Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Make a Rainbow Cake with your Kids


Ingredients:

• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• food colouring
Method:
Preheat oven to 175°C. Grease a small springform, round, loaf or heart-shaped tin.
Using a mixer, beat egg whites until firm, then add baking powder and vanilla.
Put the mixer on low speed and slowly add the egg yolks.
Sift the sugar, then add it one tablespoon at a time until all combined.
Sift the flour, and add it in the same manner as the sugar. 
Remove bowl from the mixer and give a final gentle mix with a spoon to ensure all is combined.
Divide the mixture into as many bowls as you would like colours.
Add about ½ tsp of liquid colouring into each bowl of cake mix.
Pour each bowl into baking tin, dropping each into the centre of the tin - they will spread outwards to fill the tin.
Bake for about 20-25 mins. Cool and then slice.
You could also bake each colour in a separate tin and then once cool, stack them using icing or whipped cream and jam to keep the layers together.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012