, set aside. In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Slowly add egg whites and mix until well combined. Add vanilla and mix until fully incorporated. Add fluor mixture and milk in two alternating additions, beginning with the fluor and ending with milk.

3. Devide batter evently in six bowls. Coloring until combined.

4. Bake about 15 minutes. Let cool.

5. Assembly the cakes with cheese frosting, than covered all the surface also. Decorate it then refrigirate about 30 minutes.

Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

350 gr cream cheese

80 gr unsalted butter

80 gr vegetable shortening (i used crisco)

1 tsp vanilla essence (i used vanilla essence toffieco)

2 cups icing sugar

Methods:

1. Mixer cream cheese and icing sugar until fluffy.

2. Add butter, shortening and vanilla essence, mix until combined.