How to make Rainbow Kirby Cupcakes

How to make Rainbow Kirby Cupcakes

I recently saw this tutorial by Youtube user Fondasaurusrex on how to make rainbow cupcakes.  Naturally, I wanted to put a video game theme to them, so I decided to make them Kirby cupcakes, because he’s so darn cute!  Here’s how I made them.  Enjoy!

What you’ll Need

-         White cake mix and the ingredients listed on the package

-         Food coloring

-         Black icing

-         Pink icing

-         White icing

-         7 bowls or disposable cups

-         7 disposable spoons

-         Cupcake tin

-         Cupcake liners

-         Piping bag (unless your icing comes with nibs)

Steps

 1.  Make the cake mix and set the oven according to package directions.

2.  Ladle the mix equally into the 7 bowls.

  

3.  Mix the food coloring into the bowls.  Continue mixing colours until you get all the colors of the rainbow.  I have purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, and reddish pink.

A cautionary note:  my cupcake tins were too small for the amount of colours I made.  I ended up splitting my cupcakes into two: one batch had purple, blue, green and pink, the other had yellow, orange and pink.  I'd recommend using a large cupcake tin if you want all the colors.

4.  Line your baking tin with the liners and start layering the colored batter.  Start with purple.  Continue adding the colors one by one until you read the top (reddish pink).

 5.  Place the cupcakes in the oven for the directed amount of time.  When they’re done, let them cool completely.

 6.  Since most of mine came out cracked, I decided to ice the top to smooth them out before I added the Kirby faces.  To do this, take some white frosting and add a little red food coloring.  Then, frost over top of the cupcakes.

 7. Decorate the faces with the black and pink icing

 8. Give them to your friends and enjoy!