Friday, December 23, 2011

rainbow cake and the story behind it ;-)

 

First time nampak rainbow cake ni kat shidah’s blog many many many moons back! Dalam hati teringin nak buat tapi kena lah tunggu hasya’s birthday tahun depan sebabnya kek ni nampak tinggi and dah tentu tentu lah susah nak habiskan kek ni if three of us jek yg makan kan! Eh, bukan 3 of us, only 2 of us jek yg makan sebab hasya kurang suka kek yang ada cream ni ;-)

Anyway, keteringinan nak membuat rainbow kek ni sampai jugak akhirnya when my SIL mintak i buatkan for her kids’ birthday last month..ehehe lama dah membuat kek ni tapi baru terhegeh hegeh nak update kat sini. dunno lah what went wrong with me nih sebabnya tersaaaangatlah malasnya nak meghupdate segala new recipes..rainbow cake ni pun sebab dah janji ngan screaming mommy nak update 2 malam lepas tapi baru malam ni i terajin skit

hokkay! back to my rainbow cake…here is my first rainbow cake (cilok gambar kat SIL’s FB )

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ni bila dah di potong! nah! hamik ko..tinggi melangit kek ni kan ;-))

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apa tidaknya…dah lah 1st time buat kek ni…terus ku gamble buat 3 adunan and dah tu pan yang ada cuma 8 inch pan ajek…selamba jek guna 8 inch pan dan hasilnya sungguhlah tinggi dan beratnya rainbow cake ni itu hari..sib baik kek ni tersaaaangatlah behavednya masa party itu hari ye!

i mean kek ni tak jatuh and senget masa potong and guess what! it was a huge hit hokkay! double triple suka mak tau!

Then, this is my 2nd cake, kali ni guna 6 inch pan sebab itu jek pan yang ada kat rumah

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made this for a friend pulak and this time pun i main sesuka hati susun the rainbow colors tu.

bila je hasya nampak kek ni terus dia complain yang i dah salah susun rainbow colors tu..hahaha sungguh banyak complain kanak kanak tu tau!

then came my 3rd cake, kali ni guna 8 inch pan and this time i buat 2 adunan aje.

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this time i made for another friend who wants to celebrate her son’s first birthday. hasilnya takde lah tinggi melangit kek ni and i managed to susun ikut rainbow color yang betul ye!

if not harus cik adik tu complain lagik kan hikhik

hokkay, here’s the recipe! thanks a bunch to shidah and kak yani (KG) for sharing this recipe and i know this recipe is definitely a keeper…

source: dairimama

 

Rainbow Cake

Adapted from Dorie Greenspan

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt (tk masuk coz guna salted butter)
1 1/4 cups  milk or buttermilk (saya guna buttermilk)
4 large egg whites
¾ cup sugar  
120gm unsalted butter, softened 
1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract - (tak masukkan tapi ganti dengan vanilla essence)
Gel or powder food coloring (saya guna yang cecair)
2 tsp vanilla essence

Method 
1. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C and put a rack in the middle or upper third of the oven. Butter two 5 inch pans  (saya guna 6 inch pan sebanyak 6 kali sebab 6 lapis)  and line with buttered parchment paper.
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the egg whites and buttermilk. I whisked the mixture using hand for about 1 minute.
3. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer on medium speed for a full 3 minutes until very light and fluffy.
Beat in half of the egg-buttermilk mixture, then flour mixture, then the last of the egg-buttermilk mixture, and finally the last of the flour, beating until the batter is smooth. Beat the entire batter on medium high for two minutes until completely smooth and mixed.
4. Divide the batter in 6, dye each batter with different colour. Bake 20 minutes (untuk 6 inh pan, saya bakar selama 15 minit), rotating halfway through, or until a thin knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in the pans five minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack. To ensure moistness, once the cakes are cooled, wrap immediately and chill in a fridge 

For the Cream Cheese Frosting: 
125 gm butter, at room temperature 
125gm cream cheese, at room temperature 
125 gm mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar (saya reduced to 3/4 cup)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract


To make the frosting:

Using the whisk attachment, whip the butter and  cheese on high speed for about 5 minutes, scraping the bowl down as necessary. Reduce the speed to low and slowly add the powdered sugar until all is incorporated. Add the vanilla and mix to combine. Increase the speed to medium high and whip for a few minutes until the frosting is light and fluffy, scraping the bowl as necessary.

 

First time buat dulu guna resepi ni untuk cream cheese frosting coz tak jumpa cari mascarporne cheese. Dua dua cream cheese frosting ni sedap ajek kat tekak i ;-))

Cream cheese frosting
125g cream cheese – saya guna philadelphia cream cheese
50g unsalted butter – saya guna scs
80g powdered sugar 
1 cup fresh cream, whipped until stiff

Cream Cheese frosting: method
1. Beat cream cheese with butter until soft.
2. Turn mixer to low speed, add powdered sugar a little at a time. Whisk until well blended.
3. Add whipped cream, stir through with a spatula.

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owh! lupa nak habaq, start from 2nd cake tu, takde makna dah mak nak sapu cream keliling kek tu sebabnya malas babe! anyway, bila dah susun n nampak rainbow color tu i rasakan lagi comel ajek kek ni kan! kan!

22 comments:

  1. Fav cake family kak cek...memang selalu sgt buat kek ni...rasanya emmm...superbbb...:)

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  2. Zarin,

    Lama mmg tunggu update dkt sini, sekali kluar....fuuuyyoohh rainbow kek bertingkat2 cantik & menyelerakan. Confirm budak2 suka kek colour2 mcm ni ;) I tunggu Jannah's bday lah baru dpt buat kek cam ni.

