Adding a touch of colour to cake batter creates elegance, fun or festivity depending on what colour you choose. I love adding pink but you can choose any one or two colours of your choice.
Prep time: 15 minutes Bake time: 35 to 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- ¾ cup milk
- 2-4 drops food colour of your choice
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, add softened butter and sugar. Using a handheld electric mixer or stand mixer to combine the butter and sugar until creamed together.
- Add the eggs and mix.
- Add the salt and vanilla and mix.
- Add the baking powder and mix.
- Add 1 cup flour and mix.
- Add ½ cup milk and mix.
- Add the remaining ¾ cup flour and remaining ¼ milk and mix.
- Take about ⅓ of the batter depending on how much coloured cake you want and place into a separate mixing bowl. Add 1 drop of food colour and mix. Add another drop or 2 until the desired colour is reached. Note: The colour will darken slightly in the oven as the cake bakes.
- Pour the white cake batter into cake pan of choice ensuring that the pan is no more than ⅔ full. Note: I always coat the pan with a canola oil spray before pouring in the batter to ensure that the cake can be easily removed from the pan once it has baked and cooled.
- Pour the coloured batter onto different sections of the white batter and use a butter knife to swirl around. Don’t mix it together too much or the entire cake will look like the same colour as opposed to two distinct colours.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes. To test if the cake is ready, gently insert a small thin knife near the centre of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready. If the knife comes out with batter, the cake needs more time to bake.
