How to make Rainbow Cupcakes recipe | Home Bird
Colourful cupcakes with a fresh vanilla frosting to brighten everyone's day!
This 'how to make rainbow cupcakes' video shows you how to make mini rainbow cakes quickly and easily. These eye-catching treats have all the colors of the rainbow and are a classic vanilla cupcake recipe, topped with a delicious vanilla buttercream frosting. This is one of those cupcake recipes that will be an instant hit! If you want to make cupcakes without the rainbow colors, just follow the same vanilla cupcake recipe and either pick one color or don't use any. The same goes for the vanilla frosting recipe.
Ingredients for the cupcakes:
60g plain flour
70g caster sugar
¾ tsp baking powder
20g unsalted butter
Pinch of salt
¼ tsp vanilla essence
½ egg, beaten
60ml whole milk
Red, yellow, blue and green food colouring
Ingredients for the frosting:
125g icing sugar, sifted
40g unsalted butter
12ml whole milk
¼ tsp vanilla extract
A few pinches of large sugar granules
Method:
1. Beat the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter until like powder
2. Add half the milk and beat
3. Add the egg, vanilla extract and remaining milk and beat until smooth
4. Evenly separate the mixture into 6 bowls
5. Add in and mix the food colouring:
Bowl 1 - 8 drops of red
Bowl 2 - 4 drops of red, 4 drops of yellow
Bowl 3 - 8 drops of yellow
Bowl 4 - 8 drops of green
Bowl 5 - 8 drops of blue
Bowl 6 - 4 drops of blue, 4 drops of red
6. Divide the mixtures between the bowls in this order: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red
7. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170°C/150°C fan/gas 3½ for 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
8. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes then remove to a wire rack
9. Beat the icing sugar and butter
10. Combine the milk and vanilla extract
11. Beat in the milk and vanilla extract into the the icing sugar mix, a few tablespoons at a time, until all is incorporated
12. Continue to beat until light and fluffy (at least 5 minutes)
13. Decorate the cupcakes with the frosting and large sugar granules
14. Serve
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