Cakes..bakes and the story of heartbreaking colors!

Color Chagrin !

The efforts put into baking that perfect, fluffy, yummy sponge of a cake deserves nothing short of a slow clap standing ovation...or so I feel every time that heavenly smelling, 'sweet achievement' pops out of my microwave. Once you master the basic sponge, the world is your oyster. You're all set to play! Play with frostings, icing, decorations, fondants (that come much later), AND COLOR!

SO it was the cousin's birthday and with the exhilaration of having yet another chance to bake I thought of making a colorful cake. The only problem was- colors! Having baked colorful cakes earlier, I had disappointing experiences of dull and absolutely changed (browned) colors post the cake being baked.

Much internet research..googling every possible reason..reading all important bloggers and you tube videos could not find me an answer. Finally, expert advice from baker friends suggested the use of high quality gel based food colors. So lo and behold..some very expensive branded and high end gel colors were ordered. uncontainable excitement got me to immediately get on with baking.

'Good quality' Gel colors

So i made this 'full spectrum' cake, praying with every breath for it to come out spectacularly bright. BUT ALAS! Disappointment set in yet again. The brightness of the 'branded' colors stayed only till the batter.

Dull colors on cake

Home made tempered chocolate designs come to the rescue

Now Multi-colored cakes can be a lot of fun, but ensuring the cake comes out the way it was envisioned is pretty challenging, and I'm yet to figure out the way to successfully overcome it. While baking is a science and measurements are a must, there are no rules that can be followed to get everything perfect at once.


Like they say Things are not always what they seem..the first appearance deceives many and that's exactly what happened with my batter and the final cake! check out the pictures below..

Bright yet deceiving batter colors!

The disappointing final product

Baking is a like a love affair.. a tumultuous one...and just like that Cakes have a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good. So till the time I figure out how to get my dream relationship with an edible rainbow..ill keep the experimental baking on nonetheless 😉 

Hoping to share the solutions soon! Till then Happy Baking!