Rainbow Cupcakes
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  • Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
3/4 cup Self-Rising Flour3/4 cup Granulated Sugar3/4 cup Unsalted Butter, Softened2 Eggs1 1/2 tsp Vanilla 3 tbs MilkRed, Blue, Green, and Yellow Food ColoringMixing BowlMeasuring Cups6 Small BowlsMuffin CupsMuffin PanMeasuring SpoonsWhisk
Directions
Start by pre-heating your oven to 395 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, use whisk to beat sugar into butter until creamy and fluffy. The mixture should be light in color.

Slowly stir in eggs and flour, making sure each is thouroughly stirred in. Mix in Vanilla.

Stir in milk 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring thoroughly after each tablespoon is added.

Divide mixture evenly into each of the smaller bowls.

Add food coloring in this manner:
Bowl 1- 8 drops red
Bowl 2- 8 drops yellow, 4 drops red
Bowl 3- 8 drops yellow
Bowl 4- 8 drops green
Bowl 5- 8 drops blue
Bowl 6- 8 drops blue, 4 drops red

Mix well until colors are evenly distributed.
Colors are as follows:
Bowl 1- Red
Bowl 2- Orange
Bowl 3- Yellow
Bowl 4- Green
Bowl 5- Blue
Bowl 6- Purple.

Line muffin pan with muffin cups. Starting with purple, spoon batter evenly into each of the muffin cups, spreadng slightly. Continue, layering, with blue, then green, then yellow, then orange, then red.

Bake for 20 minutes at 395 degrees.

Makes 12 regular-sized cupcakes.

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAGGIETHESPY.
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 144.4
  • Total Fat: 12.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 63.0 mg
  • Sodium: 14.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 6.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
  • Protein: 2.2 g

Member Reviews
  • MAMAMOJO3
     I have this cake recipe and I LOVE IT! It's always a hit! - 7/25/10
  • PATTI_PAL1
     I used this recipe for our local SparkPeople Meetup. No icing needed! They are bea-u-ti-ful. I only heated the oven to 350 degrees, though. 395 seems way too high for me. - 8/9/15
  • SQUIGGLES62
     Just made these cupcakes. Doubled the recipe. Put it in the oven at 395 for 20 minutes. Every cupcake was completely burnt. I was able to try the inside that wasn't burnt and it was great. Cupcakes were very pretty. However I wasted all those ingredients and now I have to remake them. Not impressed. - 5/25/15
  • CD13942332
     I used this recipe for my birthday last year and it was a big hit. - 5/18/13
  • CD13105374
     I was wondering why the calories were so low in these cupcakes. If you check the nutritional break down by ingredient, you will find that the sugar has not been included in the nutritional calculations. - 10/19/12
  • STINNETTAM
     These were so easy to make. I just made 40 for my daughter's band class to help her celebrate her birthday. I'm sure they are going to love them! - 8/23/12
  • CD12895926
     im currently making these right now and its going greast, i would recommend making these in the future - 8/10/12
  • CD12331957
     My 2-4 yr olds had a great time mixing the food coloring in and helping to put the cupcakes together. To top it all off, these cupcakes taste EXCELLENT! Kids and adults loved them...and they can be very addicting. HIGHLY RECOMMEND! - 4/27/12
  • GSHIPWRECK
     Me and my friend made these cupcakes in neon colors and they turned out amazing! we put cream cheese frosting on top and it was perfect. Highly recommend trying this recipe! - 6/14/11
  • CD3625825
     new into cupcakes and want to make this when I get all the supplies needed - 8/20/10



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