3D Rainbow cupcakes | Recipe - Stacey in the Sticks

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With little man N’s Naming Day theme being rainbow and a rainbow featuring on his main cake, I had my thinking cap on for some kind of rainbow themed cupcakes to go with it which can easily be made in my kitchen with the latest appliances and utensils. You don’t even need a piping nozzle for this and it’s okay for it to look a bit messy. They also feature a fab retro sweet! Perfect for any rainbow themed party.

Ingredients (makes 12)
Cupcakes

150 g butter
150 g caster sugar
150 g self raising flour
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

Butter cream icing

500 g icing sugar
250 g butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
rainbow belts

Method

Preheat oven to gas 4 / 350F / 180C. Place cupcake cases into a 12 hole muffin tin.
Cream together the butter & sugar until light & creamy.
Beat in the eggs, adding a little flour each time. Beat in the remaining flour and the vanilla until mixture is well combined, smooth & creamy.
Divide the mixture between the cases.
Bake for 15-20 mins, until a skewer or cocktail stick inserted comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the butter cream icing, beat the butter until smooth & creamy.
Add half the icing sugar and beat until well combined.
Add the rest of the icing sugar and the vanilla and beat until smooth & creamy.
When the cupcakes are cool, take the palette knife and spread butter cream on top of each cupcake. It doesn’t matter if it’s lumpy on there as it gives it a ‘cloud’ like texture.
Take the teaspoon and spoon a small blob onto two sides of each cupcake. Again it doesn’t matter if it looks a little messy.
Before the icing starts to set, take a rainbow belt – if they are a little long you may need to chop a bit off – and put one end into each blob of icing so it is curved like a rainbow.
Enjoy!