Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes 15 Rainbow-Inspired Desserts to Make During Pride Month From frosted ombré cookies to multi-hued layer cakes, these celebratory desserts are perfect for Pride Month. By Embry Roberts Embry Roberts A Brooklyn dweller and fair-weather health nut, she loves making lists, talking to strangers, and cooking elaborate feasts for no reason whatsoever. Editorial Guidelines Updated on April 19, 2023 Close Every June, millions of people around the world celebrate Pride Month, which honors the LGTBQ+ community and marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. From parades and workshops to concerts, this month offers us countless chances to spread the love. Of course, every celebration deserves delicious food: So, in honor of Pride Month, we're sharing 15 multi-colored Pride-worthy desserts that you're sure to love. Our selection includes tall, multi-hued layer cakes, treats with rainbow sprinkles, cupcakes topped in every shade of ROY G BIV, and cookies shaped like a rainbow—you get the idea. These are our most vibrant confections; they are exactly what you should make and share to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community this month. 16 Ice Cream Cake Recipes to Sweeten Any Celebration 01 of 15 Ombrè Cookies Raymond Hom These frosted cookies offer tonal riffs on rainbow shades. A series of tinted buttercreams makes them the ultimate Pride Month dessert. View Recipe 02 of 15 Rainbow Fruit Tart Martyna Szczesna Stock up on every color of fruit you can find to crown this easy-to-make puff-pastry tart filled with freshly whipped cream. View Recipe 03 of 15 Frozen Rainbow Chiffon Cake Ready for a Martha-level Pride dessert? This frozen confection isn't difficult to make, but it does take time and patience. You'll make five fruit sorbets and freeze them in layers in springform pans. Then, cover the frozen stack in seven-minute frosting. View Recipe 04 of 15 End-of-the-Rainbow Cookies Johnny Fogg It's your lucky day. Even after the parade ends, you can still enjoy these rainbow shortbread cookies. View Recipe 05 of 15 Rainbow Cake 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. View Recipe 06 of 15 Baked Cake Donuts Bryan Gardner Here's a breakfast made for joyful pre-parade consumption: Take the fuss out of these crowd-pleasing treats by baking instead of frying them, then turn up the volume with colorful glazes and rainbow sprinkles. View Recipe 07 of 15 Ombré Sheet Cake Raymond Hom Hosting a Pride party? This potluck and crowd-friendly sheet cake brings the joy (and the flavor). View Recipe 08 of 15 Citrus Salad with Pomegranate Seeds John Kernick Looking for a healthy Pride dessert option? This fruity melange is resplendent with (almost) every color of the rainbow. View Recipe 09 of 15 Sprinkle Cake Bryan Gardner 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. View Recipe 10 of 15 Chocolate Banana Pops There's plenty of room for expression on these tiny banana pops. Use leftover chocolate and sprinkles to make Nonpareils Candies, too. View Recipe 11 of 15 Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Multicolored Frosting If tinting a cake seems too daunting, stick to working your magic up top. Use gel food coloring for first-rate flavor and consistency. View Recipe 12 of 15 Chocolate Ganache Heart Tartlets If you love chocolate desserts, this is the treat for you. To take it to the next level, an array of hand-piped meringue hearts upstages the bittersweet base—and it perfectly symbolizes this month of love. View Recipe 13 of 15 Spiced Cupcakes with Citrus Glaze A variety of glazes makes for a party-perfect platter. The only clash will be your guests fighting for the last one. View Recipe 14 of 15 Lovebird Cookies Lovebirds in rainbow colors say it all. Use store-bought candies such as Sweethearts, gumdrops, jellybeans, and candy hearts to make their adorable features. View Recipe 15 of 15 Rainbow Sorbet Cake This cake-less cake sandwiches colorful sorbet layers between discs of meringue. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit