Collect all the ingredients for rainbow cupcakes including Handi-foil cupcake pan
2
Make cake mix according to instructions
Split the batter into 6 bowls
3
Make the following colors:
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Purple
4
Add a tsp of each color to the baking cups.
Don’t swirl them
5
Bake for 13-15 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean
Let cool completely
6
Make buttercream frosting
The frosting should be slightly stiff but not hurt the hands when squeezing a piping bag
7
Cut off the tip and Pipe dots (clouds) and then immediately add the candy rainbow (cut down to
an appropriate size)
8
You should be able to get 2-3 rainbows from one strip.
9
NOTES:
If your rainbows won’t stand up the strip is too long and needs to be trimmed
If the strip is a perfect size you may need to just add a little bit of frosting to the outside of the
rainbow to make it stand on rainbow cupcakes.
Ingredients
Equipment
12cupcake pan
baking cups
Stand mixer
6bowls
6plastic spoons
Ingredients
One box wḧïẗe or vanilla cake mix
One box instant vanilla pudding mix
1cupwater
3large eggs
⅓cupvegetable oil
Gel food coloring in rainbow colors
Frosting
¾cupunsalted butter
¼cupheavy whipping cream or milk
34cupsconfectioners’ sugar
1tspvanilla extract
Airhead rainbow candy or Rainbow strip Candy
Directions
1
Collect all the ingredients for rainbow cupcakes including Handi-foil cupcake pan
2
Make cake mix according to instructions
Split the batter into 6 bowls
3
Make the following colors:
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Purple
4
Add a tsp of each color to the baking cups.
Don’t swirl them
5
Bake for 13-15 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean
Let cool completely
6
Make buttercream frosting
The frosting should be slightly stiff but not hurt the hands when squeezing a piping bag
7
Cut off the tip and Pipe dots (clouds) and then immediately add the candy rainbow (cut down to
an appropriate size)
8
You should be able to get 2-3 rainbows from one strip.
9
NOTES:
If your rainbows won’t stand up the strip is too long and needs to be trimmed
If the strip is a perfect size you may need to just add a little bit of frosting to the outside of the
rainbow to make it stand on rainbow cupcakes.
