I started this cake with two boxes of Betty Crocker Butter Yellow Cake Mix

( I know, if you know me, you know that the cake lover in me finds this unacceptable.  However, when I make a cake for the kids to devour, they just want something pretty.  If you want good cake, wait for another week!)

Make the cake mix according to box directions.

Now take out six similar sized bowls.  Evenly break up batter into the six bowls.  Now add food coloring to each bowl for it’s appropriate color.  I used rainbow colors of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet.  Use lots of gel coloring or food dye, or whatever it is that you use, but make the colors vibrant!

Next take your round cake pans, I used tw0 ten inch cake pans, and grease and flour (or parchment).  Take 1 cup of the red batter and pour it directly in the middle of your first pan.  Now, using a clean measuring cup, pour 1 cup of orange directly into the red, like pouring oil in the middle, go slowly, make it even.  You should still be able to see red, but it should be moving to the outside of the cake pan.  Repeat with the Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet.  Now, make one more of these, but do the colors in reverse.

Bake according to package directions.

Finished Product

When cakes are cool (really cool) slice in half, so you have four moon shapes.  I layered the moon shapes, with frosting in between.  Then frosted a crumb coat and flipped it on it’s side to make my “rainbow.”  I then frosted the entire cake in cream cheese frosting (my daughter’s favorite and so easy to make!), and added skittles to make my concentric half circles for the rainbow coloring.  Okay, so actually Mr. Guertin applied the skittles.  I was onto grilling eggplant.