Psychedelic 60's Tie-dye Cupcakes

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 (18 ounce) box cake mix
• red food coloring
• blue food coloring
• green food coloring
• yellow food coloring
• 1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
• rainbow candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven according to the cake mix directions.
• 2 prepare the cake mix according to box directions. divide the batter evenly in 6 small bowls. you will dye each bowl individually.
• 3 to make the colors, use the following amounts of food coloring. make sure you scrape the sides of the bowls well while mixing to get any additional food coloring mixed into the batter. food coloring amounts:.
• 4 purple: 9 red + 6 blue drops.
• 5 blue: 12 blue drops.
• 6 green: 12 green drops.
• 7 yellow: 12 yellow drops.
• 8 orange: 12 yellow + 4 red drops.
• 9 red: 18 drops red.
• 10 after you have mixed the batter colors, line 24 muffin cups.
• 11 evenly distribute the batter between the cups in the order that you dyed them, layering them carefully. i used about a half of a spoonful of each color per cup.
• 12 bake according to cake mix directions.
• 13 frost with icing and add rainbow sprinkles.