Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Cooking Time : 40 – 50 minutes
Serving : 8 members
Description
Rainbow marble cake . I have been wanting to make this cake for a long time . Did get the food colours sourced from abroad through my parents . But some how I kept postponing . Well day before yesterday was my birthday 
. No kids at home , just hubby and me . And as usual hubby dear forgot its my birthday . So every thing at home was normal . By “11 ” o clock hubby calls and wishes me … Having made a normal lunch wanted to pep up the mood at home so I decided to bake a cake . Thought of Black Forest but the cream … Hubby and myself at home umm .. then just skipped to my long wanted quest to bake a rainbow marble cake without the frosting wanting to cut down a little calories . I already had a recipe noted in my hand written cook book from a food blog called Mallu kitchen . But still just surfed the net for more recipes related to rainbow marble cake . I liked neigella lawsons recipe . Took note of it . Compared both the recipes and found the Mallu kitchen recipe more easy to follow with ingredients easily available in my pantry . Baked the cake finally and wolla , it was colourful ( really cheered me up ) , light , aromatic and soft . Just fell in love with the cake that I just wanted to gaze and admire the cake not wanting to eat it . Thank you mallu kitchen , (reshma nooh ) for your simple to follow recipe that worked wonders . Cut the cake celebrated , hubby was surprised about the colours in the cake . I did mention about a forum called home bakers guild / face book, before in which I am a member . Was so dame excited about the out come of the cake , I immediately posted the picture in home bakers guild ( to show off ) . Before going to bed just checked what’s going on in the web world of mine . Could not believe that my post had crossed a 100 likes . The excitement in me boomed even more . Went to bed wits a heart filled with joy and a board smile . The next day I get a message from the admin mr . Kp balakumar that my rainbow marble cake post has been selected for the HALL OF FAME files in the guild . What more could you ask for as a birthday gift . I was on cloud nine . I got to realise one thing that nothing brings more joy to me like cooking does : -)
Ingredients for the cake
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Butter | 3/4 cup at room temperature |
| Flour | 1 1/2 cup |
| Eggs | 3 |
| Sugar | 1 1/2 cup |
| Baking powder | 1 teaspoon |
| Milk | 3 tablespoons |
| Vanilla essence | 1 teaspoon |
| Food colour | red , blue , green , yellow , pink , purple - 1 teaspoon each |
Ingredients for the frosting
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Butter | 70 grams at room temperature |
| Icing sugar sieved | 150 grams |
| Milk | 1 to 2 tablespoons |
Method for cake
- Beat butter and sugar together till light and soft .
- Add one egg at a time , adding a little flour if your egg shows signs of curdling .
- Add milk , vanilla essence , rest of the flour and baking powder . mix till just blended .
- Divide the batter equally in six bowls .
- Add one teaspoon of each food colour into each bowl and mix well .
Ingredients for the color
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| 1 | red |
| 2 | yellow |
| 3 | green |
| 4 | blue |
| 5 | 1/2 teaspoon red + 1/2 teaspoon yellow = to get orange |
| 6 | 1/2 teaspoon blue + 1/2 teaspoon red =to get purple |
Method
- Take six tablespoon measures or equal measure spoons and start with purple colour cake batter , keep pouring one spoonful of each colour in the center of a greased baking bowl .
- Repeat the same until all the colour cake batters are over .
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for about -40 to 50 minutes . ( I checked at 40 minutes , my cake was a bit un cooked so cooked exactly for 50 minutes ) .
- Check if cooked by inserting a skewer or a tooth pick in the center of the cake . If it comes out clean , the cake is cooked . Remove and cool completely .
Frosting
- Beat butter and icing sugar together till light and fluffy . Add milk if the frosting is too thick . Spread on top of the completely cooled cake and decorate as you wish . Cut and serve .
- This recipe is as I took note from the food blog Mallu kitchen .
