Tuesday, December 9, 2014

rainbow birthday cake

last month my friend kumi had her birthday. we had a small dinner party at my place. kumi made us dinner, a yummy japanese meal, soba noodle salad, gyoza. 


so my neighbour george and i decided to make her a cake.
 

but not just any cake. a rainbow cake. we followed this recipe.
 

you make the batter, divide it up and add the food colouring, then make 6 mini cakes. this means lots of washing up but the cakes cook in only 12 minutes each, so it went quickly.
 

after the cakes cooled we made a creme fraiche and white chocolate icing.


layering the cakes with the icing





in the order of colours of the rainbow.


until all 6 cakes are stacked up and not falling over. then we iced the whole thing.


 it was a big cake, and i think kumi was surprised


we sang happy birthday
 

 and the candles were blown out


it was nice to see the surprise of the layered coloured cakes when she cuts out the first piece.


everyone enjoying a slice of the rainbow


i think this is my new favorite cake to make. not too sweet, yummy and fun!

2 comments:

Julie said...

Very fun!!! Looked great!

Little Bird, Big Chip said...

looks amazing!! i bet kumi was super surprised when she cut in, nice job x