Hippy Tie Dye Cake - this Easy and Colorful Cake Recipe is perfect for a 1970's Themed Party (2024)

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By: Jill MillsPosted: May 18, 2020Updated: May 27, 2022

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This Hippie Tie Dye Cake is so fun! It’s a super colorful, triple layered tie dye cake with yummy homemade frosting on top. Perfect for a 1970’s theme party or a birthday party.

These beautiful triple layered cakes are something I used to think were just too hard for me to accomplish. I’ve found out that just isn’t true! Follow along and you’ll see how simple it really is. Check out a few more of my favorites down below.

Hippie Tie Dye Cake

One of the ways we make these super easy, is by starting out with a boxed cake mix. This lets us focus on the presentation and decoration and not have to spend *quite* as much energy on the flavor.

Ingredients You’ll Need

White Cake Mix
Egg Whites
Water
Oil
Butter
Vanilla
Whipping Cream
Powdered Sugar
Gel Food Coloring

How To Make A Tie Dye Hippie Cake

Mix. Follow the instructions on the box to make your white cake. Separate the batter into five bowls.
Color. Color each bowl of batter a different color. The gel food colorings are the most vibrant.
Bake. Bake for 25-30 minutes and when it’s done, let it cool while you make the frosting.
Decorate. Once the cakes are cool, use a knife to cut the domes off so they are flat. Make the easy homemade frosting and color them. Then, frost your cake!

Aren’t the colors so vibrant and fun? I think I’ll make this in many other themes besides just a peace, love ’70s theme. I just love the brightness.

Keep this cake in refrigerated and enjoy within 4-5 days. Serve it up with a big glass of milk or a scoop of chocolate ice cream. Yum!

More Triple Layered Cake Recipes

Margarita Cake with Tequila Frosting

Layered Carrot Cake with Nuts

Tagalong Cake

Lemon Orange Cake

Fruit Loop Cake

Hippie Tie Dye Cake

This Hippie Cake is so fun! It's a super colorful, triple layered tie dye cake with yummy homemade frosting on top. Perfect for a 1970's theme party!

Servings: 12 servings

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 25 minutes mins

Total: 35 minutes mins

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Ingredients

▢ 2 boxes of white cake mix
▢ 6 large egg whites
▢ 2 C water
▢ 1 C Canola oil
▢ Sky Blue Purple, Pink, Green, Yellow Gel food coloring
▢ Pam baking spray

Frosting Ingredients

▢ 2 C unsalted butter softened
▢ 5 C powdered sugar
▢ 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
▢ 3-6 TBSP heavy whipping cream
▢ Sky Blue Purple, Pink, Green, Yellow, and black Gel food coloring
▢ 1 package of wilton flower icing transfers

Instructions

Cake Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray the 3 cake pans with pam baking spray
Combine all cake ingredients into a standing mixer or large mixing bowl and beat until combined
Divide the batter between 5 medium bowls
Mix in a few drops of one color into 1 bowl and mix until combined
Repeat with remaining colors
Drop dollops of the colors into the three cake pans
Bake in the oven for 25-32 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow to cool completely before moving onto the cake board
Using a cake leveler, remove the dome from the cakes to make even
Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth and stiff with peaks
Scoop 1/2 C of frosting into 6 bowls
Mix in a few drops of a color into 1 bowl. Repeat steps for remaining colors

Building the Cake Directions

Using 1 cake layer on the cake board, scoop 1 C of frosting onto the top of the cake and spread evenly
Place the second layer of cake on top of the first layer of frosting.
Scoop another 1 C of frosting onto the second layer of cake and spread evenly.
Place the last layer of cake on top
Frost entire cake with the remaining white frosting
Scoop ¼ C of each colored frosting into their own bags, set aside
Using a knife, blot dollops of the colored frosting all over the side of the cake
Take a flat spatula and lightly spread the colored frosting to create a rainbow effect
Using the colored frosting, pipe dollops of the frosting on top
Place the flowers randomly throughout the cake
Using the black piping bag, pipe peace signs randomly onto the sides and top of the cake
Cut and enjoy!

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Equipment

3 9inch round cake pans
3 10inch round cake board
5 small piping bags with star tip
1 small piping bag with number 3 tip
1 mini angled spatula

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