Rainbow Cupcakes
Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 
9:18 pm ()
So yesterday I was browsing through the photos my Flickr contacts had uploaded recently, and I came across this one from mypapercrane. The idea for the cake came from all of the rainbow cupcakes that have been posted at the Bake! Bake! Bake! LiveJournal community. I promptly went to LJ community and was in awe of the gorgeous rainbow cupcakes people were making. As most of you who read this will know, I love rainbows. I decided I had to try this out for myself. When Colin went to get groceries today (I stayed home because I was cleaning), I had him pick up cupcake supplies. I spent 2-3 hours today baking these cupcakes.
For my first time doing this, I think they turned out pretty awesome! I made up my cake batter and separated it into seven containers. I added food coloring to each container. My purple turned out kind of weird because I mixed blue and purple. I later found real, plain purple that I used for the frosting. I was worried I had filled the cupcake liners too full, but I had to get each of the seven colors in there. I didn’t want to wait for the cupcakes to cool and then make another dozen, so I just used my new star mini cake pan I bought yesterday and used the remaining cake batter to make little mini star cakes.
A couple of the star tips broke off. The orange star is pretty mangled, but they are still cute and colorful all the same. I was also worried that when I cut a cupcake in half I would get a mixed up mess, but it looks so cool!!
These were so much fun to make! I definitely see myself making more of these in the future! 
I have lots more pictures on my Flickr account if you’d like to see more rainbow cupcake-ness!
Oh yeah, I got an awesome new quilt for the bed yesterday at Target. It’s so rainbowy! I got matching pillow cases, pillow shams, and a throw pillow too. It definitely brightens up the bedroom!
-- 
Filed in: Crafty, Pictures, Weekend ()
22 Comments so far
-
Jessica scribbled this note on April 20th, 2008: 
[ Quote ]
I am hungry now Thankyouverymuch.
-
OMG how adorable!!! Yer so rainbowy
(no, really?) -
Those are really cute! I would never ever eat them though XD
I got sick after eating a green-colored muffin when I was a kid and I swore I wasn’t going to eat oddly-colored muffins ever again!
Your cupcakes look like they are made out of happiness though!
-
Oh wow, those rainbow cakes look awesome. I’d love to try making those. The rainbow bedding looks lovely!
-
OMG That’s the happiest cupcake i’ve ever seen! lol omg now i feel hungry
-
Woahhhh…those are probably the coolest cupcakes I’ve ever seen XD! Great job
-
[...] never knew rainbow cupcakes existed until I saw that Ashley had made some. I am amazed at how beautiful they look! I never knew such a wonderful baking technique existed. [...]
-
Hey those cupcakes look pretty awesome, well done
Nice quilt too! Have you ever tried just buying a sheet? Just one single sheet? I could not find just one sheet in a package recently… there’s even a 7 piece sheet set 
7 Piece!! I just want a sheet, I’ll check everything else out 
-
I don’t know what I adore the most.. your cupcakes or your bed sheets!
-
I’m inspired! I think I might try making them with UM colors for my boyfriend’s graduation next month. ^_^
-
holy wow, i want to make these. they look delicious and so cute!!
-
Mmmm..YUM!! Those look really delicious! Now I want some cupcakes! Haha. Thanks ;P
-
Oh gosh… those cupcakes looks soooo wonderful!! I would not mind having one of those. I wonder how they got the colors so precise without having it blend in together.
-
Those look simply awesome! I love colours! How did they taste?
And the quilt is awesome, too. So sunny and inviting. I definitely need new stuff for my flat for spring, too.
-
oh my, the cupcakes look delicious! my mouth is watering right now…lol; considering the fact that i haven’t had breakfast yet!
-
i heart all those cupcakes! how i wish i could bake one too. lol. :]]
-
Those cupcakes are too awesome! Great find Ashley.
-
They look so delicious! I love baking things but I never tried anything like this, maybe I should. Do you just make batter and add food colouring to it?
-
Thanks for the comments everyone! I just separated the batter into different containers and added food coloring. It was so much fun to do, and they tasted so yummy!
-
wow! how did i miss this entry? those cupcakes are zomg awesome! i bet they tasted fantastic too !
-
how did you get the colors to make that pattern? did you just pour each of the batter of colors on top of each other and then when they baked they created that pattern on their own??
They look awesome, I’m gonna attempt to make some tomorrow!
-
how did you get the colors to make that pattern? did you just pour each of the batter of colors on top of each other and then when they baked they created that pattern on their own??
They look awesome, I’m gonna attempt to make some tomorrow!
Yes, that is exactly what I did! It’s amazing!
Good luck if you make some of your own!
Candice scribbled this note on April 21st, 2008: 
Ashley scribbled this note on April 27th, 2008: 
Je' scribbled this note on June 5th, 2008: If this is the first time you have commented on RainbowStuff.com, your comment must be approved before it is made public. Please refrain from profanity and cruel or ignorant remarks.
