Rainbow Cake!

A few weeks ago, LJ asked me if I would lend a hand in making a cake for a colleague's baby shower. She wanted an interesting cake but nothing too fancy, a nice simple design for the outside, but when it came to deciding on the filling I remembered a cake that I'd seen months ago here - the Super Epic Rainbow Cake.



Image sourced from http://illusion.scene360.com/food-drinks/5998/super-epic-rainbow-cake/

What makes this cake so cool is that it's creamy white exterior gives no hint to the total madness going on inside, which made it perfect for the baby shower cake - nice, plain and elegant on the outside, but crazytown when it's cut into.

So the plans were planned, the ingredients were bought and the aprons were...left in the cupboard (although in hindsight they would have been a really good idea)



Coloured cake batter waiting for baking



We only had one pan so each layer had to be baked, cooled slightly and turned out before the pan was cleaned and prepped for the next layer

 Being the intelligent people that we are we didn't start baking till about 9:30 at night. Consequently, we were up till about 11:30 waiting for the final layer to come out of the oven. As a result of the late night and subsequent sleep deprivation, no more photos were taken until we made it to the next night - icing night.

And the stacking began

Another layer

And another



And another



Until they're all stacked up

Ta-da!

Another layer of icing for smoothness

And the final layer of rolled fondant - note the ridiculous quantities of icing sugar

A bit of smoothy smoothy action

A quick finish with a black ribbon and an expertly cut out stork sillouhette and we're ready for a baby shower

The cake was very well received by the mum to be and the rest of the party and only a small slice survived the journey home for the rest of us to try.

Post demolition

Yum! Tastes like rainbows!