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Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake

By Arlene Cummings
Created January 10, 2017
This cake is so fun to bake that you will want to make it your own and get creative with different colors!

I started making rainbow ring cakes last year, and since then, they have become a big hit for every holiday and special event. They look amazing, taste great and are super simple to make. When you bake and serve this dessert, everyone will marvel at how pretty it looks when you slice it.

The swirls of color take on a life of their own as the cake bakes, and every cake turns out differently. It’s truly like an edible work of art. My kids love to make these cakes, too, because they can get creative. Plus, the recipe is so easy. All you really need is Betty Crocker® cake mix and frosting, food coloring and sprinkles.

Rainbow Easter Cake

I prepare the cake mix according to the directions on the box and then divide the batter into 3 different bowls. Add food coloring and layer the colored batter in the tube pan.

Rainbow Easter Cake
Rainbow Easter Cake

Once the cake is baked and cooled, divide the frosting into three bowls. Heat in the microwave for a few seconds so it can drizzle off of a spoon. Stir in food coloring. Drizzle the frosting all around the cake in three different stages to create a striping pattern.

Rainbow Easter Cake
Rainbow Easter Cake

At the end, add a few colored sprinkles. I like to place the cake on shredded coconut colored with green food coloring.

Rainbow Easter Cake

You can get as creative as you like with this cake...have fun with it! Let the kids mix the colors and drizzle the frosting. They will also love selecting jelly beans or other candies to crown the cake with.

I’m sure once you make a cake like this, you will want to do it for every holiday!

Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake

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Ingredients

    • 1box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ White Cake Mix
    • Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
    • Yellow, red, blue and green food color
    • 1tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
    • 2cups shredded coconut
    • Betty Crocker™ Decorating Decors® multicolored candy sprinkles

Directions

  • 1Heat oven to 325°F. Generously grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening or cooking spray. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and egg whites.
  • 2Divide batter among 3 small bowls. Add few drops yellow food color to 1 bowl; mix well. Add red food color to second bowl to make pink. Add red and blue food color to third bowl to make purple. Pour half of the yellow batter into cake pan. Carefully pour half of the pink batter over yellow batter. Carefully pour half of the purple batter over pink batter. Repeat layers (do not mix colors).
  • 3Bake as directed on box until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Place cake on serving plate.
  • 4Divide frosting among 3 small microwavable bowls. Microwave 1 bowl on High about 5 to 10 seconds; add few drops yellow food color and stir until frosting is smooth enough to drizzle. With spoon, drizzle yellow frosting back and forth over cake in striping pattern until all frosting is used (allow some frosting to drip down onto plate in middle of cake, if desired). Microwave second bowl of frosting; add red and blue food color to make purple. Drizzle frosting over cake in same striping pattern. Repeat with last bowl, adding red food color to make pink frosting. Decorate cake with sprinkles.
  • 5Place coconut in resealable food-storage plastic bag; add few drops green food color. Seal bag and toss until coconut is evenly tinted. Sprinkle coconut on serving plate around cake and in center for “Easter grass.”

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