Rainbow Cupcakes
Rainbow Cupcakes
Looking for a fun activity to complete with the kids? Why not try your hand at some rainbow baking! Try our delicious swirly rainbow cupcake recipe at home – a fun-filled recipe for the whole family.
What you'll need:
For the cupcakes:
100g soft margarine or soft unsalted butter
100g caster sugar
2 eggs
100g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
For the icing:
175g butter, softened
350g icing sugar, sifted
5-7 drops of gel food colouring
Equipment:
Piping bag with star nozzle
Method:
- Pre-heat the oven to 200°C / 400°F / Gas Mark 6.
- Place 18 cake cases into a muffin tin.
- Measure all the rainbow cupcake ingredients into a large bowl and beat well for around 2-3 minutes, until the mixture forms a smooth cake batter.
- Using a spoon, fill the cake cases halfway to allow the mixture to rise when cooking.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for around 15-20 minutes, or until the cakes are well risen and golden brown on top.
- Lift the cakes out of the muffin tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
- While your rainbow cupcakes are cooling, it’s time to make your buttercream icing! Start by beating the butter and icing sugar together until smooth.
- Turn your piping bag inside out and then drizzle each colour of gel food colouring evenly down the edge of the bag to create stripes.
- Turn the bag the right side out and, fit with the star nozzle and fill with your buttercream frosting.
- Making sure your holding the bag in a vertical position, pipe the buttercream in a spiral-like shape to create your rainbow swirl cakes. You might need a second pair of hands to hold the cupcake whilst doing so to create the perfect swirl!
Top Tip: Start from the outside edge and slowly spiral your icing inwards, building height to create a centre peak.
And there you have it – our fun-filled rainbow cupcake recipe! Find all the ingredients you need for these deliciously colourful cupcakes at your local SPAR and sign up to our E-newsletter for our latest recipes and competitions.
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