Light & Happy Rainbow Angel Food Cake

[Cafe Beth]

Light & Happy Rainbow Angel Food Cake

Posted by Adriana Velez on September 14, 2012 at 11:53 AM

Who wants rainbow cake? Whee! Slide down this rainbow into light, fluffy angle food clouds. It's baked joy. Sunshine and love on a plate. Honestly, why isn't every child's birthday cake made with this stuff?

How do you get all those bright colors into one cake? You'll have to read the recipe to find out. But it's pretty simple. Use whatever colors you want to make this incredibly cheerful cake.

Rainbow Angel Food Cake via TasteofHome.com

Note: This is a from-scratch recipe. But you could also make this using a cake mix. Just mix according to directions and then pick it up from the 2nd step here.

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups egg whites (about 10)
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1-1/2 cup sugar, divided
• 1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt Red, yellow and green food coloring
• 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 to 3 tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Let egg whites stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Sift flour and 3/4 cup sugar twice; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, extracts and salt on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Gradually fold in flour mixture, a fourth at a time.
2. Divide batter into three bowls. To the first bowl, add 1 drop red and 1 drop yellow food coloring. To the second bowl, add 2 drops yellow food coloring. To the third bowl, add 2 drops green food coloring. Fold food coloring into each batter.
3. Spoon orange batter into a ungreased 10-in. tube pan; carefully spread to cover bottom. Spoon yellow batter over orange layer (do not mix). Spoon green batter over yellow layer. Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched and cracks feel dry. Immediately invert baking pan; cool completely. Run a knife around sides and center tube of pan. Invert cake onto a serving plate. Combine confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth; drizzle over cake.

Yield: 16 servings.

[michiganmom116]

Quoting lovemelovemenot:

Quoting August07Mom:

It's so pretty! But I really don't like using food coloring in foods.

I feel the same way about food coloring.

Same here.

I use food coloring in decorating cakes and to color Easter eggs, and that's it.

[aenima49]

I love homemade angel food cake!

[lillucky8]

Yum

[SweetLuci]

 I've done a similar thing with white cake, but it sure looked a lot better than this photo, which looks very unappetizing to me.