Comments on: Homemade Rainbow Chip Cake

By: Mollie

Mollie — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 02:52:06 +0000

Have you done much work using freeze-dried fruit in frosting as a food coloring substitute? I’ve done it with strawberries and raspberries, and the result is amazing. I just wonder if it’d throw off the quintessential rainbow chip flavor… Considering using freeze dried strawberries, blueberries, and oranges for those colors–then maybe food dye just for the green and blue.

Thoughts?

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:34:14 +0000

I made this for my daughter’s 1st birthday. It’s pretty and delicious! Definitely a keeper for future celebrations.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 03:24:50 +0000

I love this recipe but if I make then I’ll do it without the artificial dyes.

By: Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:13:31 +0000

Jane,
Oh I am so sad to hear that. And so confused. Both recipes are lovely but for the book I tested and tested and tested again so if I were to make that cake I would reach for the book. I’ve never had anyone say that it was hard to chew. I have a couple of questions – where do you live (thinking elevation here) and what flour did you use? I would be happy to try and sort this out over email or even a phone call if that is easier. ashley@notwithoutsalt.com Again, I’m so sorry to hear that! Hearing that a recipe didn’t work out for someone are my least favorite sort of emails/comments to receive. Let’s figure this out!

By: Jane Raine

Jane Raine — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:25:43 +0000

Hi Ashley,
I recently purchased your book and am in LOVE with the recipes. I am also a Seattle native and miss living in the NW!
I made this cake from the book this weekend and it turned out almost inedible, which surprised me as everything else I’ve made has come out perfectly. The cake was dense, heavy, and almost hard to chew! I followed the recipe to the letter. (The frosting and the chips were great!) There is a massive difference between the cake in the book and the one online. Is there a reason for that? Would you recommend one method over another? My husband was in love with this cake, and I want to be able to turn out a better one next time.
Thanks!

By: Miss J

Miss J — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:19:01 +0000

Thank you so much for this! I’ve used this method twice for the frosting and it’s just awesome. I wrote about it on my blog if you’re interested! http://www.thespiceofcooking.com/2016/02/homemade-funfetti-cake/

By: Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:34:17 +0000

I have used both liquid and gel with great success.

By: Violet

Violet — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 04:19:01 +0000

I’m super excited to try this. What kind of food coloring did you use for this? Liquid/gel/powdered?

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:47:28 +0000

I take request’s for what type of cupcake my friends and loved ones want for their birthday. I never make a cake from a box (at least not directly! although sometimes I cheat and use it as a base) so when a friend asked for funfetti I took it on as a personal challenge. The most difficult part was the chips for the frosting and creating the colorful dots in the cake without adding texture. This rainbow chip recipe was perfect! I don’t know how nobody has thought to simply use white chocolate -GENIUS! I used a very similar recipe for my frosting but added marshmallow fluff (without chips for cupcake filling, with chips for frosting) and it came darn close to the original (but better). I love how the white chocolate adds the sweetness from the original box cake. Thank you for posting this!

By: Sj

Sj — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:46:57 +0000

Oh my goodness! I was having rainbow chip frosting withdrawls and made this for my daughter’s birthday. I was a hit! My family said it tasted better than the real stuff and they love rainbow chip. I modified the frosting recipe a little. 2 sticks of butter, 8 oz cream cheese, t vanilla, 2 T of heavy cream, and about 4 cups of powder sugar. It made a lot! I was able to frost about 30 cupcakes, and still have leftovers to fill my whip cream container (8oz size, cool whip), prob for another 30 cupcakes. So good, thanks for the recipe and guidance.

By: Angelica

Angelica — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:39:01 +0000

I just wanted to say your blog is so funny and had me cracking up. Like, that your birthday should last more than a day. Heck yes! Mine too. Long live birthday weeks!!! Obviously Queens deserve a week. Duh!

Thanks SO much for these recipes. I’m going to cheat and add the chips to pre-made butter cream frosting and see where that gets me. I’m so lazy. Hehehe.

By: Angelica

Angelica — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:34:20 +0000

I was thinking of trying colored white chocolate chips with a can of butter cream frosting. I really hate making frostings lol.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:35:37 +0000

I was in the same situation with my husband! He LOVES rainbow chip icing and thats all he wanted for a cake LOL. I searched high and low and multiple stores, but since it’s not sold anymore i obviously had no luck until i found this recipe. I just have to say that this was DELICIOUS. We absolutely loved it! I followed this recipe to a T and it turned out perfect! Thanks so much for sharing this!

By: Mary-Claire

Mary-Claire — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 06:59:29 +0000

Thank you thank you for posting this recipe!! I’m a pretty picky baker too, albeit not as talented as you, but was devestated to find that my favorite birthday cake from childhood was discontinued! Thanks to the world of Pinterest my birthday was saved! It is tomorrow (you know you’re pretty picky when you bake you own birthday cake) and I made it tonight with such joy. It was a labor of love but waaaayyyy more fun than that boxed stuff anyway 😉 Thanks again, this cake was all I had hoped it would be and more!

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By: mecee

mecee — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:32:58 +0000

Hey! First off THANK YOU! This is really the only cake I like and its the only cake I will tolerate on my birthday. I always have it made into an ice cream cake and have for the last decade or more. So I was quite devasted when I found out it was discontinued. My wife came upon this and we decided to make it with the pillsbury confetti cake mix which is rather similar to bettys confetti. But the funfetti frosting isnt the same. So we found this site and made the dots and poured them into vanilla betty frosting and it was spot on. So thank you for saving my birthday. Also a fondeau pot works well for the melting to.

By: Elena

Elena — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:35:15 +0000

Thanks so much for this recipe! My boyfriend loves rainbow chip cake and asked that I make it for his birthday. As someone who also loves to bake too, I died a little inside. I’ll think I will make this cake along with the box cake and see if he can tell the difference 😉

By: Cassia

Cassia — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:58:43 +0000

Wow!!!! I just made this! Well I made the chips and added it to a tub of betty crocker vanilla frosting, I wanted the taste to be as similar to rainbow chip as possible. Ohhhh rainbow chip. My husband’s 30th birthday is in 3 days and for almost his entire life a funfetti cake with rainbow chip frosting has been a tradition, (also my traditional cake from childhood, long before we ever met!) I searched all the stores and could not find it, that’s when I googled it and found out the tragedy of it being discontinued. BUT alas, I came across your site and was too anxious to try it! I was a little skeptical as first, but once it was all mixed up and I tried it, it is VERY similar. Thank you SO SO much for this idea and for posting it! Long live our birthday traditions!!!

By: Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:36:47 +0000

There is a recipe for the chips in the post.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:41:58 +0000

Where can I find the rainbow chips?