Rainbow Cupcakes by Casey Fredericks
Cakes and Tarts
Why this recipe is special:
The kids love baking it and watching the colours swirl together and its always impressive looking on a plate. Hubby loves taking them to work and his workmates always talk about them too!
Serves: 12
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
5 eggs
2 tbsp condensed milk
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp pure vanilla essence
3-4 drops food colouring, each for red, green and yellow
Method:
BEAT butter and sugar till well incorporated. Add in eggs one at a time while continuing to beat mixture lightly.
FOLD in flour a little at a time, on a low mixing speed till the mixture is well blended. Add in baking powder, condensed milk and vanilla essence.
DIVIDE the batter into three separate bowls of equal measure. Add a different food colouring to each bowl.
LAYER the cake batters one colour at a time on greased muffin cups. Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 20-25 mins or till done.
