Rainbow cupcakes or cake, taste the same as normal cupcakes, but more fun to eat! Perfect for kids and people of all ages!
I have made this various times and I love it!!!!! Especially when you take it out of the wrapper and cut it in half to see all the pretty layers!!!! I would definently want all of you to try it!
Read Morevery fun, colorful cupcakes that the kids enjoyed making, but they ended up being very dry and crumbly. not sure what they would need to be more moist, but it could use something.
Read MoreI have made this various times and I love it!!!!! Especially when you take it out of the wrapper and cut it in half to see all the pretty layers!!!! I would definently want all of you to try it!
I need a dessert for a July 4th campout and experminted with this recipe. Instead of using all rainbow colors, I used red, white and blue. Some color did run into the layer beneath but could still tell each color. I put white icing on top and red, white and blue sprinkles on top. They really came out nice. Thanks for a wonderful idea!
very fun, colorful cupcakes that the kids enjoyed making, but they ended up being very dry and crumbly. not sure what they would need to be more moist, but it could use something.
Great recipe! I did make a few tweaks. I always bake with corn oil instead of vegetable oil and use a lower temperature and have never had an issue cakes being dry. I also used a touch more vanilla and less flour. I didn't have red food dye, so I threw in pinch of cherry jello mix. They looked and tasted great! Definitely will make again!
This was fun to make and it looked really cool. The only down side was that is did not taste amazing. The kids I made it for liked it but for me I think it could have been a little bit tastier.
I made these but didnt dye the batter I made them for fathers day and dyed food doesn't appeal to my hubby but I needed a white cake mix so used this. Its VERY delicious much more moist than I would of guessed considering how thick the batter was. I pairs it with the rum icing from this site (altered) and they were great and easy to make!
The first time i did a these cupcakes they were okay but VERY dry. I then gave them another dry but changed it up a little. Since i dont have any eggs at room temperature i put some eggs in a glass full of warm water, i then softened the butter for about 10 sec. and i Folded in 1/2 cup sour cream to the prepared batter they turned out great, they were deffinetly not dry anymore.
I just made these cupcakes and they turned out a little dry and the taste wasnt quite what i was expecting. I followed the recipe exactly and I did use food coloring and layered the different colors and they look great! I would use the layering method again, but might have to change the recipe next time for a tastier and more moist cupcake.
For bakers who end up with dry baked goods as some state has happened with these cupcakes, the issue most likely is how you measure your flour. Digging the flour out with you cup, may add as much as a quarter cup more flour to the mix. If you stir the flour, then spoon lightly into your measuring cup, filling above the top and scraping off the extra, then the dry crumblies may be gone forever!
Instead of using vegtable oil use applesauce. It makes it a lot moister. No dry and crumbly cupcakes for any one else!!!
I made this cupcakes but only red and green for christmas. I took them to work everyone loved them i topped them with vanilla frosting .
I made these cupcakes with my Girl Scout troop as part of their cooking badge. The colors turned out cool. The girls really liked that part. However, the cupcakes themselves were very dry. If I were to make these again I would add more oil or maybe applesauce.
Okay so first of all our batter looked a little weird, but we used all the appropriate ingredients, and they turned out tasting like...cornbread. Also, we split the batter into 6 bowls and added in the orange and purple and the colors turned out very nicely but the taste was just cornbread.
These were rad! The batter seemed thick for a cupcake, but the end result was perfect. Everyone loves them.
I love this recipe. I made this for a friend of mine. tanxs from coconut cupcake
After making these for my daughters birthday I realized that i can do this with almost any white cake/cupcake recipe with similar results.
This is not a recipe for cupcakes. This is a recipe for corn muffins. Do not be fooled. "Cookiemonster" will delete this comment because she is unwilling to accept that her recipe is not up to par with what is promised in the title. DO NOT BE FOOLED. LOOK ELSEWHERE IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A GOOD RECIPE CREATED BY SOMEBODY WHO CAN TAKE THE CRITICISM BECAUSE COOKIEMONSTER OBVIOUSLY CANNOT.
Simple recipe, delicious cupcakes. I needed to make some last minute vanilla cupcakes for my daughters preschool and this recipe worked out very well. ( I did not use food color w/this one)>
BEWARE THIS IS ACTUALLY A RECIPE FOR RAINBOW CORNBREAD. A LITTLE NOTE TO COOKIEMONSTER: HERAAAAAAAGH!!! I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU DELETING MY TRUE REVIEW PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY MAKING SOME FUN LOOKING CORNBREAD OK NOT "CUPCAKES" IF THIS GETS DELETED I WILL CRY. ALOT
This recipe is ok. But me and my niece were looking forward to making amazing cupcakes for her sleepover. So we tried this awesome rainbow cupcakes, Unfortunately they were not as awesome as we thought. They were very dry and crumbly. I think they look better on the computer than actually making them. My niece was very upset. So we just bought the package of cupcake mix and died it different colors. At least, it tasted better than this recipe.
