Keep going until you are happy with the colour – the colour of the batter now will be very similar to the finished cake, so be brave! When ready to eat, thaw it in the fridge overnight then set it out to come to room temperature before you slice and serve. Storing: A fondant covered cake can be kept in a storage container at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerated for up to a week (depending on your choice of fillings and/or toppings).

Add your wet ingredients (1 cup milk, ,½ cup butter, 2 large eggs,1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and ½ teaspoon almond extract) to the dry ingredients and mix on medium speed for about 2 minutes, or until smooth. Level each of the cake rounds, then spread a small amount of buttercream beneath where the center of the cake will sit to hold it in place. Using a knife or a cheese grater, trim the sides of the cake to within a few millimetres of the cake board it’s sitting on. Using your palette knife, carefully brush any excess buttercream that’s gathered at the rim of the cake towards the centre, aiming all the time for sharp edges, straight sides and a flat top.Pipe 6 swirls on top of the cake with your remaining colours and sprinkle them with the multi-coloured sprinkles. You will need 6 x 20cm/8in loose bottom sandwich cake tins (approximately 4cm/1½in deep), a 20cm/8in and a 30cm/12in cake board, 2 non-slip cake mats trimmed to about 18cm/7in and 25cm/10in diameter, a turntable, a cake side scraper and 6 medium-sized piping bags.

Colour the buttercream in the same way you coloured the cake batter, then place each colour into a separate piping bag. Divide the batter equally between 6 medium-sized bowls and add dashes of each of the food colourings. Then either continue to add buttercream to make an even layer in the center of your cake, or fill it with a flavored filling of your choice. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love! We've kept the sponges as light as possible so they may be slightly rounded when they come out of the oven.No matter where you take this cake, it is always a crowd pleasing favorite with it's bright colors and fantastic flavors!