The Malayalam movie salt n pepper showed us the relation between food and love/romance. The superhit movie with expert actors also introduced Joan's Rainbow cake where the hero tries teaching the heroine the secrets of baking via phone.
The cake got its name supposedly from the story of a French lady called Juan/Joan who bakes three different cakes, one on each day waiting for her love of life who's returning from war front. At last when he shows up on fourth day with a bag of chocolates, she joins/layers the cakes with whipping cream and decorates it with melted chocolate. The story ends happily with both enjoying the cake.
This time or actually for December 2014, the rainbow cake was suggested by Julie of ErivumPuliyum for Swathi's Baking Partners Challenge. The recipe is adapted from Anzz Cafe. The cake turned out good and was enjoyed though of course thanks to my break I am posting late. :). I halved the recipe as given below.
Strawberry Cake:
Ingredients:
Cake Flour : 1/2 cup (7 tbsp APF + 1 tbsp cornstrach)
Baking powder: 1 tsp (+0.5 chk fb)
Strawberry :100 g or 1/2 cup chopped
Sugar: 1 tbsp + 4tbsp
Water: 8 tsp
Egg: 1/2 or 3/4 pkd tsp of EnerG + 2 tbsp of water
Butter: 2 tbsp
Red Food colour: 1 drop(optional, I omitted)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350F/ 175C. Line and greased a pan with parchment paper.Sift flour and baking powder twice atleast. Keep aside.
Chop the strawberries. Combine the strawberries, 1 tbsp sugar and water in a saucepan. Cook till soft and then puree when cool.
Beat butter and 4 tbsp sugar. Add egg and mix well.Add the flour mixed with baking powder and puree alternately and mix until combined. Pour this in the prepared pan and spread evenly.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes clean. Cool completley on a wirerack.
Pistachio cake
Ingredients:
Cake Flour: 1/2 cup (7tbsp apf + 1 tbsp cornstarch)
Baking Powder: 1 tsp
Pista: 1/2 cup
Milk: 4 tbsp
Sugar : 4 tbsp
Butter: 2 tbsp
Egg: 3/4 tsp of EnerG + 2 tbsp water
Green foodcolour: 1 drop (I omitted)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350F/ 175C. Line and greased a pan with parchment paper. Keep aside.
Sift flour and baking powder atleast twice and keep aside.
Soak pistachios in milk for two hours and blend into a smooth paste.
Beat butter and 4 tbsp sugar. Add egg and mix well.Add the flour mixed with baking powder and pista puree alternately and mix until combined. Pour this in the prepared pan and spread evenly.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes clean. Cool completley on a wirerack.
Orange Cake:
Ingredients:
Cake Flour: 1/2 cup (7tbsp apf + 1 tbsp cornstarch)
Baking Powder: 1 tsp
Orange Zest: 1/2-1 tsp
Fresh Orange Juice: 1/4-1/2 cup
Sugar : 4 tbsp
Butter: 2 tbsp
Egg: 3/4 tsp of EnerG + 2 tbsp water
Orange Extract: 1/4 tsp
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350F. Keep aside a lined and greased baking dish.
Sift together flour and baking powder aatleast twice.Mix it with orange zest and keep aside.
Beat butter and sugar. Add egg and orange extract and mix well.Add the flour mixed with baking powder and fresh orange juice alternately and mix until combined. Pour this in the prepared pan and spread evenly.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Assembling/Frosting:
Whipping Cream: 125 ml
Confectioners Sugar: as needed
Garnish and sprinkles of your choice.
Assembling:
Layer the cake one on top of the other with whipped cream between the layers. Frost the cake with the remaining cream and then decorate as per wish.
Lets check out Swathi's post and know who all baked a cake for Christmas.
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