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Ingredients

• ✓ blue gel food coloring
• cooking spray
• vanilla sandwich cookie
• cream cheese
• white sugar
• egg
• sour cream
• all-purpose flour
• vanilla extract
• red gel food coloring
• orange gel food coloring
• yellow gel food coloring
• green gel food coloring
• violet gel food coloring

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. 2 Press crushed cookies into the bottom of the prepared pan to make the crust.
3. 3 Beat cream cheese and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, sour cream, flour, and vanilla extract; beat until combined. Spoon 1/2 the batter into the prepared crust.
4. 4 Divide remaining batter evenly into 6 bowls. Add red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet food colorings separately to individual bowls until desired colors are achieved. Spoon colored batters onto the plain batter in a random pattern and swirl gently with a knife.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until center jiggles just slightly, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on the counter for 2 hours. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours; cut into 24 squares.

By Kayla Marie Kurpius

Ingredients

• ✓ blue gel food coloring
• candy sprinkle
• candy
• salt
• pink gel food coloring
• vanilla extract
• heavy cream
• confectioners sugar
• cream cheese
• butter
• pink gel food coloring
• purple gel food coloring
• green gel food coloring
• buttermilk
• vanilla extract
• egg
• white sugar
• butter
• baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour 4 (9-inch) cake pans.
2. 2 Whisk flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. 3 Beat butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until creamy, about 1 minute. Beat in sugar on high speed, scraping the bowl with a spatula as needed, until fully incorporated, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-high; beat in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
4. 4 Mix flour mixture into creamed mixture in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk, until batter is smooth and slightly thick.
5. 5 Divide batter evenly among 4 bowls. Tint each portion of batter with green, blue, purple, or pink food coloring; stir until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared cake pans.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cakes comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Place the pans onto wire racks to cool completely, about 25 minutes.
7. 7 Make frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer fitted with a clean paddle attachment until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add confectioners' sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla; beat on low speed for 30 to 60 seconds. Increase speed to high and beat frosting until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Mix in salt.
8. 8 Cut a 4-inch circle out of the center of 2 cake layers using a round cookie cutter.
9. 9 Place one of the intact cake layers on a cake stand or serving plate. Use an offset spatula or butter knife to spread frosting over cake layer. Position one of the cake rings on top. Spread frosting over the top and inside the circle. Repeat with second cake ring. Fill the hole with candies and sprinkles. Place remaining intact cake layer on top. Frost the top and sides of entire cake.
10. 10 Tint any remaining frosting with pink food coloring and pipe decoratively over cake.
11. 11 Cut cake into slices; spoon any candies that spill out over the slices.

By Sally's Baking Addiction

Ingredients

• ✓ blue gel food coloring
• red gel food coloring
• water
• toothpick
• egg
• mayonnaise
• horseradish
• rice vinegar
• salt
• black pepper
• hot paprika
• chive

Instructions

1. 1 Combine red food coloring and 1/3 cup water in a ramekin or small bowl; do the same with the blue food coloring in a separate ramekin.
2. 2 Gently insert 3 or 4 toothpicks about 1/4-inch deep through the center of an egg and balance it so that one end is dipped in one of the dyes. (Don't pierce the eggs too much, or they'll break after you halve them). Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes, depending upon how strong you like the colors. Dip the other end of the egg in the other dye so the eggs have red, white, and blue bands. Dye the rest of the eggs and let dry on paper towels.
3. 3 Slice colored eggs in half lengthwise and set the whites aside on a serving platter. Push the yolks through a sieve into a bowl or use a potato ricer.
4. 4 Mix mayonnaise, horseradish, rice vinegar, salt, and pepper into the yolks and stir until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning. Transfer filling into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
5. 5 Pipe filling into each egg white half. Place smoked paprika in a fine mesh strainer; hold the strainer over each egg half and tap gently to dust with paprika. Sprinkle deviled eggs with chives. Chill until ready to serve.

By Gremolata