Ribbon Cake Recipe - Beautiful Cake For Any Occasion

Without a doubt, this has always been the most beloved party cake!

The layers of vibrant colours, the delicate sweetness of the buttercream icing, and the melt-in-your-mouth sponge cake create a true love affair with flavours!

Tips:

For a flawlessly beautiful cake, I recommend baking three separate cakes and then sandwiching them together, rather than baking one large cake and slicing it into three parts and then layering them. This ensures the ideal height and fullness of this cake. 

Simply divide the batter into three equal portions, add three different colors, preferably; pink, green and yellow to each one, and bake them separately for a beautifully layered masterpiece!

So, let’s get ready with the necessary ingredients;

300g Self raising flour

300g Margarine(softened)

300g Caster sugar

6       Eggs

1/2cup Milk

1tsp     Lemon juice

1tsp     Vanilla essense

4 pinches Salt

1 1/2 tsp Baking powder

Let’s Start Baking:

Set the oven to 180 C (Gas mark 4)

Make the batter

Cream together

• Beat margarine and sugar until creamy for about 4 mins, using an electric hand mixer
• Add eggs, one at a time. Beat for 30 sec after each addition

Fold together

• Add vanilla essence, lemon juice and salt. Beat for two rounds
• Mix baking powder into flour and sift onto the cake batter, holding well above it. 
• Fold the flour gently with a wooden spoon until everything comes together into a creamy batter
• Mix milk and fold with a wooden spoon.  

Divide the batter into 3 equal portions

• Divide the batter into 3 equal parts and add three different colours. Mix thoroughly until the required colours are defined
• Line up baking trays, fill up the batter equally
• Lift and drop the trays twice onto your kitchen top, allowing the batter to spread and settle evenly on the tray

(If you have just two trays, bake two cakes at the same time leaving the rest of the batter.  Once the cakes are out of the oven, empty one of the trays and bake the other cake)

Oven 

• Place the tray in the oven and bake for 20 - 25 mins or until the top is golden brown in colour. If you stab a skewer into the middle of the cake it should come out clean if the cake is properly baked.

The cakes are ready!

• Let the cake rest in the tray for 5-10 mins
• Slowly remove it from the tray and place it on a cooling rack
• Let the cake cool completely before frosting it
• Place the cakes in the fridge if you are in a hurry to ice them

Delicious Butter Icing Recipe

You need the following ingredients:

• 250g Icing sugar (Sift twice to get it smooth and without lumps)
• 125g Margarine/Butter
• 1tsp Lemon juice 
• 2tbsp Milk 
• 2 drops - vanilla essence 

Let’s make the icing;

• Cream up all together using an electric hand mixer
• The icing should have no lumpy bits but a very smooth creamy texture
• You can add any colour or colours to the buttercream icing.  I prefer to leave it in its natural pale white colour as the inside of the cake has three different vibrant colours

Ice the cake;

• Scrape the sides and top layer off the cake

• Take a generous dollop of buttercream icing and spread it across one layer
• Sandwich with the other later 
• Do the same for other layers
• Finally spread icing on the top of the cake
• Throw some sprinkles on the top
• Place the cake in the fridge or in a cool place for the icing to settle
• Dip a knife in hot water, and wipe clean before cutting the cake into dainty pieces
• Your beautiful angel cake is ready to serve!