Thanks! I took about a hundred photos of them, just because they turned out so cool. Of course, now I have to figure out which ninety photos I want to delete from my hard drive now.

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Thank you!

Thanks! I hope yours turn out great. I made the frosting for these lemon flavored.

Yup! Right here on the reveal page.

Thanks! I’ve got the post up now, if you want to check it out.

I wrote more about how I made them here on the new post showing what I was making, but I didn’t go into directions because I didn’t feel like they were all that original–just lucky with the heart! It seems like lots of people have been doing the rainbow cupcakes lately. But, yes, it’s just a vanilla cupcake recipe (from The Whimsical Bakehouse, which is a great cake decorating book if you like vivid colors like this) separated into three bowls and with A LOT of food coloring. I used the Wilton paste-style coloring so the batter wouldn’t get diluted–they’re more potent, anyway. For the red, I mixed Christmas Red and Burgundy. It’s always a challenge to get a good red. Often if you let the batter sit for a few minutes, though, the color will deepen, so I started with the red, did the other two, and then came back and adjusted the red.

Great, glad I was able to help! The Wilton paste colorings are really helpful, especially when you’re adding them to baked goods where it’s even more important that you don’t change things too much. Just be sure to put a lot in, and do it right away so you don’t keep stirring and stirring and toughen the cakes…I had a bit of an issue with that this time.

Thanks! I’m really happy with how they turned out.

Thanks! Wow, I’m unique? Cool! Unfortunately, it’s not my own recipe. They’re the vanilla cupcakes from The Whimsical Bakehouse, which is a really fun, colorful cake decorating book. (If you make them, add more vanilla! The recipe barely asks for any and I can’t taste it.)

Haha, I’m the same way! I won’t buy or eat anything with food coloring…but I’ll bake with it. I tried natural food colorings for awhile but they made me pull my hair out and they weren’t vivid, so I’ve just decided that moderation is key. That and I tend more to take photos of the results than eat them.

It’s the vanilla cupcake recipe from The Whimsical Bakehouse, which is a really fun cake decorating book full of really brightly-colored cakes. I took the batter and divided it among three bowls and added a ton of food coloring, then layered the colors and baked it as usual.

Hmm, but see, if you just painted the cupcakes, you could avoid the artificial stuff by eating around the paint like it was Crisco frosting on someone’s birthday cake. This way you’re forced to get your daily serving of just barely non-toxic chemicals!

Thanks!!