Rainbow Cupcakes

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I've shared a recipe for Rainbow Cupcakes before, way back in 2017, so when I cam across another recipe, I thought I'd give it a try and see how the process and taste differed to the first recipe I tried, and it's from Fitwaffle Kitchen on Instagram.

Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

Cupcakes:

225g Margarine or unsalted butter

225g Caster sugar

4 large eggs, room temperature

240g Self-raising flour

1 tsp Baking powder

2 tbsp milk, room temperature

Food colouring: Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange & red

Buttercream:

120g unsalted butter, softened

1 tsp Vanilla extract

240g Icing sugar, sifted

1 tbsp Milk

Rainbow sprinkles (Optional)

Start off by pre-heating your oven to 160C (fan).

Next cream together the butter and caster sugar.

Next add the eggs one at a time and mix until combined.

Next add the flour and baking powder and mix until it's combined really well.

Then add the milk and vanilla extract and mix together.

Next even separate into 6 bowls and mix in the different food colourings into each.

Next pipe each coloured cake batter a layer at a time, into your cupcake cases.

Then pop into the oven to bake for 20-23 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Once baked, leave them to cool and start on your buttercream icing.

To make your buttercream, beat the butter until light in colour and then add the vanilla extract.

Then gradually add the icing sugar and milk, and then whisk until smooth.

Pipe the buttercream onto your cupcakes and then sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles if using.

Now pick up a cupcake unwrap and enjoy.

Even though making rainbow cupcakes can be time consuming with making 6 different colours, it's definitely worth it when it comes to the eating. I definitely prefer this recipe compared to the one I've used in the past, the consistencies for both are completely different and it's so much easier to pipe into the cupcake cases rather than using a spoon, even the buttercream has a better consistency, this is now my go to rainbow cupcake recipe.

The cupcakes themselves were so soft and tasted really nice, the buttercream really complimented it.

If you want to check out the recipe I followed, then you can head over to Instagram and check out Fitwaffle Rainbow Cupcakes, as well as her other great bakes.

She now also has her own baking recipe book which you can purchase from Waterstones and Amazon.

See you soon!

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