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Rainbow cake recipe ( no-bake no-cook )

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Ingredients: ( for no-bake no-cook rainbow cake )

White bread slices – 12 ( edges trimmed )
Sugar Syrup – 1 cup ( 300 ml )
Food color – RED YELLOW GREEN BLUE

for Buttercream icing:
Butter (softened) – 500 gms ( or 2 cups / 4 sticks )
powdered sugar / icing sugar – 1 cup ( 200 gms )

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Method:
Step 1) Trim the edges of the bread

Step 2) Divide sugar syrup into 6 bowls.

Step 3) Add food colors into the sugar syrup bowls as below. Mix it.

  1. Red – 2 drops
  2. Orange – 3 drops red + 2 drops yellow
  3. Yellow – 3 drops
  4. Green – 2 drops
  5. Blue – 2 drops
  6. Purple – 3 red drops + 1 blue drops

Step 4) Make Butter cream icing: Beat butter until soft and fluffy. For 2 – 3 minutes.
Sift in icing sugar in 2 or 3 batches. Beat again for another 3 – 4 minutes until fluffy.( To lighten the buttercream icing, add a tbsp of milk at a time and beat until fluffy.

Step 5) Take a cake stand or flat plate to make the cake. It should fit 2 bread slices. Spread some buttercream in the middle of the cake stand or plate.

Step 6) Making the cake:

  1. Take 2 bread slices, brush purple color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  2. Take 2 bread slices, brush blue color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  3. Take 2 bread slices, brush green color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  4. Take 2 bread slices, brush yellow color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  5. Take 2 bread slices, brush orange color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  6. Take 2 bread slices, brush red color on both the sides. Place it on the cake stand. Spread buttercream on top
  7. Coat fully with butter cream ( seal the cake )
  8. Take 4 bowls and add some butter cream. Add 4 colors in each bowl. red, yellow, green and blue in each bowl to make 4 colors.
  9. Take a plastic wrap / cling wrap, place the colored butter cream in 4 lines ( red, yellow, green, blue ). ( see video for an idea ). roll it from one end and seal both the edges. Cut one end of the plastic wrap.
  10. Place inside the icing bag ( I used star nozzle ). Decorate the cake as you wish.
  11. Cut and enjoy 😀

Spongy Vanilla cupcakes recipe

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Ingredients: ( Spongy Vanilla cupcakes ( for toddlers & kids ) – yummy evening snack )

eggs – 2
sugar – 1/3 cup ( or 90 gms )
butter – 1/2 cup ( or 100 gms )
all purpose flour ( or maida ) – 1.5 cups ( or 330 gms )
milk – 1/2 cup ( or as needed )
baking powder – 1 tsp
vanilla essence – 1/2 tsp ( or 1/4 tsp paste )

Method:

Step 1) Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F. Grease the cupcake liners with melted butter or oil and arrange on a muffin tray.

Step 2) Take a bowl, add melted butter and sugar. Whisk until pale and creamy

Step 3) Add eggs and whisk for 20 seconds

Step 4) Into a sifter add the flour and baking powder and sift half of the mixture into the egg bowl. Add little milk and fold in or whisk in

Step 5) Add remaining flour and little milk at a time to make a smooth batter with medium-thick (ribbon like) consistency.. ( not runny..not thick )

Step 6) Add vanilla and mix in..

Step 7) Pour into the cupcake liners ( fill 3/4th only )

Step 8) Bake for 20 minutes or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Delicious cupcakes ready ..enjoy 😀