{"id":4954,"date":"2026-10-06T17:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/?p=4954"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:42:14","slug":"vanilla-rainbow-layer-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/vanilla-rainbow-layer-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla Rainbow Layer Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For the White Vanilla Cake Layers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 cups (360g) cake flour, sifted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp baking powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 tsp fine sea salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup (225g) unsalted butter, room temperature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups (400g) granulated sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp pure vanilla extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup (240ml) whole milk, room temperature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 large egg whites, room temperature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gel food coloring:<\/strong> Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For the Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 cups (450g) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 cups (840g) powdered sugar, sifted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 cup (120ml) heavy cream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp pure vanilla extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pinch of salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instruction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.Prepare Oven &amp; Pans:<\/strong>350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C) oven setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C). Line six 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper and grease lightly (if you don&#8217;t have six pans, bake in batches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.Mix Dry &amp; Wet Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whisk together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4 minutes until pale and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.Alternate Milk &amp; Flour:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On low speed, alternate adding the dry flour mixture and whole milk into the creamed butter, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4.Whip &amp; Fold Egg Whites:<\/strong>Fold gently to preserve lightness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a clean bowl, whip the 6 egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the whipped egg whites into the batter until just combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.Tint the 6 Batter Portions:<\/strong>Divide into 6 bowls (~1 cup per bowl).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Divide batter equally into 6 separate bowls. Add gel food coloring to each (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) and mix gently until bright and uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6.Bake &amp; Cool:<\/strong>12 to 15 minutes per batch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spread each colored batter into a prepared pan. Bake for 12\u201315 minutes until set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire racks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7.Whip Frosting &amp; Assemble:<\/strong>Red layer on bottom, purple on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beat butter for 2 minutes, then gradually blend in powdered sugar, heavy cream, vanilla, and salt on high speed until fluffy. Stack layers in reverse rainbow order (purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red) with a layer of buttercream between each. Frost top and sides smooth with white buttercream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients For the White Vanilla Cake Layers: For the Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream: Instruction 1.Prepare Oven &amp; Pans:350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C) oven setup. Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C). Line six 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper and grease lightly (if you don&#8217;t have six pans, bake in batches). 2.Mix Dry &amp; Wet Ingredients: Whisk together cake flour, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birthday-cake"],"Cooking_time":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/25.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4956,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954\/revisions\/4956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}