Tie-Dye Cupcakes 101
April 28, 2010 at 11:46 am , by Sonia Harmon
One of our hippie-at-heart staffers (that’s you Lisa!) has two favorite things—tie-dye and cupcakes. So for her birthday, I decided to combine the two for the ultimate birthday surprise: tie-dye cupcakes! They’re actually pretty easy to make. Start by making plain vanilla cake batter as you normally would, and then evenly pour the batter into five different small bowls. Use food coloring to dye each bowl of cake batter a different color:
Now comes the time-consuming part; spoon about a tablespoon of each color into the cupcake tins. I started with purple on the bottom, then blue, green, yellow and finally, red. Once that’s done, pop them into the oven and bake them according to the instructions. Mine were in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Here’s how they turned out:
I love how they look fresh out of the oven—so fun! Then I just topped them with vanilla cream cheese icing, and added some pretty sprinkles for extra pizazz:
Ta-da! They turned out great (and tasted pretty good too). They’re even more fun to look at after you take a bite:
Do you have any fun recipes you love to make? Tell us in the comments!
Categories: Ladies' Lounge | Tags: Cupcakes, Food, Tie-Dye | 13 Comments
13 Responses to “Tie-Dye Cupcakes 101”
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Written on April 28, 2010 at 11:54 am, by Anna
This is such a great idea! Love it!
Written on April 28, 2010 at 11:56 am, by Lisa M. Gerry
How lucky am I have to have such sweet (and talented!) friends and coworkers?! And Sonia, they taste far better than “pretty good.” They are DELICIOUS!!!! And very groovy!!
Written on April 28, 2010 at 12:08 pm, by Cheryl
And they’re delicious as well!!
Written on April 28, 2010 at 12:23 pm, by Ali
Wow, that is so cool!! Very groovy!!
Written on April 28, 2010 at 12:48 pm, by Michelle Chantel
Sweet! You should come home and make those. ;D
Written on April 28, 2010 at 1:41 pm, by Amanda Wolfe
I love the bright colors–so fun. Thanks for sharing your tips.
Written on April 28, 2010 at 1:44 pm, by Terri
How fun! Looks like an easy enough recipe … I’ll think I’ll try it and share with my yoga-hippie buddies! Happy Birthday, Lisa!
Written on April 29, 2010 at 9:24 am, by nicole
these look so good! happy birthday, lisa!
Written on June 11, 2010 at 9:29 am, by DaD
looks like a hidden talent!
Sooooo, you want your own (georgetown) cupcake factory???
impart your new ideas!
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Written on April 12, 2011 at 3:44 pm, by Chris
About how many drops of food coloring did you use in each bowl? The color looks so vibrant and saturated.
Written on April 12, 2011 at 4:07 pm, by Sonia
I only used 3-4 drops each. I actually started to run out of the blue coloring and it still turned out pretty well.