This week is yet another baking blog, and originally I thought that this bake was more for looks than for tastes, however, it turned out to be yummy. It was quite crazy and nerve-wracking! But, when I finished the bake I was so happy with the outcome! If you want to learn how to make this gorgeous ombré cake continue reading...
Serves: About 12
Cook time: 20-25 minutes
Prep Time: 1-2 hours
Difficulty: Challenging
Ingredients:
Cake Batter
▪️ I took the easy option and used 2 packets of vanilla sponge cake, but you can prepare your own from scratch if you prefer
▪️ 2 medium eggs
▪️ 120ml milk
▪️ Food dye - I used Sugar Flair colour Deep Purple
▪️ 600g icing sugar
▪️ 300g butter
Method:
▪️ Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
▪️Prepare your cake batter as per the instructions. Separate the mixture into four bowls and start to add your food colouring. I did this very gradually adding the colour with a toothpick, one blob at a time. For the lightest shade I used 2 blobs (sorry for non technical language), for the next shade 6 blobs, the next layer 10 blobs and for the darkest shade 16 blobs. Add the mixture to 4 x 20cm cake tins and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes ( or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean).
▪️ Leave the sponge cakes to cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes.
▪️ To make the buttercream frosting, soften your butter with an electric whisk and gradually add the sifted icing sugar. Start building the cake using the buttercream to sandwich the layers and also spread on top and on the sides. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. Now using the buttercream you have left over, start adding the colouring and spread the frosting around the cake starting from the top. Add more colouring and frost the next layer, then finally your apply your darkest frosting to the bottom of the cake. I also piped 3 rosettes on top of the cake with varying shades of the buttercream.
That's it! I hope you enjoyed, I think the ombré effect looked really good and it tasted yummy as well. Let me know if you bake this and how yours turns out! I would love to see your recreation of this, remember, you can do all sorts with the design, this was just how I decided to do mine. Tag me on Instagram (@ISayBell_blog) or on Facebook (ISayBell Blog). I will see you next week for another blog post! Love you all!
Byyeee!!!!
PS. Next weeks blog is going to be posted a lot earlier. (Probably before 14:00 (GMT+1)
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