6 Layer Rainbow Cake

A wonderful crowd pleaser :)

Posted by Michelle N.

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My friend/roommates birthday; so i wanted to make a special cake for her. i thought this would be a nice surprise from a 9 x 13 inch cake with frosting.

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You Will Need (8 things)

  • 1 Box of White Cake Mix
  • Food Coloring
  • Non Stick Cooking Spray
  • 8 oz Cream Cheese At Room Temperature
  • 1/4 cup Butter At room temperature
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 cup Sifted Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 Rainbow Chip Frosting

Steps (10 steps, 90 minutes)

  1. 1

    Follow the instructions on the box to make the batter & divide into 6 separate bowls. Add a couple drops of food coloring to get : red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

  2. 2

    Im not to sure how many drops i added but it was probably about 5 drops per color. Orange = yellow & red. Purple = red & blue.

  3. 3

    Leave out 1 box ( 8 oz. ) of cream cheese & 1/4 Cup of butter to soften at room temperature

  4. 4

    I only had two - 9 inch round pans, so i had to do this three times. Add batter to a greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. * Make sure the batter is distributed evenly in the pan & start with the bottom layers first (purple & blue should be cooked first)

  5. 5

    Make cream cheese frosting while waiting for the cake to bake!
    Cream the soften butter & cream cheese together. Add 1-1.5 Tbsp. of vanilla extract. Mix, then sift 1 cup of confectioners sugar into the bowl. Mix well
    *you may want to double the recipe if you want to frost the entire cake

  6. 6

    Let the cake layers cool for a bit.

  7. 7

    Purple cake layer & then some cream cheese frosting, repeat!

  8. 8

    I added melted chocolate as a layer instead of cream cheese frosting in between the yellow & orange cake layer. It actually was supposed to be in between the green & yellow but i kinda forgot.

  9. 9

    I frosted the top with rainbow chip frosting! I decided not to frost the sides because i liked seeing the layers plus i hate when a cake has lots of frosting

  10. 10

    & now the fun part. Decorate as you want! i used the some leftover cream cheese frosting in a ziploc bag to write happy birthday.
    Enjoy <3