Taste the Rainbow: 12 Colorful Treats to Make for Pride Week

By Embry Roberts
It's Gay Pride Week, and we’re wielding the rainbow sprinkles. Celebrate with our most visually arresting treats.
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Rainbow Cake

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Break out your gel food colorings to give this festive layer cake a Technicolor effect. Alternate colorful layers with a light, lemony Swiss meringue buttercream frosting.

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Rainbow Fruit Tart

Martyna Szczesna
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Time to get greedy in the fruit aisle! Stock up on every color under the sun to crown this easy-to-make puff-pastry tart filled with freshly whipped cream.

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Baked Cake Donuts

Bryan Gardner
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A breakfast made for joyful pre-parade consumption! Take the fuss out of these crowd-pleasing treats by baking instead of frying, then turn up the volume with colorful glazes and rainbow sprinkles.

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Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Multicolored Frosting

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If tinting a cake seems too daunting, stick to working your magic up top. Use gel food coloring for first-rate flavor and consistency.

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Citrus Salad with Pomegranate Seeds

John Kernick
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Health nuts needn’t feel forgotten -- our aim is equality, after all. This fruity melange is resplendent with (almost) every color of the rainbow.

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Chocolate Ganache Heart Tartlets

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Love conquers all -- even chocolate. Here, an array of hand-piped meringue hearts upstages the bittersweet base.

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Sprinkle Cake

Bryan Gardner
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You need a whopping 2 cups of rainbow sprinkles for this showstopper -- half goes in the cake batter and half is used to decorate the frosted exterior.

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Chocolate Banana Pops

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There’s plenty of room for expression on these bitty banana pops. Use leftover chocolate and sprinkles to make Nonpareils Candies, too.

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Spiced Cupcakes with Citrus Glaze

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A diversity of glazes makes for a party-perfect platter. The only clash will be your guests fighting for the last one.

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Frozen Rainbow Chiffon Cake

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Each fruity flavor in this sorbet cake comes directly from the source. Baby, it was born this way.

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Lovebird Cookies

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Lovebirds in rainbow colors say it all. Use store-bought candies such as Sweethearts, gumdrops, jellybeans, and candy hearts to make their adorable features.

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Rainbow Sorbet Cake

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This cakeless cake sandwiches sorbet layers between discs of meringue -- a nod to the bright future of equality?

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