5.0 from 15 votes
Rainbow Cupcakes
Rainbow Cupcakes are super easy and cute. The perfect cupcake for St. Patrick's Day, children's birthday parties or any random day of the week!
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 24
Calories: 232 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 24 Cupcakes baked and undecorated
- 2 cups vanilla buttercream frosting
- Blue Food coloring
- 2 tablespoons Gold sugar pearls
- 1 package Rainbow Candy Belts
- 2 tablespoons Cake sparkles
Instructions
- Reserve 2 tablespoons vanilla buttercream frosting, mix the rest with blue food coloring achieving the perfect cloudy blue. Frost each cupcake.
- Spoon remaining buttercream into a piping bag or a sandwich bag, snip the end. Pipe two balls on each side to secure the rainbows.
- Cut rainbow candy belts into 1 1/2 inch pieces, secure them between the "clouds".
- Using tweezers, place gold sugar pearls into the clouds.
- Sprinkle cake sprinkles over "blue sky" and serve.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
232kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
37g
(12%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
175mg
(7%)
Potassium
47mg
(1%)
Sugar
27g
(54%)
Vitamin A
20IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
0.1mg
(0%)
Calcium
56mg
(6%)
Iron
0.7mg
(4%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 232
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 232kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 175mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 47mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 27g | 54% |
| Vitamin A | 20IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 56mg | 6% |
| Iron | 0.7mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.