The Rainbow Connection // Kermit The Frog

You know it's Jonny's birthday when a Muppet song is involved. In fact I've just put on a video of this song that he must have seen about ten times before, and he still goes a bit crazy.

I made a big cake for Jonny's birthday party/our house warming. He'd seen it online and told me he wanted me to make it for him.
It is a direct copy of Whisk Kid's Epic Rainbow Cake. Most people have seen this before, I'm sure. Hers is much better than mine. I struggled with getting a neat finish on the buttercream.

If you are going to make this cake do exactly as she says, and handily there is also a link to her demonstrating how to make it with Martha Stuart.

I was a bit stressed when it came to it. I only had one cake tin, and only a little bit of time, and many other cakes to make, as well as the house to tidy in readiness for the party.
I assembled the cake (see time lapse made by the lovely Jonny) and stuck it in the fridge, along with the left over icing so that I could finish it in the morning.



This was a mistake. The icing split overnight and was maaaaaaanky. So I sent J out for emergency eggs and made another batch. It turned out to be a bit of fate in the end as I would never have had enough left from the first batch, and that could have been a bigger disaster if I'd started.

The cake went down very well. Jonny took the remaining half to work with him on Monday and received the following comments;
"It's beautiful"
"The Chernobyl Cake"
"I've never tasted neon before"
"If this was a pair of socks I'd buy it"
"Wow lovely cake, I hate when I like it"
"I've photographed it so I can take it home and say 'look what I got at work'"
"Did you try the cake? the amazing cake"

I've been asked to do another. Note to self - get at least two more cake tins.