3tbspbuttermilkor substitute 2 T. lemon juice + 1 T. milk
food coloringyellow and green
1tbsphoney
Instructions
Preheat oven to 320℉.
Using a spatula, work the granulated sugar into the butter until you have a nice cream.
To the cream, add vanilla extract.
Using a whisk, incorporate three medium eggs, one at a time, mixing well in between each egg.
Add flour and baking powder.
Add buttermilk.
Mix to combine. (Don't overmix.)
Dyeing the Batter
Reserve one third of the batter to dye green for the top portion of the cake.
Use a few drops of the paste food coloring to dye the batter green.
Pour the batter into a seven inch prepared brownie pan. (I sprayed mine with baking spray and lined it with parchment paper.)
Repeat the dyeing process with the yellow food coloring for the remaining two-thirds of the batter.
Using an offset spatula, make sure that the batter is smooth in the pans. (You can give the pans a few swift taps on the countertop to get rid of any bubbles.)
Baking
Bake in a 320℉ oven (160℃) for ten minutes, initially. (The green cake, because it is thinner, will cook much faster. So start checking it at ten minutes.) When a toothpick comes out clean, it should be done.
The yellow cake should take an additional five or ten minutes.
Allow the cakes to completely cool before assembly.
Assembly
Remove the parchment paper.
On the yellow cake, spread a layer of honey (about a tablespoon or so), just enough to act like glue.
With a bread knife, remove a thin layer of the yellow cake around the edges, so it’s nice and fuzzy.
Using a serrated bread knife, shave off the very top layer of the green cake to make it look fuzzy like the scrubber part of the sponge.
Cutting Cake and Finishing
Cut cake into equal sponge-sized rectangles.
To add soap bubbles to your sponge cake, in a mixing bowl, whisk nonfat milk until it forms bubbles.
With a spoon, scoop bubbles onto top of cake to look like soap.
Notes
If you are using celsius, preheat oven to 160℃.If you want to be very accurate when measuring dry ingredients, you can use a scale.I didn't have green pastry coloring, so I combined yellow and blue together with a touch of black to get kind of a nice olive green color.