Rainbow Cupcakes Recipe
Rainbow Cupcakes Recipe is an easy dessert recipe perfect for Saint Patrick's Day desserts or any fun rainbow themed desserts!
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- ½ C. butter softened to room temperature
- 1 C. sugar
- 2 large egg whites
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ C. flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¾ C. milk
- 1 Wilton rainbow cupcake kit OR Rainbow Candy Stripes and Mini Marshmallows
- 1.5 cups white frosting
- ¼ teaspoon blue food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine the softened butter, sugar, egg whites and vanilla mixing well. Slowly fold in the flour, salt and baking powder. Lastly, add the milk ,continuing to stir.
- Pour into greased muffin tins (or liners) and bake 20-25 minutes. Insert a toothpick around 20 minutes and if it comes out clean they're done!
- Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the white frosting and mix well.
- Generously frost each cupcake and set aside.
- Open the Wilton Rainbow kit and carefully bend the rainbow candy one at a time and place on top of the cupcake, gently pressing down.
- Next, take 2 cloud candies for each cupcake and place them next to the rainbow on either side.