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Vegan Rainbow Cake
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Vegan Rainbow Cake

A 3-layer vegan sponge cake decorated with rainbow frosting.

Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
20 mins
Servings: 16
Calories: 548 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegan

Ingredients

For the sponge cakes:
  • 315 ml soy milk 1+¼ cups, unsweetened
  • 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or sub for white vinegar)
  • 350 g all-purpose flour (2+⅔ cups)
  • 1 Teaspoon baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
  • 200 g caster sugar (1 cup)
  • 180 g vegan margarine (¾ cup)
  • 3 Teaspoons vanilla extract
For the rainbow frosting filling:
  • 120 g shortening ½ Cup + 1 tablespoon, or vegetable fat
  • 120 g vegan margarine (½ cup)
  • 500 g icing sugar (4 cups)
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
  • food colouring gel vegan, red, yellow, orange, blue & green
For the white frosting:
  • 100 g shortening ½ cup, or vegetable fat
  • 250 g icing sugar (2 cups)
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Few Tablespoons plant-based milk (I used soy)
To top:
  • Sweets such as Skittles, Chocolate No No's or Doisy & Dom drops, colourful, vegan

Instructions

For the cakes:
For the rainbow frosting:
To fill the cake layers:
For the white frosting:
For rainbow buttercream swirls:

Notes

  • *I used Trex.
  • Store, covered, in the fridge for up to 5 days.
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