Fabulous Rainbow Cake Tutorial
categories: birthday party ideas, food and drinks, kids party ideas
The Omnomicon has a fabulous step-by-step Rainbow Cake tutorial and the colorful pictures alone are positively drool-worthy! This recipe would be so much fun for a color party, a 60’s theme party, an art-lover’s birthday, or anytime you feel like brightening up the dessert table a bit.
You could also take the same concept and apply it to just a few colors or a different type of palette - maybe various shades of green for St. Patrick’s day, red/white/blue for 4th of July, or the birthday girl’s favorite colors, whatever they may be…
This next pic is one of my favorites… artistic, colorful, & all around delicious:
The baked cake looks so great it almost seems like it would be hard to cover it with frosting, don’t you think?! The pretty colors come through again when the cake is cut and served though (see top pic, above).
For complete details, check out the full tutorial. Happy Baking!
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this is so cool looking! & yummy! i think i will make for my niece’s bday!
Feb 19, 2009 at 12:28 pm -
This will be PERFECT for my 31st bday!…
Feb 19, 2009 at 1:21 pm -
I LOVE this cake and these photos are simply amazing! What a great idea, you could definitely apply this process and make a cake to match any party theme.
Feb 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm -
NO WAY! I just made this cake a few weeks ago for my daughter’s art birthday party! I even took similar pix (not that awesome one of the batter rimmed bowls, though!).
Feb 19, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I should have posted it on my site so I could have taken credit for it first!
It got a HUGE wow factor response, btw! -
My youngest daughter always says that her favorite color is “rainbow” – she would love this cake!!
Feb 19, 2009 at 2:56 pm
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wow, I am LOVIN’ that cake.
Feb 19, 2009 at 2:56 pm -
this is absolutely fantastic! i am totally in love with this cake and can’t wait to try it.
Feb 19, 2009 at 2:58 pm -
I have to make this cake! It’s too gorgeous not to!!
I think I’ll make this for St. Patrick’s Day – pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Love it!
Feb 19, 2009 at 3:45 pm -
OMG!
Okay, seriously, I subscribe to this the hwtm blog, I never plan a party without a consultation with hwtm, and even made it out to the Boston Hostessing event.
So imagine my excitement when, today, on my rss feed, right there, are my very own pictures with all kinds of nice words sprinkled around them. Thank you SO much for sharing my recipe with more people (and also remembering to link me!
Feb 19, 2009 at 6:34 pm -
This is awesome! I can’t wait to try it out. You have the best website ever:)
Feb 19, 2009 at 6:59 pm -
SO BEAUTIFUL
Feb 19, 2009 at 8:56 pm -
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Feb 19, 2009 at 8:57 pm -
OMG! This is the coolest cake ever!
Feb 19, 2009 at 8:58 pm -
wow so cute i love it
Feb 19, 2009 at 10:49 pm -
OMG !!!
Is this for real ?!! the kids will be bouncing off the walls with all them E numbers?!!?
Feb 20, 2009 at 2:30 am -
This is soooo great! I have been wanting to make cupcakes like this for a while!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO THANKYOU!
Feb 20, 2009 at 5:27 am -
Aleta –
Feb 20, 2009 at 8:48 am
Thank YOU so much for creating such a great tutorial to share! Your pictures turned out awesome!
Jenn -
This is color lover’s dream dessert! Not sure I have the patience to make it, but just looking at it is very gratifying!
Feb 20, 2009 at 9:05 am -
The BEST dessert I’ve seen in a long time. I can’t wait to make it!!
Feb 20, 2009 at 10:08 am -
Coolest cake ever!!! Love it!
Feb 20, 2009 at 10:55 am -
LOVE it!
Feb 20, 2009 at 12:41 pm -
All that food coloring doesn’t change the texture or the taste does it?
Feb 20, 2009 at 2:54 pm -
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Feb 20, 2009 at 5:31 pm -
Great idea! I’m going to surprise my husband with a purple and yellow cake during a Lakers game next week
Feb 20, 2009 at 7:50 pm -
Gorgeous photos!!!
Feb 21, 2009 at 7:30 am -
Rebecca –
I don’t think the food coloring should make much of a difference in the taste/texture, but Aleta would be a good person to ask. I haven’t made this yet myself, but a couple people have mentioned to me that they’ve had this exact cake before and both said it was “delicious” and got rave reviews Heather – fantastic idea about the purple/yellow Lakers cake! I have a friend whose husband is completely obsessed with the Lakers…I’m going to pass your idea along to her too
Feb 21, 2009 at 9:39 am -
This is the best idea. My son will LOVE this bright colored cake. What a great idea!
