Description
This Rainbow Surprise Cake is easy to make for St. Patrick’s Day or any day you need to find a bright spot in life.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 store-bought white cake mix plus ingredients listed on back of box
- Gel food coloring in Red, Orange, Yellow and Blue
- Double batch of Super Simple Vanilla Frosting
- 2 cups Golden M&Ms Candies
- 20 ounces Rainbow Nonpariels or other multicolored sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray baking pans with cooking spray and set aside.
- Prepare cake mix according to package instructions.
- Divide cake mix evenly between 5 small bowls or large ramekins. Dye each bowl of batter as follows: Red: 12 drops red food gel, Orange: 5 drops orange food gel, 5 drops yellow food gel, 1 drop red food gel, Yellow: 5 drops yellow, 1 drop orange, Green: 5 drops yellow, 1 drop blue, Blue: 10 drops blue
- Pour each bowl of cake batter into a separate cake pan. Place cakes in oven on center rack. Bake 15 minutes, rotating pans halfway through cooking time.
- Remove pans from oven and allow cakes to cool completely.
- Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut a circle from the center of the yellow, green and blue cakes.
- Use frosting to stack the blue, green and yellow cakes together on a cake circle. Fill the hole in the center of the cakes with M&Ms. Add remaining two layers of cake and frost cake completely.
- Allow cake to chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Place sprinkles in a large, rimmed baking sheet. Place chilled, frosted cake in the center of the pan. Using your hands or a spoon, spread sprinkles evenly over the top and sides of the cake until completely coated in sprinkles.