Rainbow Cupcakes

Here's another fun dessert for spring. I promise I do make more than dessert in this house- the reason behind all the dessert posts is simply that my mom asked me to be in charge of Jello and dessert for Easter this year, so I thought it would be a fun way to start out this blog.

For Easter this year I decided to make pastel rainbow cupcakes instead of the bright colored ones I made for St. Patrick's Day. I simply did this by decreasing the amount of food coloring I added to the batter. I don't have the exact amount of drops I used- I pretty much eye balled it, and slowly put in a few drops at a time until I was happy with the hue of the batter. I will, however, be giving the exact drop measurements for the bright rainbow cupcakes in this recipe!

Rainbow Cupcakes
1 white cake mix
Food Coloring
Frosting or whipped cream topping

1) Prepare white cake mix according to directions, then divide batter equally among 6 small bowls. Following this chart, dye each bowl of batter a rainbow color.

Purple: 9 Red and 6 Blue Drops
Blue: 12 Drops
Green: 12 Drops
Yellow: 12 Drops
Orange 12 Yellow and 4 Red Drops
Red: 18 Drops

2) Line 16 muffin pan wells with baking cups. Evenly distribute purple batter among the cups, then the blue, and so on, following rainbow order. As you go, gently spread each layer of batter with the back of the spoon to cover the color underneath (though, if the batter seems unwilling to completely cover the previous layer, plopping it in the middle and continuing with the next color can make some interesting results, too!)

3) Bake cupcakes according to cake recipe's directions. Before serving remove the paper wrapping, and if you like, top each cupcake with frosting or whipped cream topping.