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Rainbow Cupcakes

Rainbow Cupcakes are super easy and cute. The perfect cupcake for St. Patrick’s Day, children’s birthday parties or any random day of the week!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: rainbow cupcakes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 24
Calories: 232kcal

Ingredients

  • 24 cupcakes baked and undecorated
  • 2 cups Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
  • Blue food Coloring
  • 2 tablespoons Gold sugar pearls
  • 1 package Rainbow Candy Belts
  • 2 tablespoons Cake sparkles

Instructions

  • Reserve 2 tablespoons vanilla buttercream frosting, mix the rest with blue food coloring achieving the perfect cloudy blue. Frost each cupcake.
  • Spoon remaining buttercream into a piping bag or a sandwich bag, snip the end. Pipe two balls on each side to secure the rainbows.
  • Cut rainbow candy belts into 1 1/2 inch pieces, secure them between the “clouds”.
  • Using tweezers, place gold sugar pearls into the clouds.
  • Sprinkle cake sprinkles over “blue sky” and serve.
  • If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!

Notes

You can used pre-baked cupcakes from the grocery store, your favorite homemade recipe or even a box mix.

Nutrition

Calories: 232kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 22IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1mg