Rainbow Cupcakes

Learn how to make rainbow cupcakes here. Vanilla cake batter is mixed with food coloring and layered to make cute treats that will delight all ages!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 166 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• red food coloring
• yellow food coloring
• green food coloring
• blue food coloring
• 0.5 cup butter
• 0.5 cup milk
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper baking cups.

Step 2

Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla in a separate bowl until evenly blended; set aside.

Step 3

Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk mixture, mixing until just incorporated.

Step 4

Divide cake batter into four separate bowls. Add a few drops of food coloring into one bowl of batter and stir; add more food coloring if necessary to reach the desired shade. Repeat with remaining colors and bowls of batter.

Step 5

Using a different spoon for each color batter, spoon a small portion of each color into the cupcake liners, until 1/2 to 3/4 full. Do not mix the batter once it is in the cupcake liner.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes clean, 15 to 20 minutes.