Calico Cake
A colorful, layered cake featuring vibrant swirls of food coloring and a chocolate variation, perfect for children's birthday parties and festive celebrations.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Follow directions on the box of white cake mix as directed.
- Divide the batter into 6 smaller bowls.
- Add drops of food coloring to each bowl, making each a different color until desired color is reached.
- Leave one bowl white and add cocoa to another to make a chocolate batter.
- Grease and flour 2 round cake pans.
- Drop teaspoonfuls of different colored batter into both pans, being careful not to overlap the same colors.
- Continue layering colored batter in the pans, ensuring not to layer the same color on top of each other.
- Bake according to the instructions on the cake mix box.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
219
kcal
11% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).
Nutrition is estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data and may vary with brand, portion and preparation — see our methodology. This information is for general educational purposes only and is not medical or dietary advice (disclaimer).