Rainbow butter cupcakes. The recipe I used is a variation of the white chocolate buttercream and the strawberry white chocolate buttercream. I love the way that this rainbow frosting looks! I call it rainbow, some people call it tie dye icing - what you call it doesn't really matter.
Steps to make Hidden Rainbow Cupcakes.
Make the tendermost delicious white cake batter using the reverse creaming method; so, butter flour and sugar all creamed together in the first step.
The eggs and liquids come after.
You can have Rainbow butter cupcakes using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Rainbow butter cupcakes
- You need of Batter.
- Prepare 125 grams of butter (cubed & room temparature).
- Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla essence.
- You need 2 large of eggs.
- You need 2 cup of self raising flour.
- You need 2/3 cup of milk.
- You need 1 tsp of colouring - red, green, blue etc.
When cupcakes have cooled completely, prepare frosting. In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, followed by one cup of powdered sugar at a time. Just seeing a group of rainbow cupcakes lined up together never fails to make me smile.
Rainbow butter cupcakes step by step
- Preheat oven to 180°C fan forced.
- Using an electric beater, beat butter and sugar until pale, smooth and creamy.
- Beat in eggs (one at a time).
- Beat in vanilla essence..
- With a spatula gradually fold in flour and milk (alternately) into the mixture..
- Separate batter and add desired colour to each batch and stir til colour is consistent..
- Add mixture into patty pan.
- Bake for 20mins (depending on size of your cupcakes). Check with a skewer to see if the cakes are done. skewers should pull out clean. If there is mixture on the skewer bake for another 5mins and do another skewer check..
- When done let it cool for 5 - 10 mins..
- You can add any type of topping you want on the cup cakes. For instance: butter cream, icing sugar or chocolate ganache..
Rainbow frosting has been popular for years, because it works for so many different events: kids and adult birthdays , showers, spring and summer parties, St. Patrick's Day and Pride events, and so many other occasions! Once the cupcakes have cooled completely, pipe or spread the frosting onto them then top with rainbow sprinkles and serve. Kelly's Notes: Beating the frosting in between each addition of the powdered sugar lightens the color of the frosting and will make it more white in color (rather than yellow). To make the buttercream, beat the butter until very soft.
