Red velvet and rainbow cake experts I need your advice.

[Phteven]

I have the wilton's red gel so I guess i need to track down some yellow.

Now I just need to figure out what icing to use...

[Trillian]

Onyx, I've uploaded them to FB for you.

[Phteven]

That must be some kind of record.
I can't see them. Can you tag me?

[Trillian]

I posted them on your wall - for some reason it wouldn't let me share the album with you.

[Beach Mama]

Me is bumping because I need to make a 6 layered rainbow cake for DD's party on Saturday and just wondering which packet mix you use Trill and Onyx?? I need to colour each of the 6 layers a different colour and then work out what icing to use in-between each layer and on top! TIA chicks!

[Phteven]

I ended up using the Magnolia bakery vanilla cupcake recipe instead of a packet cake mix. It is quite thick and not at all runny so the cupcakes ended up more patchy/marbled than layered.

Utterly delicious cupcakes. It's a great recipe.

In a layered rainbow cake I expect to see purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

ETA - I saw an awesome purple cake that was layers of different shades of purple - light on the bottom and dark on the top.

A cream cheese frosting with a bit of lemon zest would be yummy.

[Beach Mama]

That is exactly what Im doing hun!! Could I use that recipe for a cake do you think? I"ve done it before for cupcakes but this will essentially be 6 cakes (planning on 2 batters divided by 3 if it's big enough or else 3 x2)

[Trillian]

Tan, I always use the White Wings buttercake packet mix - it just gives such a good consistency and the colours mix through it really well. If you are going to so a six layer cake, you will need 3 packets - make the batter on pack at a time and then split it into equal halves and then colour each half. It is not hard by any means to do all six layers, but it is time consuming. One tip though - whatever tin you plan on using, make sure you have two of them so you can have two cakes in the oven at the same time otherwise it takes forever to cook. If you are planning on feeding a heap of people, then use one packet per layer in a large rectangle/square tin.