In the months of February and March, we celebrate 5 birthdays (soon-to-be 6!) in David's family. Every year, we celebrate with a combined birthday extravaganza. This year, I had a lot of fun baking the cake: a six-layered rainbow cake to represent each of the six individuals that have February/March birthdays!
Deborah & Amelia (my sister-in-law & niece) with the cake
The cake started out simply enough: two boxes of white cake mix!
I separated the batter into six bowls and colored it! That was definitely the fun part. This would be a very fun project for teaching kids about mixing colors!
I baked each layer in a 9" pan; let it cool, and then wrapped it in plastic wrap and placed it in the freezer. This made icing the cake so much easier!
A classic white cake (the icing is homemade mascarpone buttercream)
What a surprise to cut into...
I may or may not have eaten a piece for breakfast this morning....Happy Monday!
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I may or may not have had another "small" piece last night!
What a wonderful idea! That cake is gorgeous! I might have to do this sometime!
I saw a tutorial for a rainbow cake a while back and I have been dying to make one ever since!
This post was not good for my diet!
You did do a lovely job though, and I totally condone cake for breakfast! :)
Wow that's gorgeous! It looks so yummy!
That is so fun! What a great idea for shared birthdays!
I love rainbow cakes - So Pretty!
Adorable! And I don't blame you on the breakfast thing. I wouldn't be able to resist that lying around either.
That is so amazing!! I'm totally going to make that someday :D
I cannot stop staring at that cake. It looks so ridiculously delicious!
Those colours came out really bright. What brand of colouring do you use?
I once made a rainbow cake with each colour a different flavour! (red - strawberry, yellow- banana, etc) It was amazing :)
That is so cool and looks so yummy!!! What a fun way to celebrate all the birthdays!
How fun!!! It looks beautiful!! And I want a piece for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!!
So much fun! That's a great idea.
Love love love this!! You might have just picked my theme for my daughter's next birthday. Great job!
That is such a wonderful idea! I may just have to "borrow" it:)
That is one fabulous cake!
I'm a Kindergarten teacher, and I may have to use this to teach a lesson about rainbows we're having in March! Thanks so much for sharing! :)
The cake looks amazing!!! Great job!
looks delish! i just want tiny little slice ... any left?? ;)
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This looks amazing! I cant wait to try it :-)
What a fantastic cake! going to have to copy that at some stage! Happy birthday everyone at your place!
YUM! It looks so good!
That is so cool !!
This cake is beautiful! I am not much of a baker...or a cake eater for that matter...but this cake has totally inspired me! I need to think of a reason to make this.
I seriously love how this cake looks!!! it would be a perfect cake for a special princess birthday or something too!! Too bad Rainbow Bright is not longer on the scene (I'm dating myself!!:)
thanks for the sweet comment on my mood board this morning!
xoxo
Oh wow, this cake is incredible!! I would have never thought to do that. What a great surprise when you slice into a seemingly normal white cake! I've never tried making a layered cake, but they look so pretty. Great job!
That is amazing! I need an occasion to I've that a whirl!!! Great job!<3
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