If you want to add pizazz to your cakes, dying them with different colors may be the answer. You can use gel dyes to alter either your box or homemade cake batter. When baked, the cake will be vibrant, offering a little surprise when you cut and serve it. Depending on the event, you can dye the cake in a rainbow pattern, candy corn pattern or other fun patterns of your choosing. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Mix your cake batter according to the directions on the back of the box or your preferred recipe.
Separate your batter into as many bowls as colors you want. Add the gel coloring of choice to each set of batter. Add gel coloring a little at a time until you achieve your desired shade. Stir with a spoon to make sure the color is uniform.
Grease and flour your cake pan. To do this, run a stick of butter over the insides of the pan. Sprinkle flour into the pan, and tap on the pan until the entire interior is covered in a light coating of flour.
Pour one color of batter into the pan, then follow with another color of batter and then any additional colored layers. If you are using two cake pans to create a layer cake, pour only half of the batter into the first pan. Reverse the pattern you used in the second pan. This will make your rainbow cake.
Separate the batter into three bowls for a candy corn cake. Dye one bowl orange and one bowl yellow and leave the final bowl white. Pour the entire bowl of yellow into the bottom of the first pan; pour half of the orange on top of the yellow. Pour the other half of orange into the bottom of the second pan; pour the entire bowl of white on top of the orange in the second pan. When the cakes are stacked on top of each other, the colors will mimic the iconic colors of a candy corn.
Bake the cake according to the box directions or recipe. Let the cakes cool for at least 10 minutes before taking them out of the pans.
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