Recipe: The rainbow cake that will amaze your child

May 24, 2020

rainbow cake recipe

Here is the recipe discovered on Sam's blog @buttermilkbysam

That I slightly modified because some products are difficult to find in France:

260g plain flour

100g cake flour

230g of butter

68g coconut oil

450g of sugar

1 tsp of salt

3 tsp vanilla*

2 tsp baking powder

4 egg whites at room temperature

230g of buttermilk (buttermilk or buttermilk) which I replaced with 2 natural yogurts

Dyes: 3 primary colors that I mixed to make green and purple. In all there are 5 colors, in this order: Red, yellow, green, blue, purple

White chocolate ganache: 100g of white chocolate + 60g of thick cream

Preheat the oven to 165°
Soften the butter with a spatula
Add the butter, coconut oil and sugar little by little, mix well, then add the salt, vanilla and yeast.
With the mixer, add the egg whites, 1 by 1, slowly.
Add half the flour and mix
With the mixer, at slow speed, add the yogurts, then the rest of the flour. Mix.
Reserve half of the dough and use the other half for the color: In 5 separate bowls, prepare the colored dough: red bowl: 5 tbsp of dough + red coloring; yellow bowl 4 tbsp of dough + col. YELLOW; 3CS blue bowl of dough + col.bleu; Green bowl 3 tbsp of dough + col.vert; 3CS blue bowl of dough + col.bleu; 2CS purple bowl of dough + col. purple.... This is the funniest part to do with the children!.................................. ....
in the bottom of the mold, start by pouring a base of uncolored dough (be careful, you have to keep some for the end of the recipe)
with a pocket or a small spoon, spread the red base on top but without going to the edges
For each color, make a circle without completely covering the color below
Finally, add a layer of uncolored dough to cover the entire cake.
bake in the oven for 40 to 50 minutes
Leave to cool for 15 minutes then cover with the white chocolate ganache or a glaze of your choice.