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Ingredients
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 3 cups |
| granulated sugar: 2 cups |
| multipurpose shortening: 3/4 cup |
| salt: 1 tsp |
| 2% milk: 1 cup |
| baking powder: 5 tsp |
| eggs: 4 (whites) |
| 2% milk: 1/2 cup |
| vanilla extract: 1/2 tsp |
| lemon extract: 1/2 tsp |
| yellow food coloring |
| ground cinnamon: 1/2 tsp |
| whole cloves: 1/8 tsp |
| baking soda: 1/8 tsp |
| unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted): 2 Tbl |
| water: 2 Tbl |
Rainbow Cake
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
30 min -
Cook Time
30 min -
Servings
12 serving(s)
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- Combine flour, sugar, shortening, salt and 1 cup milk and blend 2 minutes.
- Stir in baking powder.
- Add egg whites and 1/2 cup milk and blend 2 minutes.
- Divide batter into 3 parts.
- White layer: Add 1/2 tsp vanilla.
- Yellow layer: add 3- 4 drops of yellow food coloring and 1/2 tsp lemon extract.
- Dark layer: add cinnamon, cloves, soda and cocoa blended with water.
- Bake each layer in an 8 inch pan rubbed with shortening and lined with waxed paper, for 25- 30 minutes in 360* oven.
- Allow to cool and frost as desired.