Holi cake …My little one loves to play with colours. I recently wondered that what if I could surprise him with a homemade Holi Cake which is full of varied colours. My idea for the same was pretty simple. I made the basic version of Sponge Cake. Now as I have made Sponge Cake a million times, I have got enough confidence to try and make something more cooler out of it. So, for this Holi Cake I tried to experiment a little by dividing batters into smaller portions and adding different colours to them. I had made a Zebra Cake in the past, but unfortunately, as I had overlooked the consistency of the batter, it turned into a mild disappointment. Hence, for the Holi Cake, I became extra careful and made sure to keep the batters in the same consistency. And voila, my Holi Cake came out freshly baked and ripe like a rainbow on the plate. I cannot express how my kid ran to me on seeing it and got tempted to relish it right from the first sight!
You could make this beautiful Holi Cake at your home as well. Just take a day to check all the ingredients that you would need to make it. Once you get sorted with the ingredients, it won’t take much time to execute this recipe. As I mentioned earlier, make sure to that the consistency of batters is equal, or else the cake may not have those distinct colours in the end. Apart from that, you are all set to make this quick Holi bake this week. You could even bake this Holi Cake for parties or dinners. And, just in case you have a sweet tooth like me, you could bake it whenever you want and savour a yummy slice whenever you feel like!
Holi cake
Holi cake (For the Festival of Colours)
Ingredients
- All purpose flour-1 cup
- Baking powder-1 tsp
- Baking soda-1/2 tsp
- Sugar-1 cup
- Eggs-3
- Butter-1/2 cup
- Vanilla extract-1 tsp
- Food colors-I used yellow green, magenta, and blue
- For Soaking syrup
- Water-1/2 cup
- Sugar-1/2 cup
- Vanilla extract-1 tsp
- For Frosting
- Whipping cream-3 cups
- Confectioner's sugar-1cup
- Vanilla extract-1 tsp
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degree C
- Grease and line an 8" pan
- Mix all purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda and keep aside.
- Beat egg and sugar until light and fluffy ( approx 2-3 minutes)
- Add butter and whisk well
- Add flour and vanilla extract and mix well
- Divide the batter in 4 parts in separate bowls
- Add one food color to each bowl and mix well
- Pour the batter from one bowl in the centre of the pan
- Pour batter from another bowl on top of the first batter
- Keep pouring the batter on top of the previous batter until you are out of batter
- Tap the pan on the slab once
- Bake for 30-35 minutes
- Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes
- Take out from the pan and cool on a cooling rack
- Soaking syrup:
- Mix all the ingredients and cool
- Whipped cream:
- Add all the ingredients in a bowl and whip till cream forms stiff peaks
- Assembly:
- When the cake is cooled, cut it into half
- Brush one half with half of the soaking syrup and spread 1 cup of whipped cream on top of it
- Cover with the other half
- Brush with the remaining soaking syrup
- Cover with a layer of frosting ( this is called crumb coat )
- Decorate the cake with the remaining cream
- I have divided the cream in 4 parts and colored it with different colors and use it for frosting the cake
Kanan
What a lovely cake. I love the colors. Great job.
Vimitha Anand
Looks so beautiful… Perfect holi cake
Santosh Bangar
beautiful yummy cake
anne
Looks really pretty ! I just love the different layers of color !
Kaveri
That looks Awesome, Neha….So colorful perfect cake for holi..Hope you had a great holi
Tina
lovely and colourful cake…
faseela
amazing cake dear….
Sayantani
what a beautiful idea Neha and you executaed the whole thing very well. the cake looks amazingly neat and professional. awesome post.
Aruna Manikandan
wow…
looks beautiful neha 🙂
Hema
Very colorfully and nicely done Neha, brings out the festival mood..
Aarthi
wow..awesome recipe
Aarthi
Sadaf Afshan
Lovely ! I hope you had an enjoyable holi.
jehanne@thecookingdoctor
Happy Holi Neha,how I wish I had experience this colourful festival once at least..and cake looks beautiful!
Balvinder Ubi
This is really beautiful. you have created a rainbow of holi colors in the cake. Well done Neha!
~Moonlight~
Hey, Invite me over please 😀 They’re irresistible and I’ve a sweet tooth!
Incredible work. Keep it up!
Lavanya
Neha…what a way to wish Holi…loved it! Great work and glad to follow u 🙂
Krithi's Kitchen
Wow Wow Wow!! Super gorgeous!!
Ramya
wow..what a beautiful cake..this is the perfect holi recipe i have seen till date
Deeps @ Naughty Curry
oh WOW im in love with all the colours! would love to know how u decorated with thet multi coloured frosting, never seen anything like that before
Julie
lovely colorful cake..just apt for holi!!
Teena Mary
wow….a perfect cake for HOLI!!! I really liked the way you’ve mixed & decorated the colours!! Looks fabulous. I’m sure it tasted great too 🙂
Vidhya
Cake looks so beautiful and colorful, so apt for Holi .
Sobha Shyam
wow, awesome cake, so colourful..truly holi special 🙂
Charu Srivastava
wow dats a beauty!!!!!
Blackswan
Hey, thi is such a colourful post! Love everything about it 🙂 What a yummy cake!
Square Meals
Amazing work..lovely 🙂
Aparna from Square Meals
Rosh
That is such a lovely and colourful cake!!! Apt for Holi 🙂
Princy Vinoth
Such a stunning cake!lovely colors!
Sireesha Puppala
Omg such a lovely cake love it totally