Rainbow Layer Cake Recipe / 6 Layer - Rainbow Birthday Cake - Maha's 1st Birthday Cake

I was planning for maha's birthday for atleast past two months. We are taking a grand birthday party on sep 8th which is on maha's star birthday, so i decided to have a small party in my house on her date of birth.I wanted to make all the foods as well the cake for maha. So i planned for a week and decided the menu. I planned to make gulab jamun, vegetable samosas, jeera rice, paneer butter masala, battura, chana masala, gobi manchurian dry, mixed fruit curd rice, and fruit chat. I worked on that for 2 whole days..It was too much stressing and tiring, but when i looked at the end it was amazing, everyone loved it and dig into the food, they really enjoyed the food. I AM ONE HAPPY MOM..

I know that for a birthday party, the grant center piece is going to be a cake. I wanted to give really special cake on her birthday. I wanted to make a colourful cake for her birthday, because as a mom i wanted her first birthday and the years after that to be very colourful and joyful..So i decided to make a 6 layer rainbow cake..Since i have already made a tri colour cake, i was confident enough to make this cake..

I searched all over the net and found this recipe simple and easy. So i took that recipe and adopted to my taste and made this..It was delicious..I baked the cake a day in advance. I baked all the 6 layer cake under 1 hour. I allowed it to cool completely and wrapped it in cling film and refrigerated it. The next day morning i worked on the decoration part. Actually i wanted to do colourful roses as decoration, but the buttercream which i made was not enough to work on the frosting, so i went for a easy yet rustic home style decoration, I hope you like it..

The party is all set and when we sliced the cake, the surprise in everyone's eyes is so enjoyable..I love to see these kind of surprises..So you have to bake this cake for your loved ones birthday and enjoy the happiness they get when they slice into it..

And dont forget to keep the name of the cake as a surprise like i did, so it will be even more exciting..

Preparation Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 12 to 15 mins One Cake

Makes : 12 to 14 generous slices
Recipe Source: kerry cooks.com

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour / Maida - 360 grams / 3 Cups

Sugar - 350 grams / 1 3/4 cup

Softened Unsalted Butter - 350 grams

Eggs - 6

Vanilla Essence - 2 tblspn

Baking Powder - 4 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Milk - 1/2 cup / 120 ml

Food Colouring - Red, Pink, Yellow,Blue, Green
Vanilla Butter Cream- You need a batch of this

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 Degree C.

Sift flour, baking powder, salt together and set aside.

Take soft butter, sugar, vanilla essence in a large mixing bowl and beat using a beater till it is creamy and fluffy.

Now add in one egg at a time and beat using a beater till it is fluffy.

Now add in half of the sifted flour and mix gently. Add in half the milk and fold again.

Now add in the remaining flour mix and fold gently, add in the remaining milk and fold again. Now it is properly mixed up.

Divide the batter between 6 bowls, Now add in one colour in each bowl and mix well.

Now prepare two cake pans, check this post for how to do it..

Take two coloured batter and pour in two pans.

Bake it in preheated oven for 12 to 15 mins. Dont over bake.

Let it cool for 5 mins, invert it to a cooling rack and cool it. Bake all the cake batter like this.

You can decorate it immediately as it is completely cooled or cover the cakes individually in plastic wrap and chill it over night and decorate next day.

Make vanilla butter cream frosting. Sandwich each cakes with a layer of butter cream and cover the entire cake with cream.

Now you can decorate it as you like.

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