The Four-Color Cake is perfect for the Carnival season, thanks to its festive colors.
Of course, if you want more or less intense colors, you can adjust the amount of food coloring.
The beauty of the cake lies in its colorful appearance. If there are school parties for your kids during Carnival, this cake is perfect… everyone will think of classic sweets like frappe and castagnole, so you’ll bring something different!
At home, it was very well received, and the kids loved this cake. During Carnival, you can make colorful and festive desserts of all kinds… I propose my recipe to you.
Make it yourself and let me know your result!
If you make this recipe or others from the blog, send me the photos, and I’ll publish them on my page with your name.
Approx. 480 Kcal per person
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 6 servings
- Cooking methods: Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Carnival
Ingredients
- 4 medium eggs
- 8.5 tbsp Butter
- Zest of 1 orange
- 0.42 cups Whole milk
- 1.3 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 packet Baking powder
- Food coloring
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 packet Vanilla
- 1.1 cups Sugar
- 0.25 cups Powdered sugar
Preparation of the Four-Color Cake
In a mixer, combine sugar, vanilla, and softened butter.
After mixing, add the eggs, lemon and orange zest, and mix well. Then add flour and milk. Mix well and divide into 4 bowls. Leave one bowl with the original color and add different food colors (red, blue, and yellow or green) to the other 3 bowls.
