14 August 2013

Rainbow cake

Rainbow cake recipe


I love anything sweet .That's why I am a sweetheart."Eat sweet,Be sweet" is my funda/motto after all ,hehe just kidding.Well,when it comes to cake,for me even a slice of it is like a slice from heaven .However it was not so when I baked for the first time .Excited I geared up to make n bake and the end result ..welll ,ummm ..aaa may be ..um...yes..no not that...okkk I've no idea what it became .All I was sure of was it was indeed edible hehe .So, I ended up baking and eating all by myself .Oh boy ! It was indeed not a piece of cake....PHEWSSSS!!!

Nevertheless I  never gave up..I kept on trying ,torturing honey P on every memorable occasions of our life ..He was like eventually tired of being a guinea p** (whoops ;p) especially when it came to cakes (one of the reason being he is not a big fan of sweet stuff except me ;) )... ....So he sorta declared himself "Cake free" ."Say no to cakes" became his motto UNTIL one fine day I made a colorful surprise for him .Not to mention he was speechless in a good way .However he could not resist himself to be tasteless this time .He tasted a bit,then a bite and then a big slice and then before he would finish the colorful delicacy saga,I had to say "Sorry for the interruption honey P" ,gimme sometime to click .Please please.Will you ? He said only on one condition ,'I will decorate it for the click." and I had to oblige because even I wanted to enjoy every bit and bites of it ASAP and this seemed to be the only way that could have stopped him ..kinda ironic ..once i was trying to tempt him to savor my cakey creations and now I was finding excuse to stop him HOWEVER just for a click then after a big slice it was all his .

Basically , It's a simple recipe .The colors used makes all the difference and colors make me super happy and when it is in the form of a sweet well...what to say...like "Simply irresistible" !!!

So,let's check out the recipe for my "Rainbow cake" that stole Honey P's heart and stomach ,of course with his decoration :

Ingredients:

    3 cups sifted self-rising flour
    2 cups sugar
    1 cup butter, at room temperature
    4 eggs
    1 cup milk
    1 tsp flaxseed (optional)
    1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or any flavor of your choice
     Betty crocker’s Gel food colors
     Icing (optional)


Preparations:

·         Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
·         Using an electric mixer/hand mixer, cream butter until fluffy.
·         Add sugar and continue to cream well for up to approx 5 to 8 minutes.
·         Now ,add eggs one by one and beat well after every egg addition.
·         Add sifted self rising flour,flaxseed(optional) and milk alternately to the above mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
·         Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed.
·         Take 4 different bowls and pour the prepared batter equally to each one of the them.
·         Now pour a drop or two or more of preferred gel colors as required to get the desired color in all those four bowls of batter respectively.(I used red,green,blue & yellow) and mix it .   
·         So,now I've four bowls of cake batter in four different colors.
·         Now,Grease and flour the cake pan.
·         Pour four batters in to the cake pan layering one by one.  
·         Now bake it for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
·         Once done,cool it for 5 to 10 minutes.
·         Enjoy the rainbow in your cake :)


By the way how's my man's decoration ?:)