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.

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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.

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Ombrè Cookies

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Raymond Hom

These frosted cookies offer tonal riffs on rainbow shades. A series of tinted buttercreams makes them the ultimate Pride Month dessert.

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Rainbow Fruit Tart

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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.

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Frozen Rainbow Chiffon Cake

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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.

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End-of-the-Rainbow Cookies

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Johnny Fogg

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

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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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Baked Cake Donuts

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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.

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Ombré Sheet Cake

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Raymond Hom

Hosting a Pride party? This potluck and crowd-friendly sheet cake brings the joy (and the flavor).

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Citrus Salad with Pomegranate Seeds

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John Kernick

Looking for a healthy Pride dessert option? This fruity melange is resplendent with (almost) every color of the rainbow.

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Sprinkle Cake

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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.

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Chocolate Banana Pops

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There's plenty of room for expression on these tiny banana pops. Use leftover chocolate and sprinkles to make Nonpareils Candies, too.

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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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Chocolate Ganache Heart Tartlets

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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.

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Spiced Cupcakes with Citrus Glaze

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A variety of glazes makes for a party-perfect platter. The only clash will be your guests fighting for the last one.

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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 colorful sorbet layers between discs of meringue.

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