Rainbow Cake

RAINBOW SURPRISE SEVEN-LAYER CAKE

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This recipe takes some patience, but it's all worth it when the secret surprise is revealed. A perfect birthday cake.

1 box white-cake mix

1 can white frosting

1 package food-coloring drops (red, blue, green, yellow)

To make the cake layers: Prepare cake batter as instructed on the box. In four small paper cups, mix small quantities of batter with food-coloring drops to make red, yellow, blue and purple (red and blue) batches of batter.

Bake each color separately in cake tins, fifteen minutes each. (Note: Do not overfill cake tins with batter - just enough to cover the bottom.) Cool each finished layer 10 minutes before removing from tin, then let cool completely.

To make the frosting: While cake layers bake, mix three batches of frosting with food coloring in paper cups to make orange (red and yellow), green (blue and yellow), and indigo (red and blue).

To assemble the cake: Once all the pieces are finished, here's the order, from bottom to top:

red: cake

orange: frosting

yellow: cake

green: frosting

blue: cake

indigo: frosting

purple: cake

Frost the outside of the cake with white frosting.

Let the bake-off begin!