The 1st time I made these it was for my daughter's 8th birthday in July and I actually made 60+ cupcakes!!!!! Each batch was its own unique pattern. I enjoyed experimenting and making them. They turned out quite well- pretty & tasty. The kids thought they were so cool and the parents complimented me a lot. I have made these cupcakes a few more times since just because...and my friends and kids enjoys them every time! They really are a hit!!!
I thought this recipe turned out great! I made these for a baby shower and they were devored in minutes! I loved the colors and the recipe was easy to follow. I added my own home made frosting which has concentrated sugar, 2 cups of butter, and milk. Overall the whole thing came out beautifully and i definitely will be making this again for whatever occasion comes up!
These were not bad for a basic recipe. Next time I would replace the milk with sour cream or yogurt, the oil with applesauce, and reduce the baking powder by 1/2 tsp. to improve the texture. Some cinnamon or cardamom wouldn't hurt either. I don't care for the taste of the food coloring; maybe gel colors would be better. Note: The three reviews below referring to cornbread are really good examples of why we now need a "report abuse" option on this site.
i made this for the first time today. very easy to make but i just ate one and it has a funky after taste.... what could it be?
This recipe is AMAZING!!! I am a young baker and i gave make cupcakes from scratch a shot, and it worked out perfectly!!!!!! If you guys are trying to decide what cupcake recipe to use, this is it! It is currently my favorite cupcake recipe! Try these!!!
Made these for my boyfriend's daughter's 8th birthday party. I figured these would be a good counterpart to the completely chocolate cupcakes she wanted. She helped, so instead of layered colors they were swirled colors, which the colors looked nice like that. They were enjoyed and went better than the chocolate, but I did follow the advice of another review and put less flour and more milk into the mixture.
i loved this recipe delicous and very easy!! it was a big hit at my bake sale dosent make as much as it says though
I made these cupcakes for a family cook-out. After reading all the reviews and seeing the complaints about them being dry, I simply used a white box cake mix and tinted them per this recipe. No problem with dryness and everyone (especially the kids) loved the different colors.
It tasted well but they came out big and didn't look ANYTHING like the picture :/
Very yummy!! My daughter loves to take these to school for special birthdays with her friends...and she's 16! Love this for a fun addition to celebrations! Oh...and I substituted apple sauce for the oil..makes for a nice tasting cupcake. :)
my daughter and I had fun making this. hubby likes it. the rainbow colors are very pretty when you cut the cupcake
These were amazing cupcakes!!! Though my 18 month old nephew didn't know food could be so many colors!!!! He was astonished!!! Great for EVERYBODY!!!!
The cupcakes turned out beautifully, however I didn't care for the taste. They were too sweet and dry.
Exchanged white sugar with brown and mixed in some whole wheat flour. Kids loved it.
This recipe was fun and challenging to make, but there were a few problems. The cake was really dry and bland, and the dyed batter blended together, so it seemed more like a polka-dotted muffin. I would maybe try doing more simple cupcakes, and maybe moisten it and add more flavor.
Sift your flour! After reading so many reviews mentioning these were dry, I guessed that people were putting in too much flour. Scoop and level compacts the flour and you can get too much. We sifted ours, spooned into the cup, then leveled. Cakes in particular are very sensitive to the right amount of flour. Ours turned out tender and moist. The colors were beautiful (we used paste colors, which are more vibrant than liquid). Perfect for my daughter's painting themed birthday party!
it's very yummy. it's not that sweet just like I like because I do not want a cake/ cupcake to be that sweet
I made these and mixed up the colors a bit and the family loved them and I even tried using chocolate filling
this is a very fun recipe, and i made it for my baby cousins birthday and she loved it. it's so basic and colorful even though it can get a little bit messy!
I made these for the kids and they did not turn out well or taste well. Someone said in another post that this is more like a corn meal and I agree.
It was really pretty, and I loved how it looked, but it tastes like cornbread. However, adding chocolate icing saved it.
These turned out so delicious! But instead of food coloring, I used icing coloring, which should turn out the same! I made them for Christmas and my family loved them!:)
Just tried this recipe today! I've started learning to bake and this is my first time making cupcake from scratch. However I was pleasantly surprise that the cupcake came out well. It look not only appetizing, it taste delicious as well!
I made these cupcakes last year and they were so good me and my kids loved this recipe and it is now a family favorite whoever wants to make these cupcakes. Do it they are delicious
I had to modify this recipe A LOT. 1/2 a cup is not nearly enough of milk. I also used turbinado sugar rather than white sugar, just because.You have to play around with it a little, but it's still yummy and lots of fun to eat.
I used this recipe to make a cake and cupcakes for a birthday party. The flavor was great, but next time I will remember that the flour must be sifted as the cake was VERY dense. Will be using again! Kids loved it.
This recipe saved my life when I had to keep my five year old occupied indoors today. They tasted great too! We used pillsbury whipped vanilla frosting for the topping.
the batter tasted like there was a lot of flour in it, next time I'm going to use less flour, but other than that it was good!!
I made these cupcakes and they looked amazing but the fast wasn't quite right, I think that the dough when they were cooked wasn't very "fluffy". They were EXTREMELY fun to make, even alone. The cupcakes took me TWO HOURS to make by myself and that is far from 35 minutes.
