American Baker in Germany

My profile picture for American Baker in Germany is a slice of an American flag cake that I made several years ago. I love this photo and I chose it to represent American Baker in Germany because what says American Baker more than a piece of American flag cake?  But let's be honest. It was a snapshot taken with a mobile phone on a paper plate. There are better quality photos. Plus, I had never made a video making this cake before. It was time to remake the cake. I started out by baking some vanilla cake. I needed three layers of red cake, one thick layer of blue and two layers of white cake.  Then I took a circle cutter about half the size of the layers and cut out the centers of the blue cake, and one layer of red and white.  Then I started out by stacking it with one layer of red cake, one layer of white cake.  Then another layer of red and the ring of blue cake.  Inside the blue cake, I place the small circle of white cake.  Then fr...

The first time you make a rainbow cake, it can be a bit intimidating or even a bit confusing. It's not difficult, but it can take some practice to gain confidence. So, let's go through the process. The first thing you need is vanilla cake batter. Why specifically vanilla? Well, in my experience, vanilla cake is the lightest in color and therefore takes color the best. If you want to make another flavor, just make sure it's something that's not too dark in color or you will have trouble coloring your batter. This is actually a double batch of my vanilla cake, but I only used about one and a half recipes.  I am using layer pans today simply because I find them more practical when making lots of different colored layers. This is absolutely not necessary. If you only have one pan, you can still make a rainbow cake. You just have to only bake one layer at a time. I lined them with parchment paper and sprayed them with baking spray.  Then I got out six different bo...

This cake is for one of my husband's cousins. We had made her a unicorn cake last year. This year, though, she specifically requested more color and mentioned rainbows. So, we made her a rainbow unicorn cake. Of course, we had to make the inside of the cake a rainbow as well. I baked six layers of rainbow-colored vanilla cake.  I stacked it with dairy-free Swiss meringue buttercream. It was just a touch thin, for whatever reason.  I crumb coated the cake with the same dairy-free Swiss meringue buttercream.  And cleaned up the cake board.  Then frosted it again before chilling the cake. I had to chill it several times because the buttercream was quite thin and needed to set up before trying to decorate. I covered the top of the cake with white fondant.  Then I rolled out fondant all the colors of the rainbow and cut it into one inch strips. I started with purple.  Then I wrapped the purple strip around the cake and did the same thing with...