Hello again readers! Today we're going to do something a little different with our cake decorating. Normally when we think of decorating a cake we automatically think of making the outside look good, yes? We're going to do a different take on that today and decorate the inside of a cake.
Now I'm sure you've all seen those layered rainbow cakes whereas each layer is a different colour, right? We're going to be looking at something similar as we explore Tye-Dye Cakes. They're a bit tedious, but simple enough. I was fortunate enough to run up on this in Onyxfox's Deviantart Gallery. Here's what it looks like from the inside:
Pretty nice, huh? Now let's look at the process. First, you make your cake batter (Whatever kind you desire, so long as its lightly coloured.), then segregate it equally into however many colours you're going to be putting into your cake and colour each part like so. Keep in mind you'll want the least batter of the innermost colour of your pattern and the most batter of your outermost colour for evenness.
I personally would add a bit of extract or flavouring to each colour, such as cherry or strawberry for red, lemon for yellow, lime for green, orange for... well orange, raspberry for blue (Get it? Blue Raspberry? :P ), and so on. Also, don't be afraid to be creative with your colour combos. It doesn't have to be a rainbow tye dye. You could also use this technique for other colour patterns, such as a white and blue cloudy sky, camouflage patterns for that special hunter's birthday, etc.
Now onto the next step: Pouring it into the pan for the desired pattern. Start with the colour you want outermost and pour it around the very inside edge of the pan. It doesn't have to be perfect! Now pour in your next colour the same way inside your batter ring, then again, and again until you get something like this:
Again, be creative. Going back to the camouflage pattern, you can just splotch in your different colours at complete random to get whatever your desired effect is.
All right, now's the time to bake up your Tye-Dye or whatever-pattern-you've-done cake. Bake it just as you normally would the for whatever type of batter you're using and you'll come up with something like this:
Don't be put off when you see your nice colours darkened and browned on the top. Your colours will be nice and vibrant inside where it counts! Like this!
Now frost and decorate as desired! Perhaps next post I'll show you all a couple of rainbow frosting techniques that would do well on this! Until then, God Bless you all!
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