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Pot of Gold Rainbow Surprise Cake

This is such a fun, happy cake. Even better, it's surprisingly easy to make!
Course: Desserts
Keyword: Cakes, St. patrick's day
Skill: intermediate
Servings: 10
Calories: 1058kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 store-bought white cake mix plus ingredients listed on back of box Wilton Color Right Food Gels is Red, Orange, Yellow and BlueDouble batch of Super Simple Vanilla Frosting
  • Double batch of Super Simple Vanilla Frosting
  • 2 cups Golden M&Ms Candies
  • 20 oz 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 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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 1058kcal | Carbohydrates: 168.5g | Protein: 3.5g | Fat: 40.7g | Saturated Fat: 10.5g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 479mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 154.9g