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Easy Rainbow Cupcakes

05/08/2013 By Charlene 21 Comments

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Easy Rainbow Cupcakes


So this week marks my baby girl’s 4th birthday.  Somehow I managed to escape yet another Princess party (2 little divas = about 8 birthdays with variations on Princess themes = please, please no more Princess parties) and we are doing a Cowgirl party this year.  (Yeah!)

There was quite a bit of back and forth on whether Cowgirl was going to be the theme or a rainbow party.  Fortunately Cowgirl won out because I have been having a lot of fun with planning this party.

As a compromise I decided to surprise my little girl with Rainbow cupcakes for her class party.  That way she gets a little of both for her birthday.

I am not a professional baker by any means but I found these cupcakes really easy to put together and they are so cute in person!

They are bright and cheerful and are perfect for a birthday!

The first thing is you need to track down this Airheads Xtremes Rainbow candy.

Easy Rainbow Cupcakes

This can be found in the candy section of most stores- I have found them at Joann’s Crafts and at Target in the Dollar Spot.

I used a funfetti cupcake mix for the cupcakes and baked them in plain white liners.

Next I whipped up this buttercream frosting recipe.

Once the buttercream was made, I set aside about 1/4 of the frosting in a small bowl.  To my mixer, I added a few drops of food coloring to get the blue color for the sky.

Next I simply frosted the cupcakes with the blue frosting.  I used a piping bag and cut the tip about an inch up and swirled it on.  I tried to keep the swirls somewhat flat so there would be room for the rainbow.

After the blue swirls were piped on top, I made little dallops on the sides to look like clouds with the white frosting.  I just placed the white frosting in a Ziploc bag and trimmed the end off to create a piping bag.

Easy Rainbow Cupcakes

I cut the Airheads into two pieces per strip- the size of the strips will vary according to how big your cupcakes are.

I gently place one end of the Airhead into each cloud.  The frosting should be nice and thick so I didn’t have any trouble with it staying in place.  I did put the cupcakes in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes just to be sure the frosting would set.

 

If you make these on an especially warm day you might keep them in the fridge until ready to serve.

Oh and one last step, I popped them into little snack cup cupcake liners.  Any color liner would be fantastic- I was actually thinking green would be really pretty but alas pink was what I had on hand.

Easy Rainbow Cupcakes

Here are a few things that might help if you want to make these cupcakes:

Easy Rainbow Cupcakes

Wilton Icing Colors // Candy Cups // Muffin Tin // Cupcake Carrier 

Update:  We made these again for my 8 year old’s class party- so cute right?

How to Make Rainbow Cupcakes

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Comments

  1. Sara says

    05/08/2013 at 4:07 PM

    So cute! Both my girls 3 and 6 just saw this post! They both just said they want these for their birthdays so thanks for the idea!!!!

  2. Nicole Walker says

    05/08/2013 at 4:37 PM

    These are so cute Charlene. I am pinning this one for my oldest daughters 5th birthday in September. She will love them!!

  3. Katie says

    05/09/2013 at 5:34 AM

    I made those for my daughter’s 3rd Birthday. I think yours came out better though: http://www.disabledmom.com/2012/09/rainbow-cupcakes.html

  4. Charlene says

    05/09/2013 at 8:10 AM

    LOL- I hate when things have “gone viral” and I have no idea they are viral ;). I thought this was an original idea from Tom Kat 😀

  5. cathy says

    05/09/2013 at 1:10 PM

    those cupcakes looks so cute! i have also seen person make basic cake batter, separate into 5 bowls, put different food coloring in each bowl, stir separately, then put spoonful of each space of the cupcake pan.

  6. Charlene says

    05/09/2013 at 2:19 PM

    Cathy, I know just what you are talking about and those are really cute! I just feel guilty about the food coloring :). I was feeling guilty about the 4 drops I used for frosting :). But those cupcakes do look beautiful.

  7. christina says

    06/11/2013 at 1:04 PM

    approx. how long are the peices of rainbow each? 2 inches?

  8. Charlene says

    06/12/2013 at 11:06 PM

    Christina, I didn’t measure actually but that sounds about right :).

  9. Jeny says

    03/15/2017 at 5:41 PM

    They kept their shape and didn’t flop down at all?

  10. Charlene says

    03/15/2017 at 10:17 PM

    Hi Jeny- No flopping 🙂

  11. Abby says

    06/26/2017 at 10:00 AM

    LOVE these !!! Love, love, love.
    Sorry to ask such a simple question – but what size treat cups did you use -? Looks like they fit your cupcakes perfectly. Thanks for sharing!

  12. Charlene says

    06/26/2017 at 10:10 AM

    Hi Abby- they are a smaller size cup:

    Width: 2 3/4″
    Height: 1 1/2″

    I believe I picked them up at Hobby Lobby or from Amazon 🙂

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