FOOD: Rainbow Cupcakes FTW!

So I have a fairly easy, but time consuming, cupcake project for all y'all!
RAINBOW CUPCAKES!!!

I say they are time consuming because these cupcakes are not only rainbow batter, but rainbow icing as well. They are SUPER RAINBOW CUPCAKES!!! And that requires a lot of separating batter and icing and dying everything. I also made these at 2AM and was probably moving slower than I usually do....

Here's what you need:

• White cake mix
• White icing
• Food coloring
• Eighty bajillion mixing bowls (More like 6 - one for each color)

Prepare your cake mix according to directions. I used a box mix to make things simpler.
Separate the mix equally into each of the 6 bowls.
Color each bowl differently to your desired color. I did rainbow colors, but I think it would also look cool to do ombre or something similar.

It's much easier when the bowls are equally sized...

To get a brighter purple, you should use a neon pink instead of red, but I didn't have that on hand so mine came out a dark purple, but still pretty awesome.

Too much blue.

Begin with the color you want on the bottom and pour equally into each prepared cupcake liner.
Continue with the other colors and layer each one on top until you reach the top color. It is easiest if you lightly pour directly in the center of the cupcake so the color is pushed out to the sides.

Bake according to directions and let cool on a baking rack.

You can kind of see a red/orange marble effect.

Now for the icing!

There are two different ways you could create rainbow icing.

1. Separate the icing into multiple containers and color each container to your color preference. Put a spoonful of each color into an icing bag or ziplock baggie with the tip cut off and pipe on in a circular motion.

Courtesy of Google Images.

2. The second technique is the one I used and it works best with an icing bag and a large star or rose tip. Smaller tips work fine, but you get more of an effect with the larger ones. Using gel food coloring "paint long lines on the inside of the bag, make sure they are not too close together. Fill bag with white icing and pipe on in a circular motion.

Courtesy of Google Images.

Enjoy the rainbowy goodness!