Rainbow Layer Cake with Rainbow Chip Frosting
Angie McGowan
Updated Mar 1, 2023
Celebrate your next party with this colorful layered cake frosted with Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy™ rainbow chip frosting!
Rainbow Layer Cake with Rainbow Chip Frosting
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 30 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 2 boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Vanilla Cake Mix
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 6 eggs
- 2 packages (2.7 oz each) Betty Crocker™ classic gel food colors
- 3 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Original Rainbow Chip Frosting
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cake mixes, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among 6 small bowls, about 1 1/3 cups each.
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Step3Using food colors, tint batter in 1 bowl blue, 1 bowl red, 1 bowl green, 1 bowl yellow, 1 bowl orange (using red and yellow) and 1 bowl purple (using blue and red).
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Step4Refrigerate 3 colors of batter until ready to bake. Pour remaining 3 colors of batter into cake pans.
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Step5Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center and begins to pull away from side of pan. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling racks; cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step6Wash cake pans. Bake and cool remaining 3 cake layers as directed.
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Step7Trim rounded tops off cakes to level, if needed. On serving plate, place purple cake layer. Spread with frosting to within 1/4 inch of edge. Repeat with blue, green, yellow, orange and red cake layers. Spread light coat of frosting on side and top of cake to seal in crumbs, then frost again with remaining frosting.
Nutrition
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