Rainbow Checkerboard Cake
Rainbow Checkerboard Cake Homemade Cake
Posted by SaburKitty
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I have wanted to do this for awhile. It turned out great! for the first time I have ever made this.
It's a homemade cake (not a box mix), I have found that helps with the food colorings cook time - being as homemade cake is dryer. I think the colors should be mixed up more, because it's hard to tell indigo from violet. I did Roygbiv, but for the 1st and 9th color I made Chocolate. The squares could be more square, but thats a batter amount per color thing...I think? It was my 1st attempt. lol
The cake itself I made vanilla, but should have flavored it more because after food coloring it had no real vanilla taste of its own. So I made butter rum butter cream frosting :) It smelled and tasted great! :)
Thanks for looking :)
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You Will Need (7 things)
- Cake Batter - 1 Batch or Recipe below
- Checkerboard Cake Baking Pan - 1 form, 3 pans
- Measuring Cup - At least 3
- Patience
- Time - Lots of time - took me 3-4hrs? total
- Food Coloring - 9 colors or 6 and cocoa powder
- Recipe Listed Below - get directions from link
Steps (11 steps, 180 minutes)
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1
Checkerboard cake recipe is a Wiltons' scratch cake. This is also where you can get a cake form (see link for cooking instructions):
http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Checkerboard-Cake-1
"Ingredients:
2 sticks butter or margarine softened
2 2/3 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
4 ounces( 4 squares) semi-sweet chocolate melted" ~WiltonIf not I was thinking maybe the form can be made by cookie cutters (size 2 1/2 inch for centre and 5 3/4 inch for middle ring) , by this process:
DIY Cookie Cutters, Threadbanger Contest Entry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bap4Favn4kU -
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you will need 9 colours of dye.
I used 6 and for the 1st and 9th I made cocoa powder (taste &) colour.
Use gel or pigment and touch up any colours with liquid dyes.
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3
Touch up dyes
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4
Don't bother washing your measuring cups yet.
1)Leave ALL the batter un-coloured, Until you portion it out.
[Approximately]
Centre ring = 3 TBPs
Middle ring = 3/4 cup
Outer rint = 1 1/3 cup
...of the batter2)"Portion" - Then Dye to tint wanted, Always remember batter cooks to a darker shade.
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5
1)Spray oil the pan and all sides of the form Very Very well.
2)Dab off any running oil
3)
Fill ONE (1) pan at a time, Outside ring 1st.4)
You will need to wash and dry the form for each pan - total 3. -
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Then fill Centre ring next.
[Sorry the photos aren't in colour order :'( ]
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7
Then fill the middle ring Last.
Then Remove the ring form (and wash it).
NOTE: To lift out form -- Turn the ring form like the steering wheel of a car -- left to right and back slightly while shaking like you have a cold and lifting straight upward...it sounds funny but the batter will stay in colour place better.
I ..ahhh ...forgot to picture it before putting it in the oven but you get the idea from this shot.
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8
Moments later Cake 1
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9
Cake 2 (and a left overs cake)
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10
Cake 3 and Cake 1 again - cooling 8)
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11
1) Make your favorite white frosting, flavor with any clear coloured extract.
2)Be-careful of crumbs, while spreading a thin layer of frosting between each cake layer. (layer 1,2,3 Cake)
3)Frost the whole cake and decorate if you like.
Thats it! :) hope my directions are good enough lol
Thank you for reading :)