Asal-usul rainbow cake:

Rainbow cake adalah adalah jenis cake yang terbuat dari jenis sponge cake yang terdiri dari 6 lapisan yang disusun menyerupai bulatan dan berwarna-warni seperti pelangi. Asal usulnya Rainbow cake ini bermula dari Salah satu seorang mahasiswi perguruan tinggi di Amerika yang bernama Kaitlin Flannery yang mulanya ingin membuat sureprice untuk sahabatnya yang sedang berulang tahun. Karena sahabatnya itu suka sekali dengan pelangi , dari situ ia mempunyai ide untuk membuat cake pelangi atau Rainbow cake. Setelah cake itu jadi,langsung saja diberikan kepada sahabatnya yang sedang berulang tahun, saat dipotong cakenya para sahabat yang melihatnya kaget karena melihat cake yang ada didalamnya itu menyerupai pelangi, para sahabatnya itu pun sangat menyukainya. Lalu akhirnya Rainbow cake buatannya dimasukkan ke dalam blog pribadi miliknya dan ternyata tanpa disadari banyak sekali orang-orang yang menyukai karyanya itu. Setelah blog pribadinya ramai dikunjungi oleh para bloger, maka ada salah satu televise Amerika The Martha Stewart Show mwngundang Kaitlin ke dalam acaranya pada bulan April 2010. Didalam talk shownya itu Kaitlin mendemokan pembutan Rainbow cake kepada para pemirsa Amerika.

recipe:

• Vegetable shortening
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 1/3 cups sugar
• 5 large egg whites, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups milk, room temperature
• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple gel food coloring 

metode:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush six 9-inch-round cake pans (or as many 9-inch cake pans as you have, reusing them as necessary) with shortening. Line bottom of each cake pan with parchment paper; brush again and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Slowly add egg whites and mix until well combined. Add vanilla and mix until fully incorporated. Add flour mixture and milk in two alternating additions, beginning with the flour and ending with the milk. Mix until well combined.
3. Divide batter evenly between six medium bowls. Add enough of each color of food coloring to each bowl, whisking, until desired shade is reached. Transfer each color to an individual cake pan. Transfer to oven and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean, about 15 minutes (working in batches if necessary).
4. Remove cakes from oven and transfer to a wire rack; let cool for 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto a wire rack; re-invert and let cool completely.
5. Using a serrated knife, trim tops of cakes to make level. Place four strips of parchment paper around perimeter of a serving plate or lazy Susan. Place the purple layer on the cake plate. Spread a scant 1 cup buttercream filling over the first layer with a small offset spatula so it extends just beyond edges. Repeat process with blue, green, yellow, and orange layers.
6. Place the remaining red layer on top, bottom-side up. Gently sweep away any loose crumbs with a pastry brush. Using an offset spatula, cover the top and sides with a thin layer of frosting (also use any of the excess frosting visible between the layers). Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
7. Using an offset spatula, cover cake again with remaining frosting.

 Asal-usul red valvet cake:

Nama Red Velvet  bermula dari pewarnaan alami yang sering digunakan untuk mewarnai makanan, karena warna merahnya sering disebut dengan "Devil's Food" dan mirip dengan kue coklat. Maka kue yang identik berwarna merah itu dinamakan Red Velvet Cake. 

Red Velvet Cake sudah di temukan sejak masa Perang Dunia II, namun saat itu para tukang roti menggunakan pewarna merah alami dari buah bit yang diparut dan direbus untuk meningkatkan warna merah.  

Masa-masa  Perang Dunia II, tahun 1929-1940 Amerika mengalami krisis perekonomian. Saat itulah Red Velvet Cake diangkat dan diproduksi secara masal pertama kalinya oleh sebuah perusahaan asal Texas bernama Adam Extract. Di Kanada, kue ini dikenal sebagai makanan penutup yang terdapat di toko roti, restoran, dan Eaton's department store pada tahun 1940-an serta di hak patenkan sebagai resep ekslusif Eaton's.

Setelah itu, Red Velvet Cake semakin dikenal dan mendunia berkat sebuah film tahun 1989 yang berjudul Steel Magnolias, dalam film tersebut pengantin prianya membawa Red Velvet Cake dalam bentuk armadillo (sejenis binatang tapir). 

Sedangkan di Indonesia sendiri, Red Velvet Cake mulai dikenal sejak tahun 2011, seketika itu juga Red Velvet banyak diburu walaupun harganya terbilang tinggi. Karena rasa yang sangat melting di mulut ditambah cepatnya berita tentang hits-nya kue ini dari mulut ke mulut.

recipe:

2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1 teaspoon of salt

2 Tablespoon of unsweetened, cocoa powder

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1-2 oz. red food coloring

1 teaspoon of white distilled vinegar

1/2 cup of prepared plain hot coffee (don’t skip this ingredient)

metode:

Preheat oven to 325.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set    aside.

In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.

Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.

Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.

Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at time, mixing after each addition, just until combined.

Generously grease and flour two round cake pans with crisco and flour.

Pour the batter evenly into each pan.

Bake in the middle rack for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Do not over bake as cake will continue to cook as it cools.

Let cool on a cooling rack until the pan are warm to the touch.

Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.

Remove the cakes from the pan and let them cool.

Frost the cake with cream cheese frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.

 

Asal-usul blue valvet cake:

recipe:

2 cups sugar
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
2 eggs
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
2 ounces blue food coloring
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar Icing:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup melted marshmallows
1 (1-pound) box confectioners’ sugar
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans