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)
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1
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C
Round up your ingredients
Beat the sugar and butter together, until fluffy and light coloured
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2
Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a little flour each time, until you've added it all.
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3
Ad the vanilla essence, mix
one tbsp milk, mix
one tbsp milk, mix
one tbsp milk, mix
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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
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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
RedPut 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
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6
Decorate!!!
go crazy!