Rainbow Cupcakes in a Jar

Originally posted at: http://www.mommyknows.com/how-to-rainbow-cupcakes-in-a-jar

Step 1: What You'll Need

Preheat oven to 350f

What you'll need:

1 boxed white cake mix
1 can of white frosting
variety of Wilton icing colours
12 125ml (4oz) canning jars
Sprinkles

Comments

[phenoptix]

Really pretty cakes! Nice DOF in the photos too!

[mommyknows1]

Thank you very much!

[KwartzKitten]

All I can think is Fairy Cakes! I'm saving this!

[bagnitsch]

Ah, what a good way to present the colorful cakes

[shilicious]

First off, thank you for the beautiful idea!

About how many of the 4oz jars would you say a box of batter would make? I plan on making these for a friend's going-away party in the colors of his new college, but I don't want to end up with too much left-over batter.

[platinum15]

wait... can you use like baby food jars?

[platinum15]

where can you get canning jars?(:

[NaturalCrafter]

Cool cupcakes for Memorial Weekend!

[angelabchua]

FANTASTIC! i love these. way to make a simple treat extraordinary!

[mommyknows1]

Thank you!

[cvale]

I made them too! I added a TON of dye and they came out super bright and pretty!

The only problem was, I couldn't find glass jars, so I had to make them the traditional way. This was nice, though, because it dyed the white wrapper the colors of the cupcake! Brought them to school and everyone adored them!

[angelabchua]

These look great. In the past, i have put too much dye in stuff and you can actually taste a bitterness. I will have to retry. How did you fill the center with icing like that?

[mommyknows1]

These look fabulous cvale! Great colour :) Thanks for taking the time to comment and post photos.

[Haru]

to enjoy can you get the cupcakes out or do you have to eats them with a spoon?

[mommyknows1]

Hi Haru,

Thank you for your comment. Yes, you have to eat it from the jar with a fork or spoon.

[Haru]

sweeet making them when i get back on land

[pyro1234567890]

So they're Jarcakes then?

[mommyknows1]

I suppose so ...

[canida]

Beautiful! The glass jars show off the colors so well.

[mommyknows1]

Thank you!

[canida]

Did you do anything fun with the sliced-off bits of cake top?

[mommyknows1]

My five year old ate them before all of the other kids came home from school. She absolutely had fun :)

[Amanda1991]

Looks excellent thanks .ps: [e-mail]

[mommyknows1]

Thank you!

[gijoebob]

Why use the colored frosting in the batter instead of food coloring? What does that do for you?

[mommyknows1]

The icing colours are food-colouring ... I think Wilton markets them for colouring frosting but they can be used to dye other food products.

HTH

[gijoebob]

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks!

[debzam]

As the grandsons would say "You ROCK!"
And so will I once I make these.
Thanks.

[mommyknows1]

Enjoy :)

[Audreyvgs]

Did you grease the jars first?

[mommyknows1]

I didn't grease the jars. I thought about it, but seeing as they don't need to come out of the mold easily (using a spoon to scoop and eat), and you want the rainbow effect to be visible with no barrier, I decided not to.

They didn't stick much at all.

[NaturalCrafter]

I never knew you could get so many colors. Pretty to look at.

[mommyknows1]

Thank you NaturalCrafter :) I only used five colours but they combine to make even more.

[NaturalCrafter]

With all this talk of food I made cookies today...lol So many projects, so little time..but its all fun sharing it too.

[poepadoe]

I've been doing rainbow cupcakes with food coloring for a while now, but putting them in glass jars is both clever and gorgeous! Thanks for the post.

[mommyknows1]

Thank you :)

[porcupinemamma]

Looks excellent. is the idea to use a fork or spoon to eat the cup cake?

[mommyknows1]

Thank you. Yes, you'lll need to use a spoon or fork.

[porcupinemamma]

All rightie then. Thanks so much!! :0)

[ladybgood]

i swear i can smell cupcakes.....