Easy Rainbow Cupcakes

5 from 26 votes

These beautiful cupcakes are made with rainbow colors and are topped with a candy rainbow. These colorful cupcakes are topped with candy rainbows between clouds and are the perfect St. Patrick's Day dessert. So easy to make with just a few ingredients. Try this fun St. Patrick's Day recipe idea. Cupcakes are great as Finger food or Small Bites desserts.

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 51kcal

Author: Raquel Pineira

Equipment

12 ct cupcake pan
Baking cups
Stand Mixer
6 bowls
6 plastic spoons

Ingredients

One box wḧïẗe or vanilla cake mix
One box instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup water
3 large eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
6 Gel food coloring in rainbow colors

Frosting

3/4 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream or milk
3-4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Airhead rainbow candy or Rainbow strip Candy

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
Make cake mix batter according to instructions
Divide batter into 6 bowls
Make the following colors:
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Purple
Add a tsp of each color to the baking cups
Place paper liners in the muffin tin.
Don’t not swirl the cupcake batter.
Bake for 13-15 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean
Let cool completely
Make buttercream frosting
The frosting should be slightly stiff but not hurt the hands when squeezing a piping bag
Cut off the tip and Pipe dots (clouds) and then immediately add the candy rainbow (cut down to
an appropriate size)
You should be able to get 2-3 rainbows from one strip.
Notes

Notes

If your rainbows won’t stand up the strip is too long and needs to be trimmed
If the strip is the perfect size you may need to just add a little bit of frosting to the outside of the
rainbow to make it stand

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