Winter Rainbow Cake!

What's better than a small pop of color in the midst of a grey winter? A rainbow cake during a snow storm, or course! I crafted this rainbow golden cake during the horrible winter storm Nemo, and it just made the next few days of snow more bright. The fun part about making this rainbow cake was that I used different colored jello packets to color the batter rather than food coloring, since I thought that it would add a nice pop of color and flavor. And it most certainly did!

The fruity flavors of this cake were boldly present, but not overwhelming in the slightest bit. To pair up with the Fruit Loop like flavor of the cake, I whipped up a batch of faint vanilla buttercream frosting. I added half the amount of vanilla that I usually do, which gave the frosting a more sugary based flavor, which paired up with the fruitiness of the cake perfectly, without expressing too much flavor. Although the cake is only one full layer, the flavors prohibit the need for any more frosting. It is beyond perfect without all of it!

Now, the fondant work was themed all around the winter storm I was stuck in, so I decided to shape out a large fondant snowflake.

I decided to go with both light and dark blues to grasp the essence of winter, and used those colors to pull the cake together, adding clean sides to the cake. Then voila! My wintery, rainbow cake was complete.