Saturday morning, my girls decided they wanted to do something "fun".
My answer was "isn't every day filled with fun around here?"
So I sent them to Pinterest. To find whatever desert they wanted to make. I told them to find something we could make for the Hubs birthday treat. His birthday is coming up so I thought this would be a good idea for a trial run!
Remember I told them to find what ever they wanted, anything.
I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. After searching all the pretty desserts and finding a nice rainbow jello shot complete with a cherry, (I made her unpin that one, told her that little jello treat included alcohol) they found their project of the day.
Tie Dye Cupcakes
This will be the cliff note version so bear with me. If you need more detailed instruction, go to the link above.
You'll need: 1 box of cake mix, 1 container of frosting, cup cake liners, food coloring and frosting tools (piping bag and tip).
1. You just take your basic box mix, prepare batter as directed.
(We used a box of Betty Crocker Yellow Cake Mix.)
2. Divide batter into separate bowls. The number of bowls will depend on how many different colors you want.
3. Next, the fun part. You make each bowl the color you want, with food coloring. I would say, the brighter the color the better. Our pink was more of a dusty rose. Meh.
(We did 5 different colors total, but the original yellow batter we counted as a color.)
3. Get your cupcake liners into place, then put a spoonful of batter in each liner. Do not mix them, just place the colors on top of each other.
4. Fill the liners 2/3 full.
5. Bake as directed on the box.
6. Completely cool the cupcakes.
6. Now time to get your frosting colors ready.
Divide your frosting into how ever many bowls you have for different colors. Add food coloring to make your desired color.
7. Add a spoonful of each color of frosting to your piping bag. Think of it as a circle. Add in accordingly. Make sure you add a color to the middle too. Don't stress about this part though. It will work out in the end. Trust. Frost away!
(I didn't have a piping bag so I used a baggie and cut the corner to make my own. It did the job.)
(I need better frosting tools but whatever, this worked. I'm a rookie.)
8. Do not frost your cupcakes until they've cooled. They will turn out like this:
(I kind of like them like this.)
Overall, I thought these turned out pretty darn good for our first go at them. I found myself biting into a few of them just to see what the insides looked like. They were literally fun to eat. No worries, I gave most of them to my Hubby to finish. Your welcome babe!
Both girls have already requested these for their Birthday treats!
I think we'll have to keep looking for another Birthday Treat for the Hubs though. These don't exactly scream "Happy Birthday Dad" to me.
