Mini ombre cakes

Ombre on my mind

Some time ago, I caught the ombre craze. For those in the dark, (I was too, until lately), ombre is a french word that means shaded, a graduation of a shade, from light to dark. This translated into cake language, means a cake with layers of different shades of one colour. I was eager to experiment and the results didn't disappoint me. I chose pink for this experiment but you can choose any colour under the rainbow. The possibilities are endless. Here's how you can create your own ombre mini cake. 

Ingredients:

• Recipe and ingredients of your favourite vanilla/yellowcake
• Round cookie cutters in your desired size
• Food colouring
• Buttercream icing

Method: 

• After you make your batter for the cake, divide it into three or four batches and add one drop of your desired food colouring to the first bowl, 2 drops to the second bowl and so on to get a graduated tint across the bowls.
• Now bake your cake in different pans for each colour.
• After the cake has cooled, take your cookie cutter and press into the cake, getting circles of each colour.
• Stack the colours on top of each other, going from light to dark, sandwiching them with a filling of butter cream frosting. I also sandwiched a dark slice between two light ones, so you can experiment as you please. 
• Pipe a swirl or a rose on the topmost layer and dig in.

So get set and bake it, it will be a crowd-pleaser for sure :)