Multi-Colored Munchies

So, after yesterday's adventures with the white box cake from Kroger, I still had 2 boxes left that needed to be used up. After coming upon some awesome closeout priced (49 cents) princess pattern cupcake cups, I whipped up a batch of batter and 24 popped liners into the pans. Then it hit me, I've got to try rainbow cupcakes!

Luckily, it's really quite a simple process. Just separate the batter into separate bowls and color accordingly. I used gel food coloring, which is why my colors were so bright. Not sure if it would look as good if it were done with liquid food coloring.

Then it's just a matter of spooning it layer by layer into the cups. Hopefully in the future I can come up with a faster way to do this, but I'm not quite sure yet. Then just bake it up till it looks AWESOME! I wasn't too picky with making sure it was perfectly layered, mostly because I was lazy, but I like to say it's because I like to be different =P

Afterwards, I whipped up some buttercream frosting to top them off with. The recipe called for vanilla, but I couldn't find any, so I used some of the almond extract from yesterday's fondant recipe. It came out surprisingly well; I thought it tasted a bit more sophisticated, which is clearly important with rainbow cupcakes. My dear friend E topped them off PERFECTLY with sprinkles. She's an expert! When I was cleaning up, I could hardly find any left-overs sitting on the counter.

I love these so much and will most definitely be making them again =)

This was E's favorite one. I think it was mine too =)

I picked up this handy cake/cupcake/minicupcake carrier from Hobby Lobby. 40% off coupon made it only $12. I love a great buy. It says it only holds 12 cupcakes, but I easily make 23 fit =P

This was great fun, and I can't wait to get to my next baking adventure!