Pride 2024 is coming to Amsterdam on July 26. And if you still haven’t organized your own Pride at home, here is a rainbow cake recipe full of colors and sweet flavors that should delight your guests. And if these layers of colors seem difficult to make, don’t panic: just follow the recipe!
The Famous Rainbow Cake
Preparation: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
For 8 people
Ingredients
Genoese sponge cakes (6 sponge cakes of 250 grams of dough each)
6 eggs
400g of sugar
400g flour
200g melted butter
1 sachet of baking powder
1 sachet of vanilla sugar
100g grated coconut (optional)
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate
20cl of light or full-fat liquid cream
10cl of milk
Natural or artificial food coloring (ideally powder or liquid)
White chocolate ganache
500g mascarpone
400g of white baking chocolate
Whipped cream
50cl of very cold whole liquid cream
100g of icing sugar
The recipe
Make colored sponge cakes
Beat the eggs with the sugar to obtain a very frothy mixture. Add the melted butter and mix.
Add the vanilla sugar, baking powder, two teaspoons of bicarbonate and then the flour. Mix well to obtain a smooth paste.
Add the cream, grated coconut, milk and mix.
Weigh the dough and divide it into 6 equal parts to make 6 small sponge cakes (approximately 250 grams per sponge cake).
Take the first part of dough for the first sponge cake and mix in 3 drops of food coloring. Pour the dough into a square sponge cake mold and bake for 10 minutes at 180°.
Repeat the operation five more times, changing color to finally obtain the six sponge cakes. If possible, you can cook them two by two to save time!
Make the white chocolate ganache
Whip the mascarpone and add the cooled melted white chocolate. Beat for several minutes to obtain a glaze.
Take the first sponge cake and add a layer of icing. Cover this first sponge cake with the second, then add another layer of icing. Repeat until the six sponge cakes are stacked, each mixed with icing. Smooth the top and sides well. Reserve in a cool place.
Ta-da !
Make the whipped cream
Pour the cream into a very cold dish and mix it, adding the icing sugar to obtain a thick cream.
Cover the rainbow cake with the whipped cream, smoothing it well. Top with grated coconut (optional) and serve!
Enjoy your cake!
🍰 The Secret Amsterdam tip: if you want to reproduce the pride flag identically, make no mistake about the order of the colors: from top to bottom, red – orange – yellow – green – blue – purple (or in the opposite direction, when stacking your sponge cakes from bottom to top!).
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