I do confess to sending my husband to the store for packaging materials for said treats and becoming rather despondent when he was unable to find the cellophane. I had to use pink saran wrap and curling ribbon. I am still a little sad about this.
On with the Cupcakes!
First I made Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting. I found the recipe here, at Mommy's Kitchen. You should make these. They are divine. Please make them. Trust me.
Cassady and I worked together to make rainbow cupcakes. They are so pretty! (I know this is hard to tell from my photo, since the lighting is all weird). We used a white cake mix, made the batter as directed on the box, then divided it into 6 equal portions. Then you get to make it pretty, by adding food coloring. See?
Once that is all mixed, you can put the batter into your cupcake liners. The first time we made these, I took the time to spread each color evenly in layers. For the carnival, we just sort of dropped the batter into the liners. It made for some funky cupcakes!
We baked the cupcakes as directed on the box, let them cool, then used white frosting to jazz them up. Since I went all out and made homemade frosting for the Peanut Butter Cupcakes (have you made them yet?!), I was a bit lazy and used store bought frosting for these. We did, however, use rainbow Nerds candy to sprinkle on the top. So awesome!
Oh, and if you're wondering about a good batter to food coloring ratio? Go here. This is where we got the idea originally. Also, they have better pictures!
