Vanilla buttercream frosting 3 cups unsalted butter room temperature 678 grams 11 cups powdered sugar 1375 grams 1 tsp salt 6 grams 1 3 cup heavy cream or whipping cream 75 grams 1 1 2 tbsp vanilla extract 18 grams purple blue green yellow orange and red gel food coloring.
Vanilla rainbow marble cake recipe.
How to make marble cake step 1.
Make the vanilla cake batter.
Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.
1 tbs baking powder.
Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c.
To get started making this cake you ll make the vanilla cake batter.
Frost between each layer place a thin coat of the icing on the cake to create a crumb coat.
Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla.
Vanilla cake recipe 3 cup all purpose flour 390 grams 3 cups granulated sugar 600 grams 2 1 2 tsp baking powder 10 grams 1 tsp salt 5 grams 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature 226 grams 2 sticks 2 tsp.
1 2 cup butter softened 3 eggs lightly beaten.
Butter adds the flavor you really love in a vanilla cake while oil adds the ever important moisture.
Place the violet layer down first and frost.
Made a rainbow swirl cake for my dads 60th and turned out amazing.
I was disappointed when i pulled them out of oven as colors looked to have severely muted and browned but it was just the outside.
So to get started making this marble cake you ll make the vanilla cake batter.
Followed by the blue layer green layer yellow layer orange layer and finally the red layer.
I like my cake to look dignified on the outside and wild within but you could absolutely go crazy with rainbow sprinkles if you prefer.
A combination of butter and vegetable oil are used to add both flavor and moisture to the cake.
Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
Vanilla extract 9 grams 1 cup egg whites or about 7 egg whites 244 grams 1.
Add more flour if batter is too runny.
Here s what i used.
After combining your dry ingredients all purpose flour baking powder and salt and setting those aside you ll cream your butter oil and sugar together.
Add eggs milk and vegetable oil.
Mix flour sugar baking powder vanilla extract and salt together in a bowl.
1 tsp vanilla extract.
Mix by hand or use an electric mixer on low speed until smooth.
With a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter on high speed in a large bowl until smooth and creamy about 1 minute.
We used 4 colors and just dropped them all over in.
2 x 8in cake tins.
2 cups plain flour sifted 1 1 2 cups white sugar.
This can be one of the most overlooked steps when making cakes.