Colour fade and rainbow cake

[-Daniel-]

At the weekend I made a cake with coloured sponges on the inside and a faded colour icing on the outside. It's my first time trying to do icing of this style, so I'm really proud with how it turned out.

I need to get round to buying a turntable so I can do the icing perfectly, but I think the overall effect is good!

Inside it's a victoria sponge, strawberry jam, and the buttercream is vanilla

OH - So here's something I want to ask. I really want to focus on my cake decorating skills, but I also want to make sure I have different flavoured cakes in my repertoire so I'm not always bringing the same flavours.

Do you guys have recipes for nice flavoured cakes that I can practice decorating and piping on?

 

[Cooking from your heart]

At the weekend I made a cake with coloured sponges on the inside and a faded colour icing on the outside. It's my first time trying to do icing of this style, so I'm really proud with how it turned out.

I need to get round to buying a turntable so I can do the icing perfectly, but I think the overall effect is good!

Inside it's a victoria sponge, strawberry jam, and the buttercream is vanilla

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OH - So here's something I want to ask. I really want to focus on my cake decorating skills, but I also want to make sure I have different flavoured cakes in my repertoire so I'm not always bringing the same flavours.

Do you guys have recipes for nice flavoured cakes that I can practice decorating and piping on?

Hello,
You’re Cake looks delicious and colorful, I love it!

 

[Becky]

Wow, that cake is beautiful! You've done a great job with the decorating, you must be feeling justifiable happy with that!

Do you have any tips for doing the colour fade?

 

[Norcalbaker59]

Nice job Daniel, the ombre is beautiful. I'm busy the next couple of weeks (out of town babysitting my niece), but I'll message you with a few recipes when I get a chance. Are you baking in volume or by weight?

 

[-Daniel-]

Nice job Daniel, the ombre is beautiful. I'm busy the next couple of weeks (out of town babysitting my niece), but I'll message you with a few recipes when I get a chance. Are you baking in volume or by weight?

I always bake using weight, although I measure liquid ingredients by volume. I'd really appreciate the recipes! Thanks Norcalbaker

 

[-Daniel-]

Wow, that cake is beautiful! You've done a great job with the decorating, you must be feeling justifiable happy with that!

Do you have any tips for doing the colour fade?

Not really... hahaha. I made 4 different shades of the pink icing and then piped them in lines around the cake, before smoothing out with a bench scraper. In the bowls it was difficult to see the differences in the shade, they look quite a bit more different on the actual cake, so I'd say that's good to take into account.

 

[Norcalbaker59]

I always bake using weight, although I measure liquid ingredients by volume. I'd really appreciate the recipes! Thanks Norcalbaker

Great, I’ll get you some recipes soon. I’ll note general adjustments for high altitude baking as well.

 

[Norcalbaker59]

I always bake using weight, although I measure liquid ingredients by volume. I'd really appreciate the recipes! Thanks Norcalbaker

Daniel, I did not forget about you my friend. I've been swamped with some personal work, helping my brother with his food business, and developing a couple of recipes. I'm going to work on the cake recipes for you this week. I use cake flour, which is not available in Mexico. So I am going to revise the recipes for AP flour. And as I mentioned, make notations on adjustments for your high altitude situation.

 

[-Daniel-]

Aw, thank you Norcalbaker!!! No need to rush, don't make this a priority, I've been totally swamped too and haven't been able to bake properly in at least 3 weeks