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  3. cik cek
    kek kesukaan ramai ni kan..ada my fren siap panggil ice cream kek gitu ;-)


    anie
    mak budak n pak budak pun suka kek ni babe! hihi since i dah buat kek ni, hasya dah takmo kek ni for her b'day tp i rasa i nk buat jugak kek ni for her b'day nanti sebab i nak makan hahaha

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  4. zarin

    hehe...i can imagine the berat-ness of the cake..but then kita tak kisyah nyahhhh...sebab it's soooo gorjessss!! Loved it!! I think this cake I akan buat for my october babies bday tahun depan..sebab puinyalah ramei orang celebrate bday for october, so I pukul sekali harung..buat this yummy cake for them all :) geliga tak ai??heheh...

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  5. Salam Zarin...lama tak jengah zarin jadi akak datang...warna rainbow memancar sampai ke Ipoh..nice cake....

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  6. wahh zarih! hebat! dah terror buat kek pelangi.. shidah ada meracun k.nor utk buat kek ni masa kita org dating aritu.. tp tu la.. birthday anak2 pun lambat lg.. kalau buat sapa la nak tulun perabiskan tu.. cantik la bila tak cover whole body kek tu dgn cream.. nampak jer pelangi tu kan.. :)

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  7. Zariiiiiiiiiiiiiin, rainbow cake for me plzzzzzzzz.....mak aii, minggu ni dah tua dah aiiii....hu3!

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  8. Rainbow cake is at its best bila menguna kan this recipe.. did it during sonia's 2nd bday party.. was a hit indeed!

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  9. Tq beb:) lama cari camna nak buat cake ni..tq byk2 for sharing:)

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  10. btw..lupa, yess I agree, tak payah sapu cream keliling, baru nampak color dia sbb susah payah kan meng-color:))

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  11. Salam Zarin..akak geram tenguk kek ni..dia tak tumbang ke..kalau potong macam mana ekkk...macam twin tower ni..warnaya cantik zarin pakai wilton color ke???

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  12. yat
    wahhhh memang geliga anda hahaha..the other day pun i wat for 2 of them..senang citer kan! tk yah susah2 wat kek lain dah coz kek ni besor gedabak :D


    kak paty
    buat la kak...memang kek ni cantik n sedaaap


    kak nor
    kalau rumah yg ramai penghuni takpe, rumah saya ni dah lah 3 org pastu suma kurang suka kek..erkk dah muak kot makan kek hahaha


    ayuu
    happy birthday to uuuu...bila hari kejadiannya?


    Rima
    yupp! memang suma sukak kek ni


    SM
    cepat buat babe! sedap kek ni and kejap aje buatnya...makannya pulak laaagilah kejap hahahaha


    kak paty
    itu hari masa potong yang tinggi gedabak tu kek ni tak tumbang, masih teguh berdiri hihi
    warna tu saya pakai any color yg dlm botol tu..ada yg beli kat Bagus je and ada jugak star brand tu

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  13. salam zarin...
    dah rasa kek ni yg kazen buat baru ni.. tp tak sure dia guna resepi mana.. but.. mmg bestlah kek ni.. hubby pun puji sedap walaupun sebelum ni dia agak cerewet pasal kek2 ni.. tu yg tingin gak nak buat.. tp mmg mcm zarin jugakla kene tunggu ada besday sapa2 baru leh buat idak karang... tak abis lak keknya.. hehe..

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  14. wah zarin..cantik warna kek pelangi you..
    hihihi kelakar lah hasya.. kalau i pun..i don't think i can remember susunan colour rainbow.. yang i tau ada 7 colour je...hehhe

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  15. hi Zarin..

    geram plak belek2 xjumpak contact u (email ke) sbb i nk tnya bleh ke uder kek nih dari u?? ishh geram dari tahun lepas tau! hehe..

    kalau u free bleh email kat i elysuhaili@yahoo.com

    tengkiu yeee

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  16. kak madiha
    dah berkali2 saya wat kek ni tp kan skali pun hb saya tk pernah makan hihi
    weekend nanti ada kawan nk dtg, ingat nk wat kek ni lah..buleh la hb saya try plak ;-)


    sue
    she is my QA hahaha
    i pun surprised she remember the rainbow colors. teringat lak i masa skolah dulu siap ada formula lg nk hafal rainbow colors tu


    ely
    jap lagi i email u ye!
    btw, here's my email add zarinbahrin@gmail.com

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  17. salam zarin..selamat tahun baru 2012!!
    Dapat makan kek tggi cam ni..mmg puas larr.cantikkk jer rainbownya...

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  18. beb, pesanan from my friend suria..dia suka sgt recipe ni..I share the link (ur blog with her) and dia dah try buat few times dia suka sgt2 and thank u byk2:)

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  19. zarin-first time saya buat-runtuh uuu.then kalut takut jatuh selamba je pegang kek tu.silap buh whiping cream jd licin.

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  20. azatie
    baru sekarang nk reply komen ehehe :D
    makan kek tinggi gini buleh kenyang satu hari satu malam ehehe :D



    SM
    ur fren dh buat. u dah buat blm? if blm better buat now if not u menyesal...sedap babe!



    BCP
    i pun pernah runtuh, masa tu dah siap susun 4 layers and suddenly i terlanggar..habis kecah cream cheese tu but then sib baik masih buleh di selamatkan :D

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  21. hai kak zarin...kalau nk tempah kt akak baper yer akak amik??
    tp akak boleh x buat kecik skit..tok 2org mkn...

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  22. ili nurfarah
    i dah jawab in my entry on 19/5/2012...since u nk yg kecik u can try rainbow cake in jar..here is my email..zarinbahrin@gmail.com

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