Rainbow Petal Sheet Cake Recipes

RAINBOW PETAL CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. Spray 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour batter into pans.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely.
• In large bowl, beat shortening and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light yellow. On low speed, gradually beat in powdered sugar. Beat in vanilla. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until frosting is smooth. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
• Place 3 cups frosting in separate bowl; stir in pink food color. Divide remaining frosting (about 1 cup for each color) among 5 bowls; tint with remaining food colors. Trim rounded tops off cakes to level, if needed. On serving plate, place 1 cake layer. Spread with pink frosting to within 1/4 inch of edge. Repeat with remaining cake layers. Spread thin layer of frosting on top and side of cake to seal in crumbs.
• Spoon 1 color frosting into decorating bag fitted with #12 tip. Pipe row of straight dots on cake from top to bottom. Gently spread each dot with offset pastry knife, cleaning knife after each time. Repeat with remaining colors of frosting. Create another row of dots where frosting ends and spread each dot with knife. Repeat until whole cake is finished. When scallops end, add final row of dots to "seal" the seam. Pipe top of cake with one dot at a time; spread and then pipe again, creating a concentric circle.

RAINBOW PETAL SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottom only of 1 (13x9-inch) pan. Make cake mix as directed on box using water, oil and eggs.
• Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cook completely, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, beat butter with an electric mixer on low speed until creamy. Beat in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth. Add vanilla and milk, 2 tablespoons at a time until well combined. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk.
• Use 1/2 cup frosting to frost a thin layer over entire cake. Divide remaining frosting into four bowls (about 3/4 cup frosting in each bowl). Mix blue, purple, green and orange food color, one into each bowl, until desired hue is reached.
• Place each color in individual resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut 1/2 inch off one corner of each bag. Pipe a dot of blue frosting and use back of teaspoon to pull frosting slightly. Repeat with remaining colors, alternating colors as you cover cake, slightly overlapping dots of frosting.

RAINBOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray the bottom and sides of six 8-inch round cake pans; dust with flour and tap out excess.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat the butter, sugar and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light in color and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla seeds, until combined.
• Transfer the creamed mixture to a very large mixing bowl, then alternate folding in the flour mixture and the milk with a spatula, adding the flour in 3 additions and the milk in 2, starting and ending with the flour, just until smooth. Divide the batter equally among 6 mixing bowls. Using gel food colors, tint each bowl with one of the colors of the rainbow. Pour each color into its own prepared cake pan.
• Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove the cakes to the rack to cool completely.
• Level the tops of any cake layers that have domed by slicing the domes off with a serrated knife. Put some buttercream into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Put the bottom cake layer onto a cake plate. Pipe around the edge of the cake layer to create a frosting "dam." Fill the center with a thin layer of jam (about 1/2 cup). Top with another cake layer and repeat until you have stacked and filled all the layers. Frost the outside of the cake with the remaining buttercream and decorate as desired.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, milk, vanilla seeds and salt. Beat on low speed for a while. When the sugar is incorporated, turn the speed up and beat until the buttercream is fluffy and smooth. If it's too wet, add a bit more confectioners' sugar. If it's too stiff, add a bit more butter. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl once or twice to make sure everything is combined.
• Use immediately or store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 24 hours or in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Rewhip cold buttercream before using.

ROSE PETAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9-inch tube pan.
• Sift together flour and salt; set aside.
• Beat butter in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy; it should be noticeably lighter in color. In a separate bowl, beat sugar and eggs together until doubled in volume. Mixture should be thick and lemon-colored.
• Add sifted flour and salt gradually to the egg mixture, mixing until fully combined. Fold in creamed butter and mix thoroughly.
• Divide batter into two equal parts. Into one part, add the almond extract and the ground almonds. To the other part, add the rosewater and the red food coloring. Spoon batters alternately into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a cake tester comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool for 15 minutes; then remove from pan to cool completely. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.

ROSE PETAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9-inch tube pan.
• Sift together flour and salt; set aside.
• Beat butter in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy; it should be noticeably lighter in color. In a separate bowl, beat sugar and eggs together until doubled in volume. Mixture should be thick and lemon-colored.
• Add sifted flour and salt gradually to the egg mixture, mixing until fully combined. Fold in creamed butter and mix thoroughly.
• Divide batter into two equal parts. Into one part, add the almond extract and the ground almonds. To the other part, add the rosewater and the red food coloring. Spoon batters alternately into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a cake tester comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool for 15 minutes; then remove from pan to cool completely. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.