TIE-DYED CAKE

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How to make Tie-Dyed Cake

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Ingredients

INGREDIENTS: (printer friendly recipe)
One boxed white cake mix, plus eggs, water and oil to make it according to the box.
Icing colors in Purple, Blue, Green, Red, Orange and Yellow.
One stick (4 oz.) salted butter at room temp.
One stick (4 oz.) unsalted butter at room temp.
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons raspberry flavoring
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Make cake mix according to box (or make your own favorite white cake recipe!)
Grease 2- 9 inch cake pans and place a circle of parchment paper in the bottom of each.
Evenly divide batter into 6 bowls (about 1 cup of batter in each)
Add icing color gels to color each bowl of batter.
Pour 1/2 of the purple batter in the center of one pan.
Pour 1/2 of the blue batter into the center of the purple batter (adding the blue will push the purple toward the edges).
Continue to pour 1/2 of each color batter into the center using green, yellow, orange and red in that order.
In second pan do the same but in the reverse order, starting with the red 1st.
Bake at 350 according to package (mine took about 25 minutes)
Remove from oven and cool. Tip over onto a wire cake rack to finish cooling.
Make frosting by adding butters, powdered sugar, raspberry flavor and a little blue icing gel color together and beating on high until light and fluffy.
Level off the tops of each cake layer and place one layer, cut side up on a serving plate. Frost the top of this layer.
Place the second layer, cut side down on top and frost entire cake.
Sprinkle with rainbow sugar or decorate as desired.
ENJOY!!!
My thoughts: Although this cake was created with Marshal's celebration in mind, it would be such a fun and colorful addition to any party!!! Lets hear it for tie-dye rainbow cake!!!!! Thanks for the idea Marshal!!!
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trkingmomoe \| October 10, 2012 at 7:58 am
That looks gorgeous. Thanks for the idea
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easybaked \| October 10, 2012 at 8:41 am
You're welcome- hope you get a chance to try it :)
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Tracey \| October 10, 2012 at 8:35 am
I am going to make this for my 22-year-old daughter's birthday this Sunday. She will LOVE it!! Thanks!!
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easybaked \| October 10, 2012 at 8:37 am
You're welcome! It's really super easy for such fun results- happy birthday to your daughter!!!!
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straykatstrut \| October 10, 2012 at 8:47 am
This is MOST AWESOME! Thank you for sharing. I have to make it sometime now. ^_^
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easybaked \| October 10, 2012 at 9:21 am
Thanks!!!
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Gina \| October 10, 2012 at 12:25 pm
This cake is soooo cool! We are planning a tie-dye party and this cake will be the hit of the party!
Thanks for the idea!
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easybaked \| October 10, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Sure! A tie-dye party sounds like so much fun!!
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Aimee@clevermuffin \| October 11, 2012 at 2:25 am
Oh the colours!! How fabulous. I admire the brightness and cheerfulness of your baking so much.
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easybaked \| October 11, 2012 at 8:01 am
Thanks Aimee!!!
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Ames \| October 11, 2012 at 3:17 am
Looks amazing! Would love to give this a try one day - bookmarking it ;)
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easybaked \| October 11, 2012 at 8:03 am
Thank you! Hope you love it when you get a chance to try it:)
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rosewithoutthorns \| October 11, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Hi Ruthanne!
I just nominated you for the Inspiring Blogger Award at: http://dishbydish.net/2012/10/11/inspiring-blogger-award/
Thanks for being such an inspiration, always!!
felicia
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easybaked \| October 12, 2012 at 11:49 am
Thank you SO much Felicia- thats very sweet, I'm honored... the best part of blogging is meeting wonderful people like you!
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rosewithoutthorns \| October 12, 2012 at 12:35 pm
You are most welcome Ruthanne! Thanks for sharing all your baking secrets and teaching us how to make beautiful desserts so easily!!
Have a FANTABULOUS weekend!!
felicia
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Jo \| November 8, 2012 at 6:35 pm
My daughter will be 6 on Christmas Day. It is so hard to do things for her at that time of year that maker her day special. We always wake her up that morning singing to her and giving her a little cake or cupcake and her birthday gifts (always wrapp
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easybaked \| November 8, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Aww..... what a good mom!!!! My birthday is close to Christmas as well- my grandma used to tell me to pick a present from under the tree and save it a few days for my birthday....what?!? My mom (to this day) makes everything VERY non-Christmas for me
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bakerhomemaker \| January 11, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Reblogged this on bakerhomemaker and commented:
I adore this cake! Such a fantastic idea.
