By Jack McDermott
Staff Writer
Ingredients:
- box of white cake mix
- food coloring (Easter colors)
- 2 tubs of frosting
Recipe:
- Follow the instructions on the back of a cake box to make the batter.
- Split the batter evenly into 5 bowls.
- Squirt 2 drops of food coloring into each bowl to make different colors. The colors will darken when baked.
- Pour each bowl of batter into different 8-inch pans.
- Bake for time and temperature mentioned on cake box.
- Stack cakes on top of one another after they cool and add frosting between layers.
- Enjoy!
Rainbow cake is one of the hidden desserts made for Easter. Although some would disagree and say that a great cake in the eye of tradition for Easter would be a lamb cake. Lamb cake is an example of a great idea that went terribly wrong. To get the shape of a lamb into a cake, the cake needs to be very sturdy. To make a cake “sturdy”, means to add lots of flour with not much else, which leads to lamb cakes #1 problem, the coconut. I’m not sure anyone likes candy coconut shavings, especially when mixed with bland cake.
The rainbow cake is a quick, colorful, and fun addition to any Easter celebration with a sure chance of receiving compliments. The many tiers allow for lots more frosting and all the colors make you look like a pro.
If can’t do without a lamb on your Easter table, consider lamb shaped butter. Lamb shaped butter and rainbow cake have some surprising similarities, they are both fun, cheap, and festive.
