Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Rainbow Cupcakes


Ingredients:
1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist white cake mix
1 can Betty Crocker whipped fluffy white icing
24 cupcake wrappers
1 water, vegetable oil, & eggs called for on box
3 drops each red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple food coloring
12 quart size freezer bags
1/4 cup each red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple candy melts
1 wax paper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil and water. Mix well.

Divide batter into six quart freezer bags. Add 3 drops of food coloring into each bag so you have a bag of each color. Seal and squeeze bag to combine.

Cut a corner off each bag and pipe out about 2 tsp. of each color into muffin tins lined with cupcake wrappers.

Bake at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes, until done.

While cupcakes are baking, melt each color of candy melts in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each interval, until smooth.

Spoon each color candy melt into a quart freezer bag, snip of an end, and use to draw "rainbows" onto wax paper. Let set completely.

When cupcakes are cooled, frost with Betty Crocker fluffy white icing. Peel rainbows off wax paper and place on top to garnish.