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Rainbow Cupcakes

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My daughter just turned four! Her birthday request was for rainbow cupcakes. I pictured rainbow icing, until she explained she wanted the entire cupcake to be a rainbow. How on earth would I make that?

Then I remembered the blog post I read from Shannon, at  Milk and Cuddles, there was hope! We could make rainbow cupcakes after all!

Thanks, Shannon, for some great instructions. We had a blast making our own colorful cupcakes!

Rainbow Cupcakes

Rainbow Cupcakes

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Ingredients: 

Directions: 

  1. Mix the batter.
  2. Then, separate the batter into different bowls, and added the food dye to each bowl. (The birthday girl chose the colors: pink, blue purple, green and yellow. If we ever do this again, we would probably eliminate the color purple, it came out a funny almost gray/brown color once baked).
  3. Once the bowls of color are created, drop spoonfuls of the dyed batter into cupcake cups. If you have leftovers, you can make a marbled mini-cake!
  4. Then into the oven to bake, per the baking directions on the cake mix box that you use.

Rainbow Cupcakes

That’s how simple it is to make Rainbow Cupcakes! They were a huge hit!  These cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, or any other occasion.

More Baking Inspiration

Once I bake a batch of cupcakes, I always want to make more cupcakes. I love how the house smells after I’ve been baking! If you’re looking for more baking ideas, check these out:

 

Follow The Rainbow

Now that your little one has a yummy rainbow snack, continue the fun with more rainbow crafts and more rainbow snack ideas! These are perfect for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at home or in the classroom.

What was your child’s favorite birthday cake or cupcakes that you made for them? Comment below!

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  1. My daughter has been asking for rainbow cupcakes since I had a rainbow cake for my birthday. It is so much fun to do and looks so neat and different!

    Just wanted you to know you can have purple! I used the Neon food coloring kit for brighter colors on some of my cake. The purple turned out really nice. It was pretty bright, although it looks dark blue in my picture. Here is a picture, scroll to the last pic:

    http://snoodledoodles.blogspot.com/2010/04/another-year-has-flown-by.html
    .-= Bobbi´s last blog ..The Homestead……….. =-.

  3. Oh, what a great idea! I was thinking rainbow cake for Gunne’s birthday, but then I thought, why punish everyone when he’s the only one who can’t eat cake? So I turned my thoughts to cupcakes, which I can freeze and break out individually. Now I get to have my (rainbow) cake and eat it, too! 😉
    .-= Beth´s last blog ..Wherin I Ask For Assistance =-.

  5. I’m usually not a big fan of food coloring, but those bright colors are kind of tempting! I’m sure my children would love them! (I’m just not so sure about the possible allergic side-effects, I’ve got 2 that seem pretty sensitive…)

    I wonder how much color we could get with strawberry and blueberry juice- they seem to dye my hands pretty well! 🙂

    Oh, and Happy Birthday to your little (getting-so-big) one!!
    .-= ali @ an ordinary mom´s last blog ..A Proverb a Day Keeps the Foolishness Away =-.

  6. My son would love this! He could live on cupcakes alone…I’m pretty sure of it. His birthday is a few months away, but I can’t wait to let him help me make these for his party 🙂
    .-= Natalie´s last blog ..Cuz I Gotta Have Faith =-.

  17. Nobody attempted to “rig” or cheat. All she did was post a link to the competition on some website asking for people to vote. How else would they know about the competition.

  25. Great idea on mixing the batters with food coloring! Definitely better than the Funfetti which I normally prefer. I may have to steal the idea for a cake. : )

    Good luck to you QM!