rainbow cupcakes🌈 Ingredients for cake: - 227 g butter , softened - 466.67 g sugar - 5 egg whites - 1 tablespoon vanilla - 375 g flour - 4 teaspoons baking powder - 0.5 teaspoon salt - 366 g milk, warmed for 30 sec in microwave to bring to room temp - Rainbow colors of Gel food coloring Frosting: - 227 g butter (2 sticks), softened - 480 g powdered sugar , sifted - 1 tablespoon clear vanilla (if you use normal vanilla it will not be as white, but will be just as delicious) - tiny pinch salt - 3 tablespoons milk Instructions - Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. - In your stand mixer cream the butter and sugar together until much lighter in color, like a easter-y spring yellow (2-3 minutes). - Add in the egg whites and vanilla until totally combined. - Add the salt and baking powder to the flour. - Add in the dry ingredients and the milk alternating 1 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of milk at a time. - Add one cup of the batter to 6 different bowls. - Color each bowl with your gel food coloring in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. - Mix until the colors are fully combined. - With a small spoon, spoon just under a tablespoon of batter into each cup. - Start with purple, then blue, then green, then yellow, then orange and finally red. - Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean For frosting: - Whip the butter in your stand mixer with your paddle attachment until you see the butter is lighter in color (1 minute). - Add in the vanilla. - Add in the powdered sugar in 1 cup increments with the milk 1 tablespoon at a time, ending with powdered sugar. - Mix on high for 1 minute after each addition. - Your frosting should be SUPER light and fluffy, just like a delicious vanilla cloud. - Using a closed star tip and decorating bag, pipe your frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. - #rainbowcupcakes #cupcakesdecorados #cupcakestyles #cupcakeslovers #bakingfun #bakingaddiction #dessertsgram
