Rainbow Cupcakes for My Little Mook-Mook
Something AMAZING happened at my home this week… a major milestone was reach…one that I thought would never come….MY BABY IS POTTY TRAINED!!! and he did it all by himself!!
I was gonna wait until he reached that two and half mark (in a few weeks) to start this process. I had all the stickers, charts, the works!! Well Mook-Mook literally woke up and said “pee pee in the potty” and he’s been using it faithfully ever since!! He even wakes up in the middle of the night to tell me has to go potty.
Ahhhhh I’m beaming! I’m so proud of my boy and the realization that he will not be 20 years old and still in diapers. I HAD to celebrate! I wanted to throw a party!!! One with streamers, balloons, and a potty theme…oh I had it all planned out but then I realized that it was a bit much, just a bit though.
Instead I decided to make him a special little treat. Something different. Something that I knew would bring a smile to his face. RAINBOW CUPCAKES!! This rainbow cupcake recipe produces a bright, fluffy, & light vanilla flavored cupcake that is lightly sweetened. I frosted it with cool whip and it made for a quick, easy and special little after nap snack!
These cupcakes would go great for a carnival themed party. I can’t help but think of clown hair when I eat these. You could also use a white boxed cake for this. To make tie-dye cupcakes, lightly swirl the batter with a knife.
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- food coloring- blue, green, orange, red, yellow
- Preheat oven to 350
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, & salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, sugar, oil & vanilla, until combined.
- Add the dry ingredient to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Divide the batter up into 5 bowls.
- Add a few drops of food coloring into each bowl until the colors are vibrant.
- Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
- Layer the colors in the muffin tin starting with blue then, green, yellow orange & red. Do not try to smooth the batter. Use a swirling motion to layer the colors.
- Cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
Hi there….I have been looking all over for a decent vanilla based cupcake and finally I don’t have to search anymore. These cupcakes came out nice and moist. I used vanilla bean paste instead of the vanilla extract. I will be using this recipe for my twins birthday this week. Thank you for such a easy recipe. For those wondering how many cupcakes you get out of this… I made 13.
How many cupcakes does this make?
Please someone reply ASAP.
my sister’s bday is in 3 days and i wanna make these for her but i don’t know how many cupcakes this recipe makes.
I used this recipe for a vanilla cake without the color and it was delicious! Thank you so much for this recipe.
Can you use cake flour instead of all purpose flour for this recipe ?
Hey there! I loved your red velvet cake. So i am now baking this beautiful rainbow cupcake. I had a few questions:is there any reason butter is not used in both recipes, only oil? I use a hand whisk-if using oil, can i ingore the principles of folding, mixing fat and sugar seperately, sieving dry ingredients etc?
Oh i love these! Just tried this today sooo yummy! I wanna make more 🙂 i’m a newbie in making cakes. If i’ll make more of these let say times 2 do i need to double the dose of each ingredients? Thanks
Diva you’ve done it again!!! I made this tonight and immediately made another batch. I made mine strawberry, using Watkins brand flavor. I also did not have any buttermilk on hand so I used my skim milk and added not quite a full tablespoon of white vinegar. They came out super moist and had a lovely dome on them. My husband, kids, cousin, and neighbor loved them. I will definitely be making these again.
9 days later and now I am making 36 for co-workers. I love this recipe