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Rainbow Naked Cake

Cheeky Kitchen
Updated May 24, 2022
This beautiful trend may be the easiest (and prettiest) way ever to enjoy a cake—and this rainbow version is pure perfection.

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  • If you haven’t already fallen in love with naked cakes, it’s time! This beautiful trend may be the easiest (and prettiest) way ever to enjoy a cake—and this rainbow version is pure perfection. Have you gone down the rabbit hole of Instagram, scrolling for hours through #nakedcake? This year’s hottest trend, the naked cake craze has reached peak proportions. And we couldn’t help but claim a little piece of the cake for ourselves. Because naked cakes are nice. But Rainbow Naked Cakes are really something special. Might we talk for a moment about how much happy this cake creates? Like, so much. Enjoy!

Rainbow Naked Cake

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 3 hr 0 min
  • Servings 16
  • Ingredients 10

Ingredients

  • 2 boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ White Cake Mix
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
  • 3 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Original Rainbow Chip Frosting
  • 1 package Betty Crocker™ gel food colors
  • 1 package Betty Crocker™ neon gel food colors
  • 1/4 cup rainbow sprinkle medley
  • Nonstick baking spray

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Begin by gathering your ingredients.
  • Step 
    2
    Heat oven to 350° F. Spray six 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray. Set aside.
  • Step 
    3
    In a large bowl or stand mixer, mix together cake mix, eggs, butter and water. Mix just until combined.
  • Step 
    4
    Separate 1 cup of cake batter into 6 small bowls. Tint 1 red or pink, 1 orange, 1 yellow, 1 neon green, 1 blue and 1 purple. Pour each color into a prepared cake pan.
  • Step 
    5
    Bake for 12-13 minutes, or just until the center of each cake sets, but not long enough for the cake to brown. Remove and cool completely before frosting.
  • Step 
    6
    To frost, place Rainbow Chip frosting in a large icing bag. Pipe icing about 1/4-inch from the edge of the purple cake, then pipe a swirl of icing around the inside of the cake.
  • Step 
    7
    Gently place the blue cake on top of the purple layer. Repeat with green, yellow, orange and pink layers.
  • Step 
    8
    Top with a thin layer of frosting and decorate with rainbow sprinkles.

Nutrition

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