Rainbow Cupcakes!

Cupcakes that look like rainbows and taste like cloud 9

Posted by Phwarfcat

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It has been done before, i must say

but it really is a crowd pleaser!

I couldnt me bothered with icing, but white piped would look really cute as clouds :D

recipe is the BEST ever cupcake recipe, from nigella's domestic goddess :>

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You Will Need (8 things)

  • 125 g Butter
  • 125 g Self-Raising Flour
  • 125 g Caster Sugar
  • 2 Egg(s)
  • ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 3 tbsp Milk
  • 4 Food Coloring
  • 12 Cupcake Baking Case(s)

Steps (6 steps, 90 minutes)

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 200 degrees C

    Round up your ingredients

    Beat the sugar and butter together, until fluffy and light coloured

  2. 2

    Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a little flour each time, until you've added it all.

  3. 3

    Ad the vanilla essence, mix

    one tbsp milk, mix

    one tbsp milk, mix

    one tbsp milk, mix

  4. 4

    Divide between 6 bowls

    Bowl 1- Add half a cap full of red colouring

    Bowl 2- Add half a cap full of red and half a cap full of yellow

    Bowl 3- Half a cap of yellow

    Bowl 4- Half a cap full of green

    Bowl 5- Half a cap full of Blue

    Bowl 6- Half a cap full of Blue, half a cap full of Red.

    Obviously, mix after youve added the colourings

  5. 5

    Divide the purple bowl between the 12 cases. smooth to form bottom layer.

    Repeat with the other bowls in this order:
    Blue
    Green
    Yellow
    Orange
    Red

    Put in the oven for 15-20 mins

    skewer to find out if it's ready, if it come out gunky, put it back in the oven! if clean, then pop on a cooling rack

  6. 6

    Decorate!!!

    go crazy!