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 )

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

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

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.

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.

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!