So every month I make a new cupcake. This month I have chosen the gorgeous rainbow cupcake since its spring! It is the ultimate adorable cupcake! I hope you have as much fun making and eating these as I did!
Rainbow Cupcakes
Ingredients
3/4 cup Self-Rising Flour
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
3/4 cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
2 Eggs
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
3 tbs Milk
Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow Food Coloring
Mixing Bowl
Measuring Cups
6 Small Bowls
Muffin Cups
Muffin Pan
Measuring Spoons
Whisk
Directions
Start by pre-heating your oven to 395 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, use whisk to beat sugar into butter until creamy and fluffy. The mixture should be light in color.
Slowly stir in eggs and flour, making sure each is thouroughly stirred in. Mix in Vanilla.
Stir in milk 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring thoroughly after each tablespoon is added.
Divide mixture evenly into each of the smaller bowls.
Add food coloring in this manner:
Bowl 1- 8 drops red
Bowl 2- 8 drops yellow, 4 drops red
Bowl 3- 8 drops yellow
Bowl 4- 8 drops green
Bowl 5- 8 drops blue
Bowl 6- 8 drops blue, 4 drops red
Mix well until colors are evenly distributed.
Colors are as follows:
Bowl 1- Red
Bowl 2- Orange
Bowl 3- Yellow
Bowl 4- Green
Bowl 5- Blue
Bowl 6- Purple.
Line muffin pan with muffin cups. Starting with purple, spoon batter evenly into each of the muffin cups, spreadng slightly. Continue, layering, with blue, then green, then yellow, then orange, then red.
Bake for 20 minutes at 395 degrees.
Makes 12 regular-sized cupcakes.
You can double this recipe or make this recipe twice or as many times as you need to, to make all the cupcakes you would need to make this. So much fun.
This would be a great project to get kids involved!
