Rainbow Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs, room temperature
• red food coloring
• blue food coloring
• green food coloring
• yellow food coloring

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• preheat an oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line two 12 cup muffin pans with paper baking cups. stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. whisk together the milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl until evenly blended; set aside.
• beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. the mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk mixture, mixing until just incorporated.
• divide the cake batter into four separate bowls. add a few drops of food coloring into one bowl of batter and stir; add more food coloring, if necessary, to reach the desired shade. repeat with the remaining colors and bowls of batter.
• using a different spoon for each color batter, spoon a small spoonful of each color into the cupcake liners, until 1/2 to 3/4 full. do not mix the batter once it is in the cupcake liner. bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes clean, about 15 to 20 minutes.