Today I had a Bread Bash to go to for work, which is basically when the Panera crew meets together so we can try new things that are coming into the store and tell the customers about them when they ask about new products. That aside, a new thing my store is doing is having everyone bring something to the ‘bash’ to encourage “familyness”, haha. So Kathleen and I tackled one of my baking projects that I’ve had on my list for way too long: RAINBOW CUPCAKES. I purchased “The Baker’s Field Guide to Cupcakes” at the store the other day and fell in love. I used their white cupcake recipe for the batter and simply tinted it, and we made whipped cream frosting as I felt that anything sweet would be overkill with the colors and the batter.
I posted some of my favorites. To see more of the steps check out my flickr for some more photos!
My Mom and I split this one. The batter was actually very light and fluffy but satisfying at the same time. I had to triple the recipe so I could have enough for everyone at work, and some to share with Keith and so Kathleen could take some home. Doesn’t the cross section of the cupcake look awesome?!
And these are the completed cupcakes with the frosting. I just did a little dollop so it would resemble a cloud on top of a rainbow. Everyone at work seemed to really love them, and I’m so happy. Even my Dad, who is not a sweets person enjoyed them too!
Yummy ~
how many food dyes did you use to get this kind of color?
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Christine those look delish!! I was just thinking yesterday to have a little cupcake decorating thing for the nieces and nephews next weekend!
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Those rainbow cupcakes look so cool! I love the cross-section photo, they do look like they’re tie-dyed or something. They look like a lot of work though, what with dying all the different sections of batter. But still, they turned out fab! Great job.
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Those are sooo neat. I need to try and make them!
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Those look awesome! I’d probably FAIL big time at something like that, ending up with cupcakes colored like…a brown mess. I like the whole “cloud on top” thing, too. I actually thought that’s what it looked like before I read that that’s what you were going for.
It’s very mid-80s Care Bear/Rainbow Brite.
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Those look really great! I would love to try something like that.
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Those look delish! And super adorable too
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Ha ha, cute! I could never sit around baking, esp sweets… cause I’d wanna eat it!
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