Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake

Recipe Ingredients

With these ingredients, you're not just baking a cake; you're crafting a delightful, edible piece of art that will be the centerpiece of your Easter celebration! Happy baking!

White Cake Mix: This is your fantastic shortcut to a consistently delicious and wonderfully moist cake! It saves you time and guarantees a reliable base for your creative Easter masterpiece.

Gel Food Color (yellow, red, blue, and green): These concentrated gel colors are your artistic palette! Gel colors are highly pigmented, meaning you need only a few drops to achieve vibrant color without thinning your frosting.

Whipped Fluffy White Frosting: This ready-to-use frosting provides a smooth, sweet, and airy canvas for your colorful drizzles. It offers convenience and a delightful, not-too-heavy sweetness that complements the cake.

Sweetened Shredded Coconut: This ingredient is pure magic for creating an edible "Easter grass" effect! When tinted green, it mimics fresh spring grass, adding a charming, thematic touch around and within your cake. It also provides a lovely chewy texture and tropical sweetness.

Rainbow Sprinkles: These fun, colorful sprinkles are the ultimate festive finishing touch! They add a playful burst of color, texture, and a hint of sweetness.

Other Ingredients You’ll Need: Water, vegetable oil, egg whites

How to Make Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake

Here are the simple steps to create your beautiful Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake. See the full recipe below for all the details.

1. Prepare and Tint Batter

Heat oven to 325°F and generously grease your fluted tube pan. Beat cake mix, water, oil, and egg whites for 2 minutes. Divide batter into three bowls; color one yellow, one pink (red food color), and one purple (red and blue food color).

2. Layer and Bake 

Carefully pour half of each colored batter into the pan, layering yellow, then pink, then purple, without mixing. Repeat layers. Bake for 36-41 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then completely on a rack.

3. Tint and Drizzle Frosting 

Divide the white frosting into three microwave-safe bowls. Microwave each bowl for 5-10 seconds until smooth enough to drizzle. Tint one yellow, one purple, and one pink. Drizzle each color over the cooled cake in a striping pattern.

4. Decorate 

Place coconut in a bag, add green food color, and shake until tinted. Sprinkle the green coconut around and in the center of the cake for "Easter grass." Finish with rainbow sprinkles!

How to Store Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake

To keep your beautiful Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake fresh and delicious, here's how to store it.

Room Temperature 

You can store the cake loosely covered with plastic wrap or in a cake dome for up to 24 hours.

Refrigerator   

Place the cake in an airtight cake container or cover it with plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out. Store up to 4 days. For the best flavor and texture, allow the cake to come to room temperature for about 30-60 minutes before serving. This will soften the cake and frosting, making it more enjoyable.

Freezer

You can freeze individual slices or the whole cake (unfrosted is best, but frosted can work if wrapped very well). Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, then in aluminum foil. It can last for up to 2 months in the freezer. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight before bringing to room temperature to serve.