Rainbow cupcakes with Condensed Milk frosting

It has been awhile since i posted something i cooked,and my deepest apologies but usually when something is baked its usually out of sight before i can even take a picture of it.Now to make rainbow cupcakes you can use two methods:

1.Use a white cake mix(which i usually do)

2.Make it from Scratch

Now the gathering of ingredients isn't much of a problem it is a very basic recipe,the part that is tricky is seperating the batter.You have to seperate the batter into seperate bowls depending on the colours you want to use.The fun thing about these cupcakes is they're customisable,whether you want to show your patriotic side by using the colours of the flag or the colours of your favourite football team,the options are endless.I first tried this recipe using the food colouring in liquid form,not the best idea.The problem with using liquid food colouring is it adds to the water content in the batter and in the end even after emptying out half the bottle,your cake comes out looking like depressed rainbows,because all your colours look like a brown with maybe a tinge of green or purple.Now the trick to making these cakes are to use gel food colouring.They are pretty easily accesable and one tiny cup can last you a very long time.

For those of you who want to be on the safer side and use the cake mix technique heres what you have to do:Just make the batter as prescribed on the box and split the batter into the seperate bowls:one bowl for each colour.Then mix in a different colour in each bowl and finally in the cupcake put a spoon of each colour evenly in the cupcake tins.Bake it as usual and you're done.

I will post the recipe below for thoose of you who want to bake it from scratch,this recipe may seem really simple but the cupcakes come out reallyy moist and taste really really good.At the end you can finally say:"I tasted the rainbow and it was swweeeetttt".

I baked these cupcakes because two of my closest friends who are twins :Amy and Emily were celebrating their birthday this week and all they wanted was rainbow cupcakes,now i usually would run down to the store and get the cake mix,but unfortunately i couldnt find any so i decided to bake it from scratch and boy am i happy i did.Now alot of you may say why work extra hard by baking from scratch for results that may or may not come out right:well why not,its the best feeling seeing your cake actually rise in the oven and that amazing aroma that fills the house,that amazing feeling you get when you know all of this magic is happening from your hard work.

The magic though is the icing,no doubt the cupcakes are great plain,but coming from a person who doesnt like icing or frostng,you have to try this recipe.I had some condensed milk left at home,and i knew i couldnt make a birthday cupcake without frosting,and being a person who does'nt like vanilla buttercream i needed an alternative.Soo hence the search began and i finallly found a recipe that worked really well,perfect in texture,perfect in taste and the great part is you dont realllyy need to make massive quantities like the recipe asks,you can lessen it.

So get ready to ride the rainbow:

Rainbow Cupcakes

• 1/2 cup (125g) caster sugar
• 125g unsalted butter
• 2 eggs

1 cup (125g) self-raising flour (or 1 cup all purpose flour ,1 1/3 teaspoons baking powder,1/3 teaspoon salt combined)

• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 4 bottles food colouring, red, blue, yellow, green

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Line a 12 hole cupcake tray with patty cups.
2. Cream the sugar and butter until pale and fluffy.
3. Beat the eggs in one at a time adding a little flour in each time until the ingredients are mixed.
4. Add the vanilla essence and mix. Then add the milk 1 tablespoon at a time mixing after each addition.
5. Divide the mixture into 6 bowls:
   In Bowl 1 - Add half a cap of red colouring
   In Bowl 2 - Add half a cap of red and half a cap of yellow
   In Bowl 3 - Add half a cap of yellow
   In Bowl 4 - Add half a cap of green
   In Bowl 5 - Add half a cap of blue
   In Bowl 6 - Add half a cap of blue and half a cap of red
   Mix colouring into each mixture after adding.
6. Divide the purple mixture between the 12 cases. Repeat with the other mixtures in this order: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes.

Credits to: Rainbow Coloured Cupcakes recipe – All recipes Australia NZ

Condensed milk frosting

150g butter, softened
300g pure icing sugar, sifted
100ml condensed milk

1. Mix butter till it becomes light and fluffy,then gradually add the icing sugar .When the two are combined completely add the condensed milk.Finally in the end when everything is combined check to see if frosting needs more sugar.When cake is cooled frost it.Enjoy

Finally please do remember mistakes happen sometimes your cupcake might come out looking like soup other times like a green eyed monster.But finally one day you'll get it right and that day all the failures would have been worth it.Soon i will be sharing pictures of my chocolate and peanut butter fudge,trust me you don't want to miss it.

Please do share your experiences below when you try out the recipe.

STAY SWEET!