Someone asked me to do a stacked My Little Pony cake that is rainbow colored on the inside. Do I have to bake each layer seperately? Has anyone tried layering all the colors of batter in the pan and baking? Thanks in advance!

I tried layering it in the pan, they ended up mixing together not like color mixing just overlapping if that makes sense :/. Here's a pic (hope you can see it )

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HTH

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I found that layering one color over another works really well if you freeze each color of batter after you put it in the pan, just for a few min. is enough. I layered my colors between 2 pans, so it worked like this:

Color batter red, spread in pan, put pan in freezer
Color batter purple, spread in 2nd pan, put that pan in freezer
Color batter orange, remove red pan from freezer and spread in orange batter, return to freezer;
Color batter blue, remove purple from freezer, spread blue, return to freezer
Color batter yellow, remove red/orange from freezer, spread yellow
Color batter green, remove purple/blue from freezer, spread green.
Bake.

When I spread, I did so carefully, using a pancake batter dispenser (could also just load a decorating bag with a coupler only, careful not to spill out opening). Or you can just layer by spreading gently with your offset spatula.

I've made them both ways. By baking separately and layering, even with a very thin coat of BC in between each my cake was over 7 inches high! I had to take it apart and slice away a bit from each layer - that was a mess! I also tried layering in the pan but didn't freeze the batter. The colours merged together and created more of a tie dye effect even though I used a bag and coupler to put the next colour on. I would definitely try freezing each layer of batter next time!

Also, make sure that whatever color is on top (ie, yellow & green), you use a bit more than 1/3 because when you level your cakes some of that will come off. Best use bake even strips to help prevent too much of a dome, then press top down with cake board as soon as you pull it out from the oven, leveling will be minimal.