Taste the Rainbow: 15 Colorful Treats to Make for Pride Month

By Embry Roberts
Updated June 15, 2020
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Celebrate this important month by making a delicious, meaningful dessert.
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Each June, millions of people around the world celebrate Pride Month, which uplifts the LGTBQ+ community and honors the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. From parades to workshops to concerts, this month offers us countless chances to spread the love. Of course, every celebration deserves delicious food—in honor of Pride Month, we're sharing 15 multi-colored dessert recipes that you're sure to love.

If there's one dessert made for Pride, it's our 12-layer rainbow cake. Start by making a large amount of vanilla cake batter—five large egg whites keep the cake super moist and airy. Next, divide the batter into sections and dye each with every color of the rainbow. Bake each separately then stack one on top of the other with a thick layer of our Lemony Swiss Meringue Buttercream between each. Everyone's jaws will drop when they see the rainbow spectacle on the inside.

Another great way to decorate your Pride Month desserts is with ombré frosting. Go from light to royal blue, mint green to pine green, or light pink to magenta with just a few drops of food coloring in the buttercream. We have two recipes that make use of this fun, celebratory technique, including our frosted sugar cookies, which will be enjoyed by one and all. Hosting a pride party for a crowd? Make our Ombré Sheet Cake, which is easy to transport on-the-go and slice up for a festive bunch.

Looking for something a bit lighter? Make our Citrus Salad with Pomegranate Seeds, which is loaded with fresh fruit and bright, juicy flavor. An eye-catching array of mixed citruses such as clementines, tangerines, grapefruit, and Meyer lemons is delicious for a summertime salad.

From our End-of-the-Rainbow Cookies to colorful Baked Cake Donuts, these pride recipes are exactly what you should make to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community this month.

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Rainbow Cake

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

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Ombrè Cookies

Raymond Hom
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These frosted cookies are perfect for showing off your pride. A variety of tinted buttercream makes this the ultimate spirited dessert.

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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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End-of-the-Rainbow Cookies

Johnny Fogg
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It's your lucky day. Even after the parade ends, you can still enjoy these rainbow shortbread cookies.

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Ombrè Sheet Cake

Raymond Hom
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Hosting a pride party? This potluck and crowd-friendly sheet cake is just the thing to celebrate with your LGBTQ+ community.

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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. 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 two 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.

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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 cake-less cake sandwiches sorbet layers between discs of meringue.

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