These adorable, rainbow cupcakes are in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, but any day will do. I once hosted a “Rainbow” birthday party for my daughter. I wish I had thought of these, then. If you intend on using them at your St. Patrick’s Day table, they will add a very special end to your dinner!
Rainbow Cupcake Recipe
What fun it will be when everyone peels back the wrapper, and to their surprise, a layered rainbow is inside.
If you are looking for RAINBOW RECIPES, try some of my other fun recipes, like:
Are you ready to make these fun St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes? Let’s make sure you have all of the ingredients.
Ingredients:
- A White Cupcake Mix
- 3 Egg Whites
- 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1&1/4 Cups of Water
- Large Bowl
- Mixer
- Cupcake Wrappers
- White Frosting
- six bowls
- six spoons
- Food Coloring Dye – See recommendations, below.
- Cupcake Tin
A Rainbow Cupcake Recipe For St. Patrick’s Day (or A Rainbow Party)
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Total Time: 38 minute
- Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- A White Cupcake Mix
- 3 Egg Whites
- 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1&1/4 Cups of Water
- Large Bowl
- Mixer
- Cupcake Wrappers
- White Frosting
- six bowls
- six spoons
- Food Coloring Dye – See recommendations, below.
- Cupcake Tin
Instructions
- Preheat your oven as directed by your mix. 350 degrees is typical.
- Prepare the cupcake mix, as directed by the mix.
- If you have your own white cupcake recipe, that’s even better
- Reserve some white cupcake batter
- *(This is just in case you run out of a certain color. You can make more from your reserve).
- Pour your cupcake mix, evenly between your six bowls
- Color each bowl with 6 different rainbow colors.
- See the colors of the rainbow, below.
**Colors of the Rainbow –
- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
- I used six out of the seven colors, and it was hard to only go 2/3 of the way up the cupcake wrapper. You might want to pick 5 out of 7. But, if you want them all, just trim any excess off of the cupcake. It will definitely puff up, and out
Filling the Cupcake Wrappers:
- Have a separate spoon for each color, so you don’t end up with brown!
- Start with the bottom color of the rainbow – violet.
- Spoon just enough to cover the bottom of your wrapper. Spread the color around to cover the entire bottom.
- With your next color, try to spoon it out in a circle. Make a circle with your color, on the out edge of your cupcake, and add a drop in the middle. This will help your spread the color without mixing the two.
- You can pick up your cupcake tin, and tip it side-to-side to help spread the top layer of color.
- Use your spoon to fill in the gaps.
- If it isn’t perfectly covered, don’t worry. Just try to get most of it.
- Continue, until you have your top color.
- Bake as cupcake mix directs you. Typical instructions for cupcakes is 350 degrees, 18-22 minutes.
Notes
Store covered at room temperature for 3-4 days
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! :0)
~Melissa
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