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easybaked \| January 12, 2013 at 7:17 am
Thank you! Fun blog!!!
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Aina \| February 6, 2013 at 9:22 pm
hi i love your cakes. i am just a beginner. i tried to bake this cake by using store bought sponge mix. i used liquid colors and one gel color. my cake turned out to be pale. all the colours merged and there was no color what so ever :( . please can
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easybaked \| February 7, 2013 at 7:16 am
Hi! I'm so sad this didn't work out well for you... :( I'm not sure exactly why it didn't work, but I can tell you that liquid colors never have the brightness that the gel colors do. You'd have to add the whole bottle (which is a lot of ex
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Aina \| February 7, 2013 at 7:37 pm
thank u so much for your detailed reply. i will definately switch to gel colors but here in uk we dont get boxed white cake mix easily. do u have a recipe for it? x
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Jenny \| March 4, 2013 at 2:31 pm
I saw this cake and it inspired me a lot. I made a cake with 6 colours and one with just green and yellow.. It was so lovely, because you don't expect whats in the cake.. People were all like woah.. Thats amazing.. :) So Thanks for ginving me some
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easybaked \| March 5, 2013 at 4:08 pm
Yay!!! I'm glad you had fun with this recipe! I was thinking about a green and yellow one for football season--my entire family LOVES the Packers...you really could do any color to celebrate team or school colors!
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Tessa \| March 15, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Thank you for this post... I made rainbow cupcakes from a "Family Fun" magazine recipe a few years back and was looking to modify it for my daughter's upcoming "My Little Pony" birthday party cake. Like you said, the thought of making 6 lay
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easybaked \| March 16, 2013 at 10:55 pm
I'm excited to see your picture!! So fun!
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alharbottle \| March 18, 2013 at 5:34 am
Hi - stumbled upon this last week and decided to make it for my own birthday on Sat just gone. Turned out fabulously! Everyone has been suitably impressed, and it was actually super-easy...my 4yr-old even helped mix the colours :-) Thankyou for suc
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easybaked \| March 21, 2013 at 9:47 am
I'm so glad it turned out well- and Happy Birthday!!! I was eying those butterfly cakes too...so pretty...might have to try them...!!
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Amber \| March 26, 2013 at 11:13 pm
Hi I'm wanting to make this cake.. Just wondering if icing colours is the same as coloured food dye? If not where would I get some from besides Internet? Thanks xx
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easybaked \| March 27, 2013 at 7:12 am
The icing colors I refer to are gel food colors. Gel colors give a much brighter color without watering down the cake batter. I've seen them at any place that carries cake decorating supplies (like Michaels, Jo-Anns etc.) Good luck!!
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Ema \| April 20, 2013 at 12:06 am
i have a 8?/3? pan..will it make a big difference?....and for the raspberry icing what brand did you use? and also where could i find it besides the internet?:p i am also very excited to make this cake!! :D
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easybaked \| April 25, 2013 at 5:31 pm
I think you could make this in any size cake pan. I love raspberry flavoring and I've used several brands- just whatever is available at my local grocery...have fun!!!
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Tammy \| March 31, 2014 at 1:30 am
Love this cake! When you say raspberry flavoring... is this something you buy in the cake department? Not sure what this is?
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Ruthanne \| March 31, 2014 at 11:25 pm
Hi! I just got mine at the grocery. I'm sure a cake decorating store would have it too, but try Wal-Mart in the spices and flavorings..?
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tea43 \| April 27, 2013 at 8:27 am
Do you think this will work for mini-cupcakes? I'm thinking maybe 3 colors at most. What do you think? Thank you!
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easybaked \| April 30, 2013 at 9:18 am
I think that sounds so fun! Give it a try- you might need to use a knife and swirl the colors a bit..? Just pouring them in might just give you layers...?
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Marie Uzarski \| April 28, 2013 at 10:10 pm
I made this for my kids' 4th birthday party. It turned out awesome! Thanks so much for a great recipe and idea that looked really hard, but wasn't :)
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easybaked \| April 30, 2013 at 9:19 am
You're so welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it and it worked out so well for you!!!
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Beverly \| May 3, 2013 at 7:31 pm
My hubby sort of celebrates Russian Orthodox holidays in remembrance of his mother. This coming weekend is orthodox Easter so I think I will try this as a happy remembrance...she was that kind of woman!
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easybaked \| May 3, 2013 at 7:31 pm
That sounds like a really fun way to celebrate:)
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Lisa \| May 20, 2013 at 10:33 am
I made this for my daughter's 3rd birthday this weekend and she loved it! Thank you for the wonderful idea that even a novice like myself can accomplish. Now I'm thinking of doing the same thing in team colors for sporting events.
