American Girl Magazines Colorful Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350.
• Divide prepared white cake batter equally into 4 bowls.
• Mix 1 tablespoons Jell-O powder into each bowl, one color per bowl.
• Stir until blended.
• Additional Jell-O powder may be added at this time for brighter colors.
• Pour batter into greased and floured cake pans, 1 color per pan.
• Bake 15 minute or until cake springs back when lightly touched in the center.
• Cool 5 minute and remove from pans.
• when cake is completely cool, spread yellow frosting between layers.
• Scoop 3/4 of your white frosting into a bowl, add 6 drops blue food coloring.
• Whisk until blended.
• Cover outside of cake with blue frosting.
• spread the remaining white frosting atop the blue frosting as clouds.

Steps:

• Cut 5 or 6 pieces of wax paper and draw an 8" circle in each. Have available a large cookie sheet or jelly roll pan that will accommodate two wax paper sheets.
• In mixing bowl, cream softened butter with sugar and beat until fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix in flour and baking powder and beat until well blended. (Do not over beat.).
• Divide cake batter among the 5 or 6 wax paper sheets. Spread batter into shape of circle and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees about 9 or 10 minutes until golden around edge and cake springs back when touched.
• Remove from cookie sheet and cool. Repeat for remaining batter.
• Take 1st round of pastry and place on cake platter.
• Spread some raspberry jam on top and then some vanilla pudding.
• Repeat same with 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th layer.
• Place 6th layer of pastry on top and frost top layer with a layer of icing (omit one layer if making only 5 layer cake).
• Beat whipping cream until stiff and frost sides of cake with whipping cream.
• You can decorate the cake as to what the occasion calls for - Danish flags, candles for a birthday, cake sprinkles, etc.
• Cake can be assembled ahead of time (without the whipping cream) and refrigerated. The flavors blend and it tastes somewhat like trifle. Frost sides of cake with whipping cream just before serving.