RAINBOW LAYER CAKE BY ANE D AND ANTONELLA

INGREDIENTS

2-Boxes cake mix                                                                    1-cup shortening

2-Cups water                                                                           1-cup butter,softened

1-Cup vegetable oil                                                                  1-bag  powdered sugar

6-Eggs                                                                                     2-teaspoons vanilla

2-pack  food colors                                                                  3-to 4 tablespoons milk


METHOD

First, heat oven to 175º C.

Then, in a large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs. Divide batter evenly among 6 small bowls

Later, using food colours, 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)

Then, refrigerate 3colors of batter until ready to bake.Pour the other 3colors of batter into cake pans.

Bake18 to 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.Remove from pans to cooling racks,cool completely.

Wash cake pans.Bake and cool the other 3 cake layers.

In a large bowl, beat shortening and butter, gradually beat in powdered sugar.Beat in vanilla.Add milk,1 tablespon at a  time, beating until frosting is smooth.Beat on high speed until light and fluffy.

Trim rounded tops off cakes to level, if needed.On serving plate ,place purple cake layer. Spread with frosting. Repeat with blue, green, yellow, orange and red cake layers. Spread light coat of frosting on top and side of cake to seal in crumbs,then frost with remaining frosting.