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Rainbow Swirled Easter Cake

By: Author Kimberly

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Categories Easter Recipes

When you want a quick and easy Easter dessert that will delight a crowd, our easy rainbow swirl Easter cake is the recipe you need!

A slice of colorful cake with white frosting and pastel sprinkles on a white plate, placed on a pink checkered cloth.

This colorful cake is made with a boxed cake mix and canned frosting. You can make it in less than 45 minutes!

A slice of colorful sponge cake with purple, pink, and turquoise layers on a plate. The cake is topped with white icing and multicolored sprinkles. A fork with a bite is on the plate.

This is just one of our easy Easter recipes using a boxed cake mix. You may also want to make these pink strawberry brownies using a cake mix, too.

Swirled Easter Cake Recipe                

Prep: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 22 minutes
Yields:  12 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 boxed vanilla cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅓ cup oil
  • 1 cup water
  • Pastel food coloring (I used pink, green and purple; I used liquid, not gel)
  • Vanilla frosting
  • Easter Sprinkles
Baking ingredients arranged on a white surface include eggs, sprinkles, food coloring, oil, flour, sugar, and vanilla extract.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a cake pan and set aside. 

In a large mixing bowl add the cake mix, eggs, oil, and water. Whisk the ingredients until well combined. 

A black whisk sits in a bowl of pale yellow batter on a white surface.

Remove half of the cake mixture, then split that portion into 3 small bowls. 

Three white bowls filled with creamy beige batter are arranged on a white surface.

Pour the other half of the cake mixture into the prepared cake pan. 

Place 2 to 3 drops of a pastel color in each small bowl of cake mix. Mix each bowl of food coloring and cake mixture until well incorporated and no color streaks.

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Spoon each colored cake mix into the pan on top of the uncolored mixture.

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Take a butter knife and swirl all of the colors together in a random pattern.

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Bake for 22-25 minutes or until golden brown on top.

Marbled cake in a square aluminum tray, featuring swirls of brown and green on a golden base.

Once the cake is completely cooled, frost with vanilla frosting. Then scatter Easter sprinkles on top. 

Rectangular cake in an aluminum tray, topped with white frosting and colorful sprinkles in pink, yellow, and blue.
A slice of colorful marbled cake with white frosting and sprinkles is cut out. Easter egg decorations are visible in the background.

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Colorful Easter swirl cake with pastel shades, topped with white frosting and sprinkles on a pink plate. Fork with a cake bite beside it. Text reads: "Easter Swirl Vanilla Cake Uses a Box Mix!.

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