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Four-Layer Rainbow Cake Being Sliced and Served

Four-Layer Rainbow Cake

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 people

Equipment

  • 4 8-Inch Round Baking Pans greased, floured
  • 1 Oven

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Box White Cake Mix
  • Eggs Follow Cake Mix Box Instructions
  • Vegetable Oil Follow Cake Mix Box Instructions
  • 4 Boxes Jello-O Gelatin Mix Your choice of flavors - Don't use grape!
  • 2 Tubs Frosting 1 Yellow, 1 White
  • Food Coloring

Instructions
 

Preparing the Cake:

  • Pre-heat Oven to 350 degrees.
  • Prepare cake batter according to directions on box.
  • Evenly divide batter into four separate bowls.
  • Add 1 tbsp. of Jell-O Gelatin Powder to each bowl and stir. Use a different color for each bowl - You choose the colors, but definitely avoid grape.
  • Pour each bowl of batter into a different greased/floured cake pans.
  • Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until your cake tester comes out clean.
  • Allow your colorful round cake layers to cool, and then remove them from the pans.
  • Stack your cake layers, spreading yellow frosting between each layer.

Preparing the Outer Icing:

  • Scoop most of the white frosting into a bowl. (Set a little extra to the side for the clouds.)
  • Add six drops of blue food coloring to the frosting. Stir until blended.
  • Use this mixture to cover the outside of the cake.
  • Take the remaining white frosting you side aside and make cloud formations on the top and on the sides of the cake.
Keyword Cake Recipe, Rainbow Cake