Rainbow Mason Jar Cakes

Finished Rainbow Cake.

Every so often, I go in for some easy DIY items. Most of the time, they use things that are inexpensive or that can be commonly found around the house. Generally, they make life just a little better, for a small amount of effort.

Now, I bet most people know what a mason jar is. Back in the day, my mother used to can strawberries for jam and my father used them for his quick pickle recipe that he got from his mother. You don't even have to be putting up preserves or getting out that huge pot to sterilize and set the preserves put up in them. You know, boiling away until the top pops in.

Anyway, you need a four pint-sized mason jars, four sandwich bags, four different containers of food coloring, and some of this prepared batter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a deep baking pan with 1/2 inch of tap water. To make the batter, you need 1 1/2 sticks butter, 2 1/2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1 1/4 cups milk, 2 1/2 cups flour, 2 tsp vanilla, and 2 1/2 tsp baking powder. Mix the ingredients together and you have the batter.



Next, separate the batter equally into four different bowls. Use one color in each of the four bowls. Add one drop at a time until the color of the batter is bright enough for part of a rainbow. Pour one of the colored batters into the sandwich bag and move it towards one corner. Then, using scissors, clip off the corner. Now, take one bag of colored batter and squeeze it into the bottom of the mason jar, covering the outer part of the circle. Continue with all of the colored batter until each jar has layers of the different colors. Then, place the filled mason jars into your prepared baking pan. Bake for about 30 minutes, but check on them to make sure they don't burn.

Jars are filled with batter and ready to go into their baking pan bath for the oven.

When the mason jar cakes have baked and cooled, place a generous layer of any type of commercial or homemade icing on the top. Add some colored sprinkles and dessert is ready to eat.

Thanks to this article from little things for the how-to: http://rainbow.littlethings.com/mason-jar-rainbow-cakes/?utm_source=LTdiy&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=foodhacks.

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