This was the first time made this and I love it. I don't have a mixer so I did every by hand. Me and my son had so much fun get mess and making cupcakes. I cooked it alil to much but the outside was not as moist as the inside but still delicious. I would make this again.
This was not a great recipe. It was not sweet enough. Interesting looking and pretty. Won't use this recipe again
Loved this recipe! Just mixed all the ingredients (except the coloring) in a bowl and they were wonderful! I think I've found my go-to cupcake recipe :)
However the work that goes into these cupcakes, made me think these would be out of this world!! Urgh, YUCK! My 3 year old that will eat anything that contains sugar told me they tasted like bread. It was almost like a banana bread batter taste minue the bananas in them. Bummer, love the concept and teaching my children yummy things can be made from ingredients in our closet, not just from 1 cardboard box.
Haven't tasted them yet but man was the batter thick and hard to layer! They didn't turn out as cool as the pics but if the kids like them in the morning it will all be worth it!
I made these for my son's class on his birthday. They were a big hit. I did find the batter very thick after adding the food colouring. It was difficult to spoon into the cups so I ended up piping it and then had to smooth it out each layer with a wet spoon. This recipe is time consuming but the effect is great. I was able to squeeze 26 cupcakes out of the batter. I would suggest using paste type colouring as the liquid stuff does not give the brightest colours.
Turned out wonderfully. Not too sweet. Very moist. Not at ALL dry and crumbly. Don't over mix the batter, and they should turn out beautifully. Thanks for this recipe. :D (I used cream cheese frosting.) So delicious, they were gone in two days. I didn't eat them all by myself. Don't worry ;)
These are great! My kids (four and two) and I have a 'kid kitchen' session at least once a week and made these together. They had a blast mixing up the different colors and then layering them into the muffin tin. I was amazed at how vibrant the colors were after cooking and how pretty they were when you cut into them. We frosted them with rainbow hip icing which tasted great with the cupcakes. We will definitely be making these again.
I made these for my sisters class tomorrow and they turned out great.I haven't actually tried them yet, but they cooked, look, and smell amazing! I didn't color them, i was only looking for a vanilla cupcake recipe. People were saying that they were dry, so I only did 2 1/4 cup flour. I also added 2 tsp. vanilla and did half whole wheat flour. I also cooked at 325 degrees and baked them for about 22 minutes. Definitely a keeper. Thanks :) (Though i did only get 21 cupcakes from them, but that's okay because she only needed 19.)
an important part of the recipe is that you use SOFTENED BUTTER instead of melted butter. it creates that lighter color mentioned in the directions and when it comes out of the oven it makes the cake softer. i have made this twice both ways and when i made this with melted butter the cake was dry and crumbly so i switched to softened butter and it was so much better.
I loved them! They were big and dense, but it could use a lot more moisture. Otherwise, when you add a thick layer of buttercream frosting, they taste delicious! :)
I made this for my class and everybody loved it! People started asking if i used a box because of how good it was! I didn't have time to do rainbow but i did use blue food coloring. I would suggest this to everyone! I baked the cupcakes for a total of 19minutes! Defiantly will do this recipe again!
Wayy way too much oil and butter. My whole house smelt like popcorn and I couldn't even eat them! Don't waste your time
I love this recipe!!! I think that the cake is really moist!! Making them right now!!
The first time I made these, they were as hard as a rock. But then I made them a second time to see if I could do better. When I bit into them a second time, let's just say they were better than the cupcakes made from a box, or the kind you buy in a store, in my opinion. They were so fluffy, and really tasty! I love these! I'll make these all the time now! Thanks for the recipe!
Thus recipe was cooler than I thought. I loved cutting into the cupcakes and finding colorful layers!!!!!! I definitely recommend this recipe to everyone.
I had a week's notice to make these for an activity on the following weekend and so I did a "test run" of this recipe every day. Each day I modified something. What I found is that on batch #1, adding 1/2 cup sour cream creates a more moist cupcake; however, it's a little more "dense." For batch #2, I didn't put any sour cream, but instead put 1/2 cup applesauce. This gave a more "fluffy" texture. Finally, for batch #3, I made no modifications, immediately covered the cupcakes with cling wrap and let them sit for one day. This too moistened them. Ultimately, I chose the applesauce method and combined it with the "sit for one day" method. It was what my particular gang preferred; however, I can see why other people would prefer the moistness offered by the sour cream method.
I made this for a bake sale and they were all sold. Instead for the food colouring I used a dark blue light blue and light green and they turned out really good. The only think that I thought was a little upsetting was how it was very elasticity.
Great recipe, a challenge with a 2 year old. We put sprinkles on the top before baking to make them perfect
i really liked this recipie alot and so did my family and it taste delicious too:)
I think this recipe turned out ok. They were light and fluffy and tasty, due to me adding extra vanilla. But I did notice the next day, they tasted to me a bit dry but not as much. So the 2nd time I made them, I didn't mix as long. So they came out just right.Recipe is a keeper!
If you want cupcakes with a hint of play doh to them then this is the perfect recipe. I do not recommend.
