How to make rainbow cupcakes

I kept seeing these pictures of amazing multicolored cupcakes online and wanted to try them out myself.  They were surprisingly easy, tasted delicious and looked awesome!




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Step 1 Collect ingredients

For this recipe, you will need:
-One 18.25 oz box of white or yellow cake mix
-4 eggs (instead of what is calls for on the box)
-1 cup butter milk (instead of water that is called for on the box)
-Vegetable oil (amount called for on the box)
-food coloring

Other stuff you will need:
Cupcake tin (this makes about 24 cupcakes)
1 can of frosting
cupcake papers
sprinkles, or anything else you want to use to decorate

Comments

[AlphaEtOmega]

These turned out awesome!
This was the first test cupcake to make sure the colors turned out nice and vibrant. The rest turned out better, but I didn't get a chance to photograph them.

[arhoades]

how did you make the icing purple?

[vferrer]

You can actually mix red and blue food coloring!

[321minimoo]

thoes look yummmmy! these cupcakes are the ones you can never have a cupcakef fight with! that just would be horrible!

[Danger is my middle name]

those look awesome!

[lovepugs]

I saw a similar instructable but they used jars instead of the cupcake papers. does it ending up colouring the papers? what do you think is better to use?

[Doublespeak]

My cupcakes!

[Doublespeak]

Also, the inside of the cupcakes-

[Doublespeak]

I used water because I didn't have buttermilk, but I think they turned out nicely! I made these for my college Diversity Alliance's anti-bullying rally. Thanks so much for the great idea! =^.^=

[slutty_for_nut3lla]

I'm just about to make these with my mom. The last time I made these I brought them to my little sister's school for valentines day once, and the kids loved it! I recommend this recipe. :)

[Cuppycup]

Hey can I use a regular butter cake recipe instate of a instant white cake mix??? Will the co ours still turn out nice an vibrant? :)

[Danger is my middle name]

I've made these with both instant and from-scratch recipes and had great colors both times. What I think matters the most is really the amount of food coloring you use. I would say use a little more than you think you'll need. I'd love to see pictures of the finished product!

[tee1000]

This is so awesome! I've had a craving for cupcakes all week, and I (hopefully) will be making these tomorrow! They're so pretty and colourful, can't wait! :D Thanks so much!
I'll be using milk instead though, as we don't have buttermilk and I'm on a tight budget :P

[Danger is my middle name]

Awesome! I'd love to see pictures when you're done! And they work with milk also, I have tried the recipe using milk instead of buttermilk since writing this Instructable and it works just fine :)

[tee1000]

Made them yesterday, and they're so cool!
Not the best picture, it looks a bit more brighter than the picture shows, but I'll be making these again sometime!

[Danger is my middle name]

Oh they look awesome!

[jennfuqua29]

i made there cupcakes and my kids love them and i put them in the order i wanted them to go into and they was a good thing to make for anyone and i love it so much next time i am going make them different color of them so there more different colors and i use a can of iceing and made the icing the color i wanted

[Danger is my middle name]

Those look awesome! Thanks for sharing your pictures!

[Underwater Chef]

Really Cool! ^^ This would be great for a children's party!

[Danger is my middle name]

kids of all ages (including inner children, haha) love them :)

[mary candy]

Gay Party here on Saturday will be wild.
Cool cakes.

[Shany120]

Yummy!!!!! :)

[saruchagrand]

I made ones yesterday! take a look!
I love cupcakes!

[Danger is my middle name]

Awesome!

[ilikepie22]

These cupcakes look so delicious! I am seriously craving a rainbow cupcake right now!!

[Danger is my middle name]

They were super good! You should make them!

[balloon popper]

Today is my sister's birthday which gives me a excuse to make these

[Danger is my middle name]

awesome! Post a picture!

[Gardsvision]

Awesome ide! Ive made them two times now, took pictures this time

[Danger is my middle name]

They look great!!

[starrymirth]

These are VERY Awesome, I've been commissioned to bake cupcakes for my friends 21st next month, and she's allergic to chocolate, so will have to make a white sponge cake (I normally always bake chocolate cake), and so the rainbow will show up nicely. The theme is purple and green - I've yet to decide whether I should just do an alternation of those two colours, or a whole rainbow with purple and green icing.

Will post pics when they're made!

[Danger is my middle name]

That sounds awesome! Definitely post pictures!

[emory09]

i made mine alittle different... i love chocolate so topped it with that, and also bought confetti white cake it made 18 cupcakes i filled mine alittle more

[canida]

Yum!

[emory09]

thanx i actually want some more i just made the kisses choc cupcakes but these were better.

[Danger is my middle name]

those looks awesome!

[whygreen]

Ok, Who came up with it first? You, or Family Magizine from like back in Feburary.?? Everything old is new again...

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/taste-a-rainbow-cupcakes-842128/

[canida]

This is a classic! As you say, everything old is new again.
And a good explanation is priceless.

[Danger is my middle name]

Ok, I don't read Family Magazine and I haven't seen that article, and I'm not trying to take credit for this idea. As I said in the description, I just saw pictures online on blogs and stuff and wanted to try it and thought other people might want to know how to make them. I just think they are awesome and there were no other instructables on it, so I posted this guide to show other people how to make them also :)

[whygreen]

I guess I owe you a reply... I tend to miss the instructables in all the junk mail. Maybe I should find an instructable for cleaning spam out of my Inbox? :)

Anyways, I'm not saying you took credit for it. I guess lots of ideas are common sense and some folks publish it in paper, some online. I'll admit they are fun to make, but I'm more of a modified Rice-crispy-treat maker myself, but the kids love the rainbow color and its better than them just eating the icing and leaving the cupcake for me eat. -- OK, maybe I don't mind that last part TOOO much. :P

Good job, keep them coming!