Rainbow zebra cake

Name: Rainbow zebra cake
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 375g salted butter softened, plus extra for the tin; 375g golden caster sugar; 6 large eggs at room temperature; 375g self-raising flour; 1½ tsp baking powder; 150ml milk; blue and pink food colouring (see tip, below); sprinkles to decorate; 250g salted butter softened; 400g icing sugar sifted; vanilla pod, seeds scraped out; 100g full-fat cream cheese

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Prep:50minCook:30min

Celebrate our 30th birthday with us – or your own special occasion – with this impressive rainbow sponge. Iced with buttercream and topped with coloured sprinkles, it's a cake that has the wow factor

Updated at: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:03:04 GMT