Rainbow Heart Easter Cake

Happy Easter!

I made this cake after a failed Sprite cake experiment with some friends. This particular cake was made using regular cake batter and food coloring. It was delicious! The icing is cream cheese and sugar, also colored with food coloring. The gist of the recipe is to make 6 bowls of colored batter. Pour 2/3 of the first three colors in the center of a circular pan, one after the other, then 1/3 of the next three colors (again in the center -- the lower layers mush out to the edges). For the square pan, I poured in an "X" shape to force the batter to mush out to the corners.


Batter for the rainbow cake in 8-inch circular and 8 x 8-inch square pans.


Cakes baked.


Cakes cut and shaped into a heart.


Slices of the rainbow cake.


Cake sliced.