Rainbow Cupcakes!

Colorful cupcakes can brighten a rainy day.

-1 box of store bought cake mix or homemade cake batter (I used rainbow chip cake mix)

-Ingredients needed for cupcakes 1 box of cake mix, 1 cup of water or milk, 1/2 cup of vegetable oil, 3 eggs.

-Food coloring (colors of the rainbow)

-Oven

-Muffin tins and liners

-Icing

Mix together 1 box of cake mix, 1 cup of water/milk(I did half a cup of both), 1/2 cup of oil, and 3 eggs.

Fill each section of a greased muffin pan 3/4 full. Makes about 17 cupcakes.

You can make your own icing or you can use store bought, I prefer homemade.

To make icing, mix the butter and shortening in a large bowl till smooth. Then add 2 cups of powdered sugar and mix. Add vanilla and 1 tablespoon of water or milk. Add the rest of sugar. Then add the remaining water/milk and mix until smooth. Put in fridge until cupcakes are ready.

Vanilla Icing

1/2 cup of salted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup of shortening

4 cups of powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp of vanilla

2-3 tbsp of water or milk

In little bowls, add a few drops of food coloring to small amounts of icing(in colors of the rainbow).

I hope you enjoy these rainbow cupcakes.