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This collection of rainbow dessert recipes, ideas, and pictures is sure to make you smile! You’ll find bright and cheery recipes for rainbow cakes, rainbow frosting, rainbow cupcakes, and more!
Rainbow Cake with Rainbow Frosting
This gorgeous rainbow-topped cake has a surprise inside! Underneath the fluffy white cloud-like frosting are bright stripes of rainbow buttercream frosting. Make it for a special birthday, party, or St. Patrick’s Day!
If you’re looking for an over-the-top celebration cake, this Gold-Topped Rainbow Cake is for you! It features eight layers of lemon cake, seven layers of rainbow frosting, and one incredible assortment of edible golden goodies on top.
This Rainbow Mousse Cake has seven gorgeous layers of cake and mousse in vibrant, fruity flavors. This rainbow cake recipe is perfect for any party or celebration!
Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, or anytime you need a little rainbow magic in your life! These dessert cups are served in mini black kettles, filled with cake cubes and frosting, and decorated with gold sprinkles and buttercream rainbows.
Those Pot of Gold Cupcakes above are rocking the ultimate edible accessory – 3-D Buttercream Rainbows! These fun frosting rainbow toppers are surprisingly easy to make, and they look SO fun on top of cakes and cupcakes!
Like rainbow desserts? Then you will LOVE this colorful rainbow frosting for cakes and cupcakes! This decorating trick is gorgeous, and super easy to do–you can make this bright buttercream icing in under 10 minutes.
Want to make a rainbow cake? Then you might want a rainbow cake topper as well! This homemade fondant decoration is easy, bright, colorful, and so fun!
Is there anything more fun than buttercream stripes?! For this Striped Buttercream Balloon Cake, we paired buttercream stripes with candy balloon lollipops, for the ultimate colorful birthday cake!
These cute mini layer cakes are decorated with fruit roll-up pom-poms on top to look like mini gifts! They're perfect as a birthday cake recipe, or for any party or celebration.
This Piñata Cupcake recipe is SO FUN! Pack these delicious homemade vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles and watch them spill out when you take a bite. (via littlesunnykitchen.com)
If you need a cold treat, try this fun rainbow ice cream. Homemade, no-churn, vanilla-flavored ice cream with swirls of neon color!(via bitzngiggles.com)
Soft, perfectly sweet with a hint of citrus flavor, these Mini Unicorn Rainbow Donuts are colorful and gorgeous inside and out, with a swirled rainbow colored dough and a colorful, rippled unicorn glaze.(via theflavorbender.com)
This rainbow s’mores dip is everyone’s favorite! It’s super-crazy delicious, colorful, EASY to make, and needs only a few ingredients.(via thedecoratedcookie.com)
A Rainbow Swiss Roll Cake that is vibrantly beautiful, and soft, moist, light, and delicious! An easy and foolproof recipe to celebrate everything rainbow colored and spirited.(via theflavorbender.com)
Looking for an easy spring dessert? These Pastel Rainbow Gelatin Cups are simple, kid-friendly, and so beautiful! Serve them plain, or top them with whipped cream and sprinkles!
Cut into this Rainbow Unicorn Cake to reveal a swirl of brightly colored cake hiding inside. It's the perfect cake for a birthday party.(via hungryhappenings.com)
Rainbow Cake Push-Up Pops are bright, cheerful, and a fun twist on the usual cake and buttercream! Layers of rainbow cake and vanilla frosting are served in push-up pop containers. They're small, single-serving, and portable, perfect for parties!
These rainbow fairy bread lamingtons are the ultimate marriage between two classic desserts. Perfect for any day you need some sunshine and sprinkles in your life!(via aussiehomecook.com)
Celebrate any special occasion with these Rainbow Cupcakes that are filled with vibrant colors. Light, buttery, and moist, these colorful cupcakes have a delicious vanilla flavor.(via lifebeginswithdessert.com)
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What a fabulous list! Everything looks so pretty and delicious! I think I’ll start with the donuts.
Emily From SugarHero wrote:
Aren’t they wonderful!? So many new rainbow recipes to try!
Anita wrote:
Oh my! So many great choices to choose from. These will keep the girls busy for a while. 🙂
Emily From SugarHero wrote:
Come back and tell us which ones you enjoy most! Thanks for your comment 🙂
Heather wrote:
So many wonderful Rainbow recipes perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Going to try the Rainbow roll this weekend!
Emily From SugarHero wrote:
Let us know how it turned out! The rainbow roll is such a fun one 🙂
Eliza wrote:
What a wonderful roundup of colorful rainbow desserts! I can’t wait to make one of these for my next party. Thanks for curating such a great recipe collection.
Emily From SugarHero wrote:
You bet! I’m sure whichever dessert you choose will be a hit! Thank you for your comment!
What a fabulous list! Everything looks so pretty and delicious! I think I’ll start with the donuts.
Aren’t they wonderful!? So many new rainbow recipes to try!
Oh my! So many great choices to choose from. These will keep the girls busy for a while. 🙂
Come back and tell us which ones you enjoy most! Thanks for your comment 🙂
So many wonderful Rainbow recipes perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Going to try the Rainbow roll this weekend!
Let us know how it turned out! The rainbow roll is such a fun one 🙂
What a wonderful roundup of colorful rainbow desserts! I can’t wait to make one of these for my next party. Thanks for curating such a great recipe collection.
You bet! I’m sure whichever dessert you choose will be a hit! Thank you for your comment!