Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake

Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Rainbow Ring Easter Basket Cake a try. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 477 calories, 4g of protein, and 18g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Easter event. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. If you have coconut, food color, betty cake mix, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Instructions

1
Heat oven to 325F. Generously grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening or cooking spray. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and egg whites.
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2
Divide batter among 3 small bowls.
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3
Add few drops yellow food color to 1 bowl; mix well.
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4
Add red food color to second bowl to make pink.
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5
Add red and blue food color to third bowl to make purple.
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6
Pour half of the yellow batter into cake pan. Carefully pour half of the pink batter over yellow batter. Carefully pour half of the purple batter over pink batter. Repeat layers (do not mix colors).
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Bake as directed on box until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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8
Place cake on serving plate.
9
Divide frosting among 3 small microwavable bowls. Microwave 1 bowl on High about 5 to 10 seconds; add few drops yellow food color and stir until frosting is smooth enough to drizzle. With spoon, drizzle yellow frosting back and forth over cake in striping pattern until all frosting is used (allow some frosting to drip down onto plate in middle of cake, if desired). Microwave second bowl of frosting; add red and blue food color to make purple.
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10
Drizzle frosting over cake in same striping pattern. Repeat with last bowl, adding red food color to make pink frosting. Decorate cake with sprinkles.
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11
Place coconut in resealable food-storage plastic bag; add few drops green food color. Seal bag and toss until coconut is evenly tinted.
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12
Sprinkle coconut on serving plate around cake and in center for Easter grass.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In2 hrs, 25 m.
Servings12
Health Score1
Dish TypesSide Dish
OccasionsEaster
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