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easybaked \| May 20, 2013 at 8:29 pm
Yay!!!! Nothing better than a happy three year old!!! I'm a HUGE Packer fan and I've already thought about making a green and gold cake next fall! The possibilities are endless!! So fun!
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Amy \| May 20, 2013 at 3:42 pm
I made this cake for my daughters 6th birthday, it was Luau themed so this was perfect. I didn't use the frosting recipe here but I used the recipe from your Strawberry Lemonade cake (because i really love it) and colored it pink for her cake. She
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easybaked \| May 20, 2013 at 8:32 pm
Oh that is a GREAT idea with the frosting. That lemonade frosting is one of my favorite things- I bet it was really fun on this cake. Yay- a surprised 6 year old- that sounds like such a fun party- my mom and I were just talking about all the
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M Eden \| June 17, 2013 at 1:32 pm
Love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing. My son, who turns 10 in Halloween, just informed me that this is the cake he wants for his bday but with a lego design covering it! Very exciting!
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easybaked \| June 20, 2013 at 10:41 am
Oh that sounds like a fun cake!! Share a picture with us when you make it- I'm terrible at cake decorating, so a Lego design sounds challenging!!!
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M Eden \| July 30, 2013 at 3:24 pm
I will. Thanks!! Love decorating cakes. I have been doing it for 4 + yrs now. Very cool too!!
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M Eden \| October 10, 2013 at 11:48 am
Hi. I haven't made the Lego cake yet but I have 2 other cakes with the tye-die design and orders keep coming back!! Thank you so much for the idea. The look beautiful when cut into them. Would love to post a couple of pics.
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easybaked \| October 10, 2013 at 12:22 pm
You are so welcome! Send me pictures at contact (dot) easybaked (at) gmail (dot) com. I can share them then! I'm so glad you're able to use the technique to make people happy:)
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Carol Kurczak \| July 31, 2013 at 12:26 pm
It's in the oven! I had a little trouble getting the batter to the edges. I decided to put the batters in sandwich size plastic bags, cut the corner, and piped it into the pan. This gave me more control when putting the batters into the pans.
I love your idea about reversing the colors in each pan.
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easybaked \| August 1, 2013 at 7:11 am
Thanks a great idea! I just tapped my pan on the counter to spread the colors out- but I've made this a few times now and it depends on your cake mix. Some are much thicker than others!! Sounds like you had fun- I'm so glad!!
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Janice \| September 17, 2013 at 10:58 am
Hi, I tried this and it turned out excitingly colorful. my colored batter are now in the oven waiting to be baked. Can't wait to see the final result.
Thanks for sharing this. :-)
God Bless you more.
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Melanie \| October 28, 2013 at 8:51 am
My daughter is 17 today and has requested this cake for her birthday. I've made it before and its amazingly colorful.
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easybaked \| October 28, 2013 at 1:10 pm
It is SUCH a fun cake for a birthday- so happy and colorful! Have fun celebrating!!!
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sara \| March 21, 2014 at 1:05 am
I am making a candy land cake for my son in a couple weeks. This will be so awesome to top it all off. Thanks for the great idea. So excited to do his cake, mixing baking with arts and crafts gonna really enjoy making this...
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Ruthanne \| March 27, 2014 at 4:58 pm
I'm so excited for you too!!! Sounds like a really fun party idea!!!!!
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Cassandra \| March 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Can I use flavors. Red for Strawberry, Blue for Blue Berry, Yellow for Lemon,,,? I would like a combo of them?
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Ruthanne \| March 28, 2014 at 8:25 pm
Sure- just add flavor to the batter when you add color!
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NGREDIENTS: (printer friendly recipe)
One boxed white cake mix, plus eggs, water and oil to make it according to the box.
Icing colors in Purple, Blue, Green, Red, Orange and Yellow.
One stick (4 oz.) salted butter at room temp.
One stick (4 oz.) unsalted butter at room temp.
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons raspberry flavoring

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Make cake mix according to box (or make your own favorite white cake recipe!)
Grease 2- 9 inch cake pans and place a circle of parchment paper in the bottom of each.
Evenly divide batter into 6 bowls (about 1 cup of batter in each)
Add icing color gels to color each bowl of batter.
Pour 1/2 of the purple batter in the center of one pan.
Pour 1/2 of the blue batter into the center of the purple batter (adding the blue will push the purple toward the edges).
Continue to pour 1/2 of each color batter into the center using green, yellow, orange and red in that order.
In second pan do the same but in the reverse order, starting with the red 1st.