Sunday, May 16, 2010

There has been a lot of interest in my baking and photography so I thought I would just combine the two and put it all in one place.

So to start my first post, I bring you.....

Rainbow Cupcakes!

I also have called them Tye Dyed Cupcakes. They are easy to make and are very popular now. Kids love them and I have witnessed actual screams of excitement over them!

It all starts with a white cake. I make the cake from scratch, but you can use a box mix if you want. Once you get the batter made, portion it out into 5 bowls....
Next add your colors. I like to use paste colors. Liquid drops can sometimes thin out the batter more than I like.

I don't use green. When I have used it in the past, the cooked color looked gross to me. I like pretty!

Next you layer the batter into paper lined cupcake pans.


You can swirl the batter, or not.



Bake them up and then check out all the cool patterns you get!




Don't forget the frosting. And all cupcakes need sprinkles!


I love to cut them open to see what patterns I get.


I really have to stop myself from cutting them! I would cut them all!
I have made many many rainbow cakes, in many shapes and sizes. It's all about having fun and making pretty colors!
So there you have it. My first post. Hope you enjoyed!
Go make some rainbow cakes!

7 comments:

  1. What a wonderful idea and glad you have put both of your talents together to do this. Will you be letting us know when you have a new posting on your blog. What were you doing up at 4:33AM to post this? Going to send it to my son to make with his little girls... Thanks

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  2. As always, you make me hungry. :)

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  3. Can you share your frosting recipe, Lisa?

    Bernadette (keb)

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  4. Thanks! And no, I didn't post this at 4:33am. I forgot to change the time before I posted.

    Recipe sent to you, B.

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  5. That is a really cool cuppycake pan! Where did you get that one?

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  6. It's not my pan. It belongs to my former housemates. I used it at that time because all my pans were packed up and I didn't feel like digging for them. It is kind of neat though.

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  7. Hi Lisa - Thanks for sharing your great recipes. This is a wonderful idea...I'm sure we'll all be awaiting your next post.

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