Rainbow Naked Cake

Name: Rainbow Naked Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 (16.25 oz) boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Cake Mix, White; 6 eggs; 1 cup butter, softened; 2 cups water; 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional); 3 containers (8 oz each) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Frosting Rainbow Chip; 1 package Betty Crocker™ gel food colors; 1 package Betty Crocker™ neon gel food colors; 1/4 cup rainbow sprinkle medley; Nonstick baking spray

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Prep 20 min
Total 3 hr 0 min
Servings 16

This beautiful trend may be the easiest (and prettiest) way ever to enjoy a cake—and this rainbow version is pure perfection. MORE+ LESS-

By Cheeky Kitchen

Updated April 25, 2017

Ingredients

(16.25 oz) boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Cake Mix, White

eggs

cup butter, softened

cups water

teaspoon almond extract (optional)

containers (8 oz each) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Frosting Rainbow Chip

package Betty Crocker™ gel food colors

package Betty Crocker™ neon gel food colors

1/4

cup rainbow sprinkle medley

Nonstick baking spray

Steps

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1

Begin by gathering your ingredients.
2

Heat oven to 350° F. Spray six 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray. Set aside.
3

In a large bowl or stand mixer, mix together cake mix, eggs, butter and water. Mix just until combined.
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.
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.
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.
7

Gently place the blue cake on top of the purple layer. Repeat with green, yellow, orange and pink layers.
8

Top with a thin layer of frosting and decorate with rainbow sprinkles.

Expert Tips

For best results, bake the cakes 1 day before frosting. That will give them plenty of time to cool and settle before stacking on top of each other!

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 430
Calories from Fat: 200

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 22g; 34%
Saturated Fat 13g 65% Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol: 100mg; 33%
Sodium: 400mg; 17%
Potassium: 75mg; 2%
Total Carbohydrate: 54g; 18%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 39g
Protein: 3g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 10%; 10%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 6%; 6%
Iron: 4%; 4%

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

3 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

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!