The celebration begins the moment you start to make this cake. Not one to be intimidated by the amount of bowls and pans in your workspace, you shout gleefully, “The more, the merrier!” as you swirl different natural colorings into each mixing bowl. All the colors of the rainbow are welcome in your decidedly celebratory, lovingly layered layer cake. Get the party started!

Naturally Colored Rainbow Layer Cake (Gluten-Free & Vegan)
Prep Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Cool Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 10
Calories 312 kcal
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour
- 1 cup Nutiva Coconut Sugar
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. Redmond Real Salt
- 3 Tbsp. MRM Superfoods Raw Organic Red Beet Powder purple layer
- 1 pkg. Color Kitchen Bright Blue Real Food Coloring blue layer
- 1 pkg. Color Kitchen Green Real Food Coloring green layer
- 3 Tbsp. Suncore Foods Yellow Goldenberry Super Color Powder yellow layer
- 2 Tbsp. SunFood Superfoods Organic Beets & Mushrooms orange layer
- 1/2 tsp. paprika orange layer
- 1 pkg. Color Kitchen Beet Red Real Food Coloring red layer
- 2 pkgs. Miss Jones Organic Gluten-Free Vanilla Frosting
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease six 8”x8” cake pans with coconut oil.
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In large bowl, combine almond milk and apple cider vinegar. Set aside.
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In medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
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In almond milk-vinegar mixture, whisk in water, coconut oil, lemon juice and vanilla. Add flour mixture and whisk until smooth.
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Into six bowls, divide batter evenly and add appropriate coloring ingredient(s) to make each a different color of the rainbow. Mix well until desired strength of color is achieved. Pour one color into each baking dish.
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Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
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On plate, begin stacking cooled cakes by color order (first purple, then blue, green, yellow, orange and red), spreading frosting between each layer. Once all layers are in place, frost over and around entire cake.
Nutrition Facts
Naturally Colored Rainbow Layer Cake (Gluten-Free & Vegan)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 312
Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 7g35%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Sodium 499mg21%
Potassium 79mg2%
Carbohydrates 43g14%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 36g40%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 124IU2%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 48mg5%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.