Rainbow Cupcakes Recipe

Since some of you asked for the recipe for the cupcakes & frosting, here you go!

Ingredients: (makes about.. 12 I guess?)
1/2 cup (125g) caster sugar
125g unsalted butter
2 eggs
1 cup (125g) self-raising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
3 tablespoons milk
4 bottles food colouring, red, blue, yellow, green

Steps:
1.Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Line cupcake tray with patty cups.

2.Cream the sugar and butter until pale and fluffy. Better to use an electric beater, and remember, DO NOT MELT the butter. Just leave it at room temperature and it will soften itself.

3.Beat the eggs in one at a time adding a little flour in each time until the ingredients are mixed.

4.Add the vanilla essence and mix. Then add the milk 1 tablespoon at a time mixing after each addition. If you want your cupcakes to be of other flavours, simply buy the flavoring and drop in a little of them into the mix. I tend to use Orange or Lychee as well!

5.Divide the mixture into 6 bowls:
In Bowl 1 - Add half a cap of red colouring
In Bowl 2 - Add half a cap of red and half a cap of yellow
In Bowl 3 - Add half a cap of yellow
In Bowl 4 - Add half a cap of green
In Bowl 5 - Add half a cap of blue
In Bowl 6 - Add half a cap of blue and half a cap of red
Mix colouring into each mixture after adding.

6.Divide the purple mixture between the 12 cases.

Repeat with the other mixtures in this order: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red.

7.Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes.

For Frosting:Makes about one cup.

Ingredients:
75g UNSALTED butter, softened NOT MELTED
1/4 tsp (1.25ml) vanilla extract (same as the above, if you want it to be flavoured, just use other flavorings instead of vanilla)
145g (1 cup) icing sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon (20g) cream (35-40 percent fat)

Using an electric mixer or electric hand-held beaters, beat butter and vanilla in a medium bowl until creamy.

Add the icing sugar in three batches, beating for about one minute after each addition, and stopping the machine a couple of times to scrape down the side and base of the bowl.

Add the cream and beat until completely incorporated.
Then pipe!

DO NOT DO NOT leave the cupcakes in the fridge. Otherwise the buttercream frosting will harden and the cupcake will be very very awful. Leave the cupcakes to chill until at room temperature before piping. Then decorate it however you want it!

Send me pictures or link me up with pictures under the comments or formspring! Would love to see your creations!

Good luck!! :)