RAINBOW CUPCAKES
These cupcakes are from scratch, no cake mixes involved. I have adapted a recipe from bakingbites.com. My daughter wanted to make some rainbow cupcakes for a friend who was hit by a car. She had made them before using a cake mix & I wasn't really happy with the end result. This is what we came up with. You can use paper liners, silicone cupcake liners or grease your muffin tins. If you use silicone liners or grease your tins the colours show very nicely. The cupcakes are not too sweet & the olive oil makes them nice & moist. Frost with plain buttercream, cream cheese frosting or strawberry cream frosting. Decorate with sprinkles if desired. I ended up with 24 cupcakes & 1 small loaf when I made these. I might try using frozen fruit juice concentrates to colour the batter another time to see if it is possible to avoid using food colouring.
Provided by Demelza
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 26 cupcakes, 26 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Cupcakes:.
- Grease muffin tins, or line with paper or silicone cupcake liners.
- Whisk flour, salt, baking powder & baking soda together.
- Whisk eggs, sugar, oil, buttermilk & vanilla together in a separate bowl.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients & whisk to combine.
- Divide batter into 6 dishes, using 3/4 c batter per dish.
- Add colour to each of the dishes as follows, & stir well to mix.
- purple - 3 drops red food colour & 2 drops blue food colour,.
- blue - 6 drops blue,.
- green - 6 drops green,.
- yellow - 6 drops yellow,.
- orange - 6 drops yellow & 2 drops red,.
- red - 9 drops red.
- Starting with purple, add 1 generous teaspoon to each prepared cupcake liner. Then move on to the blue & top with 1 teaspoon of blue. continue on like this for each colour in the order given above. You can either add the colours one on top of the other & they will form layers, or you can place spoonfuls around the edge of the cupcake liner & you will get a blocky colour effect. Don't try to spread the batter or you will end up blending the colours together.
- Bake at 350 for 15 - 20 minutes. If you are using a convection oven lower your temperature to 325 & bake for the same amount of time. Cool on wire rack. If you have used silicone liners, remove the cupcakes from the liners after about 10 minutes or they will create to much moisture.
- Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:.
- Beat butter, vanilla & cream until light & fluffy.
- Beat in icing sugar, 1 cup at a time.
- Beat well after last cup of icing sugar.
- Spread or pipe frosting on cooled cupcakes.
- Top with candy sprinkles (if using) after each cupcake before frosting has a chance to set up.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 247.3, Fat 13.4, SaturatedFat 4.1, Cholesterol 40.8, Sodium 152.2, Carbohydrate 29.6, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 21.9, Protein 2.4
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Soylen Vhumij Raj
[email protected]These cupcakes are perfect for any occasion. I've made them for birthdays, baby showers, and even just because.
Ankush Shumsher Kunwar
[email protected]I made these cupcakes gluten-free by using a gluten-free flour blend. They were just as delicious as the regular version.
Dracaena's Dreamland of Pearls
[email protected]I'm allergic to eggs, so I substituted applesauce in this recipe. The cupcakes turned out great!
Md Rakib Hossien
[email protected]These cupcakes are way too complicated to make. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
A'Yana Brady
[email protected]I'm not sure what I did wrong, but my cupcakes turned out really dense.
Issac Seid
[email protected]The cupcakes were a bit dry, but the frosting was delicious.
Yaseen ansari
[email protected]These cupcakes are a bit too sweet for my taste, but they're still pretty good.
Deondre Stewart
[email protected]I love how easy these cupcakes are to make. I can always count on them to turn out well.
Babu Monshi
[email protected]These cupcakes are absolutely delicious! The cake is moist and fluffy, and the frosting is perfectly sweet and creamy.
Carly Ydrogo
[email protected]These cupcakes are so cute and festive! I made them for a friend's baby shower and they were a huge success.
Xavier Sing
[email protected]I've made these cupcakes several times now and they always turn out perfect. They're so moist and flavorful, and the frosting is to die for.
Md Akash Khan
[email protected]These cupcakes were a hit at my daughter's rainbow-themed birthday party! They were so easy to make and turned out beautifully. The colors were vibrant and the cupcakes were moist and fluffy.