Rainbow Birthday cake

Here is a cake that I just loved to put together.  It was made for a fun, little gal who turned three.  She just turned into a big sister to twins so this cake was make extra special for her.  What little girl does not love bright colors and butterflies?

The cake on the inside match the colors on the out side.  That means each tear of cake has four layers of cake. 

I would like to talk about fillings!!  Every cake needs a filling to help keep it a moist and flavorful cake.  I used a strawberry filling with this cake : Fresh strawberries, strawberry jam, and a couple spoon fulls of frosting.  I took these three and mixed them together.  Now to just put the filling into the middle of your layers of cake will make a HUGE mess.  As in the picture below do these steps:
1. Level cake
2.  Pipe two layers of frosting around the sides of the cake top.
3.  Fill in the middle with your filling
4.  Place next layer of cake onto, press down the layer to help settle the frosting and filling.
5.  Use a butter knife or small spatula and fill in the crack between the two layers with frosting and smooth out.  This will help keep the sides of your cake level all around and not bulging.


                                                        

To decorate this cake I use butter cream frosting (which can be found on another post), food colors, a piping bag, and tip 104.
The sugar flowers and butterflies I got from Micheal's craft store.