Rainbow Cake Ideas

If you are looking for rainbow cake ideas, you have come to the right place!

No matter what time of year, these cheerful cakes are the perfect way to celebrate all sorts of occasions!

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, we have another great reason to make a roundup of FAVORITE rainbow cake tutorials!

We're sharing a few fun and easy tutorials of our own, as well as some fantastic designs from other cake pages. We hope that these ideas will inspire you to hop in the kitchen and whip up some rainbows!

This Rainbow Cake with Piped Shells and Puffy Buttercream Clouds has been one of our most popular cake tutorials over the years.

If you can pipe a buttercream shell (or lots and lots of buttercream shells), this design will be a piece of cake! This is a free step by step cake tutorial from our blog!

This CUTE Funfetti Pound Cake from Whisk and Canvas is the cutest! Find the post here!: Funfetti Pound Cake

I love a cake with a surprise! This Rainbow Pound Cake makes for bright, cheerful slices!

Next up, a cheerful Puffed Buttercream Rainbow Cake Tutorial! This cake video is so simple with puffed buttercream piping. This would also be beautiful all as one color or with an ombre design.

Have you ever made a multi-colored cake with a smooth finish? This buttercream rainbow cake video tutorial will show you how!

This is a great method to use for buttercream ombre cakes also. Find our free cake video tutorial here: Rainbow Buttercream Cake Video Tutorial.

Here's our St. Patrick's Day Cupcake Tutorial featuring rainbow designs, swirls, and more!

Next up, a Cake Roll by Hungry Happenings! I just love cake rolls and don't think I've ever seen one this festive and fun!

Here's a FUN Unicorn themed cake with colorful Funfetti Cake Layers from our free cake video tutorial!

We just love this cuteness. I think everybody should have a Unicorn and Rainbow Sprinkle birthday cake at least once in their lives. Click on over to learn how to make this sweet Unicorn Cake Topper!

Next up, Cake Pops!! Love this cuteness by Tastemade!

I've always loved this  Heart Cake  by Erin Gardner as featured on The Cake Blog!

Buttercream Petal Cake Cuteness by Bird on a Cake!  

Double Rainbow Cake by Brit + Co! Loving the colorful pattern of candies!

I love that this colorful sprinkle cake is topped with a rainbow and oh, that bow! From Cindy's Cake Creations!

We love the soft colors of this ruffle cake by Wooden Heart Cakes!

Here's a really creative top-forward cake design, perfect for St. Patrick's Day! {via Mom's Creating Memories}

Adorable, cheerful cake by Sandy's Cakes!  I just love the sweet rainbow train!

Crepe Cake by Tastemade! Love the colors!

Here's a dose of cuteness by Dinner Then Dessert!

For the cheesecake lovers! {via SherBakes.com}

I know it's not a cake, but this rainbow macaron display is the cutest! {Via Annies-Eats.com}

These cupcakes couldn't be more cheerful! {via SprinkleBakes.com}

Adorable Cake Tutorial by Party Pinching! Learn to make these sweet decorations with candy clay.

Thank you for stopping by! We hope that you enjoyed this little dose of cake cheer!

So many of these cake and cupcake designs could be used year round to make your celebrations even more memorable!