Pastel colours make me happy, eating cake makes me happy. I thought I’d combine these two things together and bake pastel rainbow cakes in a jar.
I was wary about baking cakes in glass jars, I had visions of the jars exploding, leaving multicoloured cake mix all over the kitchen. However they turned out pretty good, well I think so anyways! Here’s how I made them. I used a boxed cake mix for the first time in a long time, as I read that certain cake mixes can brown easily and the colours can turn muddy. I didn’t want to take the risk. I spent quite a bit of money on the jars and gel food colouring, I wanted them to go right the first time, Luckily they did!
What you will need:
Betty crocker vanilla cake mix
3 kilner half pint jars (Β£2.99 each from hobbycraft)
3 fresh eggs
60ml of vegetable oil
180ml of water
food colouring of your choice (I prefer the gels to liquid)
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees, fan ovens 160. Mix the cake mix, the three eggs, oil and water until it’s blended together. Separate the vanilla cake mix into five separate bowls. Add food colouring of your choice to each bowl. Now comes the messy part. Start scooping cake mix from each bowl and add a few dollops of each colour to the jars. I stacked the colours on top of each other, I didn’t want to mix or blend the cake mix once in the jar, as I didn’t want the colour to merge together and go muddy when baking.
Fill each jar just about past half way, full of multicoloured cake mix. Before you place the jars in the oven, find a tray and fill it with half an inch of water. This creates a water bath for the jars and the cakes are less likely to brown whilst baking. Pop them in the oven for 30-40 minutes. You should have something like this.. Put a skewer to the bottom of the jar, if it comes out clean, the cakes are done!
Don’t they look pretty? I think the colours look so cool. Leave them to cool for around 20 minutes. Then it’s time to top them with a generous helping of butter cream frosting and sprinkles of your choice.
I think these cake in a jars would be perfect for birthday’s, special occasions or even as a little treat. If you put the lid back on the jar and place them in the fridge they would keep for around 2 days. The jars are easily washable and if you pop them in the dishwasher they come out like new. What do you think?
Your baking posts are just getting ridiculous now wifey, STOP MAKING ME HUNGRY WITH YOUR PRETTY TREATS. <3
These looks so good! I need to give it a go but my baking efforts never turn out too well x
These look amazing! What gel food colourings do you recommend?
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it looks so beautiful and unreal!
xx Carina
Becky these need to get in my belly now!
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Mmm these look delicious!
Julia x
Such a good idea, they look so pretty haha!
zofia xo
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This looks so pretty.
Victoria
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This is just too adorable! π
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These look like they would be so hard to make but it looks so simple! They look amazing and soooo pretty! I hope they tasted as good as they look π if only there was such a thing as click and taste… π
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This looks beautiful! xx
You are such a fantastic baker! These would be perfect for a children's party too Xx
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Love this! definitely easier than a "normal" rainbowcake and looks so much more original!
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Oh my these are fab. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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These make me so happy. The pastel colors are so pretty! The only thing missing is more sprinkles π
M.
So I saw this post just before i popped out on my lunch break… I returned to work with a bag full of baking goods… your fault becky!
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holy shit thats cool. I wanna make that so badly! I can imagine you being an amazing wedding cake/food person if that even is a thing.. I Dunno! but your good at cakes hahah xx
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Wow incredible they look amazing! I have never tried rainbow cake before will be bookmarking this x
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I love that the jars mean you can see all the colours, almost too pretty to eat!
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These look amazing! Like just, WOW! x
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They look really good, not sure i could do them in jars though, my cake making skills desperately need to be improved! xxxx
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Wow! These are so impressive. What gel food colouring do you use lovely? We really want to try our hand at a gluten free rainbow cake, and would love it if they turned out as well as these!
Eve & Faye x
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Oh my god this is too cute. I need this in my life like immediately. xo
well I know what I'm doing today.
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Wow I'm definitely trying this out next week. I do a lot of baking and I love adventurous and pretty things like this.
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This looks so cool! Love the colours.
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OH MY GOD, this looks SO PERFECT! Like a unicorn vomited in a jar, and then a cake apeared ! Like magic :DD
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aaaaah so gorgeous I can't wait to try this! how do your bakes always come out so perfect?! xx
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This is amazing, I've definitely never seen anything like that before. It looks too pretty to eat haha!
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I think this would be so cute as part as gift – like if you were doing a little set of things and included this!
xx
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Your whole blog is so lovely,beautiful pictures
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your food posts always make me want to run into the kitchen and act like im deliah or something!xxxx
awww these are soo cute! deffo guna give them a go, willbe cute for birthday presents too
These look amazing! I love baking myself so i'll have to try and make some!
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omg I am obsessed with pastels and cake too and my latest post was at OOTD where I look like this cake you have made haha! great post π xx
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so gorgeous!
Ahhhh this looks AMAZING. You could mix it up and do chocolate/orange flavoured sponge for a Halloween treat π
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Love this, such a great idea and I will definitley be trying this out soon!
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These look absolutely incredible, I'm assuming you could make them in a mug too on ultimate lazy days! xx
This is such an amazing idea! I really do LOVE your baking posts, even though they make me hungry. They'd be great because you can add any topping you want as well! I was wondering if you're going to do any Halloween-related baking posts? π
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They look so weird but so good at the same time. I think i might have to give this a shot, purely because I'm really curious about what they taste like. Thank you for sharing!
Oh my gosh oh my gosh! Rainbow in a jar! This is my dream come true!
Liz xx
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These look amazing, definitely going to have to give this one a go! X
Hanclarky
SO So gorgeous!!! I think it would be cool to experiment with different colours π
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Aww this looks so awsome! My birthday is in a few days! I think I will totally make this as a present for myself haha π Thanks a lot!
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this is so adorable! want to try this
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This is the best/prettiest thing I've ever seen! x
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Looks so pretty xx
so pretty n colourful !
this is amazing, probably one of the cutest baked goods i've seen in a loooong time. must find an occasion soon to bake these!! thanks for sharing π
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Oh my god these are amazing! Definitely making these for my sister's birthday, she will love them! xx
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Oh my gosh these are soooo amazing! They so light and fluffy they really remind me of the tango ice blasts you get at the cinema! such a cool idea π
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Oh My Goodness!!!!!!! I am so excited about these… We've just moved house and got a new oven.. I think I need to do some baking π Clare Elise http://www.clareelisesparkles.com
I never knew something so artificial looking could look so darn delicious!! Thanks for the recipe, I'll definitely be trying this out!! xx
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This is so cute! What a perfect gift for someone! Definitely going to do it for my friends birthday π
Soooooo cute!!
These look incredible! Do you have any quick recipes for cake in a mug?
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Wow! This looks amazing and delicious too π
Oh wow! That looks so beautifully delicious! At first I thought it was some type of play dough- but what a creative idea this is! π xx
These look adorable!
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This is a great idea! It looks so pretty *-*
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You are a GENIUS! These look amazing and so much fun! xx
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Omg I love this so much! Pastels makes me happy too! π
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Oh my word!! These are amazing! <3
Yumm that looks so pretty! I love pastel colours, what a perfect cake π
This looks sooo yummy!
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yummy it looks so fab
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This looks really delicious! and the pictures you took are awesome, love this post!