Name: Joan’s Rainbow Cake recipe by Zareena Siraj at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Strawberries-1/4 cup; Sugar - 2 tbsp (optional); All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup; Baking Powder - 1 tsp; Salt - a pinch; Milk and butter 1/4 cup each; Sugar- 1/2 cup; Egg- 1 no; Strawberry essence - 1 tsp; Pista Cake:; Pista - 1 cup; Milk and Butter - 1/4 cup each; All purpose flour / Maida- 1 cup; Baking Powder - 1 tsp; Sugar- 1/2 cup; Egg - 1 no; Pista Essence - 1 tsp; Green Colour- 1/2 a pinch; Orange Juice- 1/4 cup; Orange Rind - 1 tsp; All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup; Sugar- 1/2 cup; Butter and milk 1/4 cup each; Baking Powder - 1 tsp; Salt- 1/2 tsp; Sugar - 1/2 cup; Water - 1/2 cup; Whipping Cream - 2 cups; Chocolate Ganache - 1 cup

ABOUT Joan’s Rainbow Cake RECIPE

This Christmas season I wanted to bake a cake and I was looking for various recipes. It was sheer coincidence that we happened to see this Malayalam movie called Salt n’ Pepper (superb movie especially for all you foodies out there). This movie has a sequence where the lead pair talks over the phone about a cake recipe which was made by a housewife in France while she was waiting for her soldier husband to come back from the war. Each day, she baked one cake thinking that her husband would return home and this continued for 3 days, when finally her husband came back home and she completed the cake with three layers of different flavors and a chocolate topping.

Ingredients Serving: 6

Strawberries-1/4 cup
Sugar - 2 tbsp (optional)
All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Milk and butter 1/4 cup each
Sugar- 1/2 cup
Egg- 1 no
Strawberry essence - 1 tsp
Pista Cake:
Pista - 1 cup
Milk and Butter - 1/4 cup each
All purpose flour / Maida- 1 cup
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Sugar- 1/2 cup
Egg - 1 no
Pista Essence - 1 tsp
Green Colour- 1/2 a pinch
Orange Juice- 1/4 cup
Orange Rind - 1 tsp
All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Sugar- 1/2 cup
Butter and milk 1/4 cup each
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Salt- 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Whipping Cream - 2 cups
Chocolate Ganache - 1 cup

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Also puree the strawberry and sugar with a hand mixer to a smooth and pouring consistency. Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and stir well until fluffy.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt and add this to the egg and butter mixture in 3 lots alternately along with milk. Then add the strawberry essence and puree and beat well till everything is mixed well. Bake at 180 degree celsius for 30-40 minutes
Soak the pista in water for 4 hours and grind them to a fine paste in a hand mixer along with milk. Cream the butter, sugar and eggs and also add the above made pista paste to a fluffy texture and keep it aside.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add this to the above wet ingredients and blend well. In this add the pista essence and green food colour. Mix it well. Bake at 180 degree celsius for 30-40 minutes
Mix the flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Cream the butter, sugar and egg till its fluffy and creamy. In this, add the above dry ingredients and milk alternatively in 3 lots. Add the orange juice and rind. Mix well. Bake at 180 degree celsius for 30-40 minutes
Boil the sugar and water for 2 mins or till the sugar dissolves well. On a plate place the first layer the strawberry cake and soak it with 3- 4 tbsps of syrup. Over this, spread the whipping cream. Repeat with the layer of pista cake and then orange cake. Refrigerate.
Take out the cake from the refrigerator and pour this ganache over the cake. Decorate with chocolate swirls or as you wish.

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