Ombre Cake

By JanF1201

Ingredients

• 3 boxes white cake mix
• 6 egg whites
• 4 1/2 cups Sprite
• Blue gel food coloring
• Red gel food coloring
• 5 12oz tubs of whipped vanilla frosting

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix one box of cake with 2 egg whites and 1 1/2 cups Sprite; divide evenly among 3 bowls
3. Create three shades of blue, add two drops of coloring to one bowl, 4 to the second and 8 to the third
4. Coat three 9 in cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with parchment paper. Pour each batter into its own pan
5. Bake for 15-20 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let layers cool; remove from pans. If needed, use a serrated knife to trim tops they are level
6. Place darkest blue layer on plate; cover with thin layer of frosting. Repeat with remaining layers from darkest to lightest. Chill cake in fridge.
7. Repeat step 2
8. Add one drop of blue coloring to one bowl and one drop of red to another. Do not tint last bowl
9. repeat steps 4 and 5
10. Keep building cake with blue, then white, then red layers, frosting after each chill cake in drive.
11. Repeat steps 2-5 using red coloring instead of blue
12. Keep building cake with red layers, going from lightest to darkest frosting after each
13. Coat outside of cake with a thin layer of frosting. Chill for 15 mins
14. use remaining frosting to generously coat outside of cake. Chill for at least one hour before cutting