Feb 21, 2009 at 7:50 pm -
i feel so cool right now just cuz i KNOW how to do it…
hmmmi wonder if we have flour…
Feb 22, 2009 at 4:28 pm -
this cake is gorgeous! I was thinking of doing something like this for a theme party. I bet it tastes delicious :]
Feb 23, 2009 at 7:40 am -
That looks so yummy, I wish I could have a piece of it right now! Just when I thought nothing was better than homemade cake, I see this and realized a pretty COLORFUL homemade cake tops it all! Thanks for the tutorial…I’m not too much of a baker, but this looks like it’s definitely worth trying!
Feb 23, 2009 at 8:00 am -
Cool recipe!!!!!!
Feb 23, 2009 at 8:11 am
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Very cool cake…can’t wait to make it for my little girls party!! The other moms will be so jealous!!
Feb 23, 2009 at 11:10 am -
This is Fabulous!!! My kids are all grown, but I will be making this soon for SOMEONE ~ ANYONE!!!!! Thanks for sharing and I am soooo GLAD I found your Blog – it’s wonderful!
Feb 24, 2009 at 7:20 am -
BRIGHT AND LOVELY!! ooooh can’t wait to try making these again…
Feb 24, 2009 at 9:46 pm -
My mother used to make cakes like this for my sisters and me when we were little. She would make it more like a quilt with the colors side by side. Her colors were not this bright, though. My friends loved it!
Feb 25, 2009 at 12:10 pm -
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Feb 28, 2009 at 9:56 am -
I tried this for my daughter’s party was great. I also did a post on how to do a party on a credit crunch budget…it’s here http://www.nixdminx.com/?p=406
I also feature cooking on my blog for the financially challenged and also wheat and gluten free.
Mar 5, 2009 at 11:11 am -
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Mar 16, 2009 at 10:53 am -
I just made this cake last night, and it was quite easy, and looks absolutely beautiful! I enjoyed every step of the process, but now the only problem is that it is so pretty I can’t stop eating it! I still can’t get over how good it looks.
Mar 20, 2009 at 12:48 pm -
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Mar 25, 2009 at 8:57 am -
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Apr 1, 2009 at 11:09 am -
I absolutly luv this cake n right now im in class and im writting a how to essay… and this is going to be the thing im going to write about because to be it is beautiful and i really enjoy it … after im done writting the essay im going to make it 4 myself actually i might even do it before im finish with the essay… because my mom is thinking about making a cake today …. so yeah im goin 2 do it today…
Apr 7, 2009 at 9:16 am -
I made this cake a month ago to test out the idea and it came out great
May 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm I am going to make one again for my daughter’s 1st birthday this friday -
how did you get such a shiny top? is it the lighting you are using?
Jun 8, 2009 at 10:45 am -
Love the bright and boldness of the colors
Jul 12, 2009 at 10:45 am -
this is a great and delisious recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 20, 2009 at 12:54 am -
THANK YOU SO MUCH<3
This is wonderful for my party!
For my 14th b-day, I’m having a rainbow themed b-day, this article helped alot!
I’ll tell everyone who asks about it.
Jul 21, 2009 at 5:27 am -
This cake was a big hit at my son’s 1st birthday. Just a warning, though: if your child hasn’t been exposed to food coloring yet, be wary! We spent the rest of his birthday in the ER treating a serious allergic reaction.
Aug 9, 2009 at 4:43 pm -
Ok, I don’t wanna sound crazy. First, I had a camp at the end with potluck day, YUM, and we had to chose deserts. So i was looking for something wacky. So, i went with this cake. WOW, it look beautiful and I hope everyone likes it tomorrow!! I am still waiting for it to get out of the oven but it is very easy but the only thing is that who ever wrote this wasn’t that specific enough for me. I had some troubles, but thanks.
Aug 20, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Sophie =) -
I’m making this cake for my boyfriend’s birthday. Both of us are huge cake fans – I think this will be the such a fun, original cake! Can’t wait! Thanks
Sep 6, 2009 at 6:04 am -
I really want this recipe can you send the cake to the shops over to Perth AND YUMMY
Sep 10, 2009 at 11:26 pm
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Oh gosh that looks A) yummie B) really cool! I think I may make this at my fisrt House Welcoming Party! Baking in my new kitchen Wahoo!
Sep 17, 2009 at 9:57 am -
i love this cake made it lots of times!!! going to make it again soon!!!
Nov 4, 2009 at 5:58 pm -
omg. this is so pretty…
it tastes awesome. i love rainbows and i no wat your thinking not that kind of way. it tastes even better knowing that it is pretty…
LOL!!!!!!! lmaoIN LOVing mem. Dody Marteniez
Nov 5, 2009 at 2:04 pm -
I made a very large cake w/ 2 10″ 2 8″ and 2 6″ layers, and the icing was very bright a diff on each layer, and when we cut into it ALL the girls and their parents were full of oohs and ahhs….. Not once did I hear that there were too many artificial colors in it and that their child was going to die from it.. It was a GREAT success…… beautiful job!!
Nov 9, 2009 at 10:02 am
