Rainbow Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 3 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 ½ cups sugar
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups milk
• Red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple gel food coloring
• 7 disposable baking pans
• Vanilla Buttercream

Directions

• Step 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray disposable baking pans with nonstick spray.
• Step 2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• Step 3.  Combine sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Mix with an electric mixer on medium speed until ingredients are just combined.
• Step 4.  Add half of flour mixture and half of milk to sugar mixture. Mix well. Repeat with second half of flour mixture and milk.
• Step 5. Divide batter evenly into 7 bowls. When adding food coloring to each bowl, start out with about 1/4 – 1/2 tsp. Add more as necessary. Pour cake batter into prepared pans. Bake in batches of two or three for 10-12 minutes, or until center has set and edges of cake slightly pull away from the pan. Let cake layers cool completely before frosting.