Rainbow Cakelets
Cook Time
22 minutes
To show our Pride Month spirit we decided to bake the rainbow! We love that our Confetti Pop Sprinkles are made colorful with dyes derived from fruits, veggies and spices and we thought let’s try some from-scratch natural dying with our frosting. Follow along for how we created these colorful Mini Rainbow Cakelets.
Ingredients
1 package Miss Jones Organic Vanilla Cake Mix
3 eggs
½ cup milk or plant-based milk
½ cup butter (melted)
1 tub Miss Jones Organic Confetti Pop Frosting or Vanilla Frosting
1 tsp freeze dried raspberry powder*
1 teaspoon warm water
½ cup Miss Jones Vanilla frosting
¾ teaspoon ground turmeric
½ teaspoon hot water
½ cup Miss Jones Vanilla frosting
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon freeze dried raspberry powder*
2 teaspoon hot water
½ cup Miss Jones Vanilla frosting
¼ teaspoon spirulina powder
½ teaspoon hot water
½ cup Miss Jones Vanilla frosting
1 teaspoon freeze dried blueberry powder*
1 teaspoon hot water
½ cup Miss Jones Vanilla frosting
1 teaspoon freeze dried blueberry powder*
½ teaspoon spirulina powder
1 ½ teaspoon hot water
½ cup Miss Jones Vanilla frosting
For the Cakes
For the Frosting
For the Red/Pink Frosting
For the Yellow Frosting
For the Orange Frosting
For the Green Frosting
For the Purple Frosting
For the Blue Frosting
Directions
Red/pink frosting:
- In a small bowl, combine freeze dried raspberry powder and water and stir until a smooth paste forms. Add in frosting and stir, incorporating all of red dye.
- *Place ¼ cup freeze dried raspberries in a food processor or blender until raspberry dust or powder forms. Save additional powder for future use.
Yellow frosting:
- In a small bowl, combine turmeric and water and stir until a smooth paste forms. Add in frosting and stir, incorporating all of yellow dye.
Orange frosting:
- In a small bowl, combine turmeric, freeze dried raspberry powder, and water and stir until a smooth paste forms. Add in frosting and stir, incorporating all of orange dye.
- *Place ¼ cup freeze dried raspberries in a food processor or blender until raspberry dust or powder forms. Save additional powder for future use
Green frosting:
- In a small bowl, combine spirulina and water until smooth paste forms. Add in frosting and stir, incorporating all of green dye.
Purple frosting:
- In a small bowl, combine blueberry powder and water until smooth paste forms. Add in frosting and stir, incorporating all of purple dye.
- *Place ¼ cup freeze dried blueberries in a food processor or blender until blueberry dust or powder forms. Save additional powder for future use.
Blue frosting:
- In a small bowl, combine blueberry powder, spirulina, and water until smooth paste forms. Add in frosting and stir, incorporating all of blue dye.
- *Place ¼ cup freeze dried blueberries in a food processor or blender until blueberry dust or powder forms. Save additional powder for future use.
Cakes
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour a half-sheet tray.
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, melted butter. Add in the Miss Jones Organic Vanilla Cake Mix and whisk until combined.
Pour batter into the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20-22 minutes. Let cool.
Once completely cool, take a 4-inch cookie cutter and carefully cut out 12 even circles from the sheet cake. Place 1 cake layer, domed side down, on a platter.
Spread 1 tablespoon of desired colored frosting on top using a small spatula. Place another layer on top and spread another 2 tablespoons of desired color frosting. Place 3rd cake layer on top and spread 2 tablespoons frosting on top of cake. Repeat for the other mini cakes and natural dye frostings.
Sprinkle each top with organic nonpareil sprinkles.
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