Joan Rainbow Cake

Hello Friends 

Herewith Merry Christmas is nearing!!!! It is story related cake. I have been This cake inspired me to bake as we had seen Malayalam  Film as SALT N PEPPER wanting to do it and the wait is over.

The same movie name has been remake in different languages..In that scene, A hero gives Juan's Rainbow cake recipe to the heroine and they tried the recipes together in different homes and been communicated over phone for recipe and experience and so on. This story behind the cake is so amazed to hear and It is all about Juan, A french lady who had waited for her hubby for his return from the 2nd world war far away from home.

 On her first day of wait, She baked a delicious Strawberry cake for him and in turn he didn't come. It is so disappointed. 

Second Day, She again baked a Pistachio cake for him and still didn't turn.It is disappointment again. She made 2 cakes joined and  covered each layer with whipped cream.

Third Day, She made orange cake and still her wait continued on and on...still he didn't come.She went to bed at the same day with  disappointment.

Next Morning, Her hubby had arrived at their home and saw his ladylove  giving a box of gifted chocolates.They felt very happy meeting after long time. She had come back to the kitchen and stacked all the 3 cakes covered with whipped cream and each layer is covered with whipped cream.

Finally she melted the chocolates and poured it over the top of the cake and topped with fruit and served a cake to her hubby. :) They ate it together of his return and their never end loving story... It is so beautiful story  and I liked it .. 

Thank you Swathi for this month challenge and Julie for your recipe suggestion :)

I made a change as I had followed Checkerboard cake design in different 3 colors as pink,orange and green one. You can follow any design as you like...

Recipe Source : Anzz Cafe

Here are the ingredients for each 3 cakes!!! 

STRAWBERRY CAKE:

Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C.Line the round inch pan with butter and dust it with flour or place cut sized parchment paper on the cake pan and set aside.You can either make loaf pan 9*3....

Ingredients: Egg, Butter must be at room temperature.

Note: You can double the measurements if you are making 6 or 8 inch round pan.

• 200 gms Fresh Strawberry
• 2 Tbsp Sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1 Cup All purpose flour
• 1 Tsp Baking powder
• 1 Egg
• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter(50gms)
• 1 Tsp Strawberry extract
• Few drops of Red food color

Method:

1. Sift the flour and baking powder together thrice and keep aside
2. In a medium saucepan, add the chopped strawberries,2 Tbsp sugar and water together and stir well.Cook well until the strawberries are softened.
3. Once it is cooled,Blend it into puree.
4. Using a stand mixer with paddle attachment or hand mixer, Beat the butter and sugar until it is creamy.
5. Add a egg and strawberry extract  and mix well until it is well incorporated.
6. Add the strawberry puree along with  the dry mixture in 3 additions. Scrape out the sides and mix well. Add food color if you want.
7. Transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan.
8. Bake it for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the tooth pick comes out clean once inserted.
9. Allow it to cool on the cooling rack.

PISTACHIO CAKE

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• 1 /2 Cup pistachios 
• 1/4 Cup Milk
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1 Cup All purpose flour
• 1 Tsp Baking powder
• 1 Egg
• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter(50gms)
• 1 Tsp Pistachio extract
• Few drops of Green food color

Method:

1. Sift the flour and baking powder together thrice and keep aside
2. Add the pistachios and milk in a bowl and let it soak for about 2 hours. Pureed it into a fine paste.
3. Using a stand mixer with paddle attachment or hand mixer, Beat the butter and sugar until it is creamy.
4. Add a egg and pistachio extract  and mix well until it is well incorporated.
5. Add the pistachio puree along with  the dry mixture in 3 additions. Scrape out the sides and mix well. Add food color if you want.
6. Transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan.
7. Bake it for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the tooth pick comes out clean once inserted.
8. Allow it to cool on the cooling rack.

ORANGE CAKE

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• 1/3 Cup Fresh Orange juice
• 1 Tsp of finely grated zest orange rind
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1 Cup All purpose flour
• 2 Tsp Baking powder
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Cup Thick Yogurt.
• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter(50gms)
• 1/2 Tsp orange extract
• Few drops of Orange food color

Method:

1. Sift the flour and baking powder together thrice and keep aside
2. Using a stand mixer with paddle attachment or hand mixer, Beat the butter and sugar until it is creamy.
3. Add a egg,orange rind,yogurt  and orange extract  and mix well until it is well incorporated.
4. Add the orange juice along with  the dry mixture in 3 additions. Scrape out the sides and mix well. Add food color if you want.
5. Transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan.
6. Bake it for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the tooth pick comes out clean once inserted.
7. Allow it to cool on the cooling rack.

For Topping  & Garnishing: 

• 250 ml Heavy Whipping cream
• 3 Tbsp Confectioners sugar
• Chocolate shavings (Optional)
• Edible sugared pearls 
• Chocolate
• 1/4 Cup heavy whipping cream
• Few Strawberries.

Method:

1. Keep the bowl and whisker attachment in a freezer and set it for about 10 minutes.
2. Pour the 250 ML heavy whipping cream along with confectioners sugar to it and whip it till it gets peak form stiff.
3. Place it in the fridge.
4. In a  microwave mode, melt the chocolates with 1/4 cup whipping cream in a bowl  and once it is melted.Keep aside

To Assemble:

1. Place the strawberry cake on the cake board base with little whipped cream.
2. Put a dollop of whipped cream on the strawberry cake and spread it evenly and do the same for other 2 cakes.
3. Top the cakes with whipped cream and sides too.Smooth it well 
4. For my design cake, I mixed chocolate mixture with whipped cream and spread it on the sides to give a look 
5. In a piping bag,place the chocolate whipped cream mixture to the one side and other side place the white whipped cream to it. with a tip 21. Do the borders on the cake as you like.
6. I had poured the remaining melted chocolate over the center top of the cake and place the strawberries.
7. Put edible pearls over the top as you like.

Notes: IF you want the same deisgn as I have done for the cake .You can follow as mine followed the Cake boss's Checkered board cake inside.

I had used Cookie circle cutter and cut into 2 one is medium and small....for each cake and place the corresponding cakes into a one. like pink,green and orange in a cake and do the corresponding.as shown in my picture.

Enjoy!!! Happy Baking!!!!

Merry Christmas in Advance to all the readers 

Linking this to Swathi of Baking partner's challenge!!!