Rainbow Animal Cupcakes
Easy to make and such a fun and colorful dessert to make with kids. Get creative with your toppings and animals.
Equipment
- 2 Muffin Pans
- Silicone Baking Cups
Ingredients
Rainbow Cupcakes
- 1 box Pillsbury Cake Mix - White Cake
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 box food coloring
Frosting & Animal Topping
- 1 bag oreos
- 1 bag mini marshmellos
- 1 handful plain m&m's
- 16 oz pillsbury cream cheese frosting
- 1 bag candy eyes
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
Instructions
Rainbow Cupcakes
- Follow the back of the box instruction for your cake mix.
- Put silicone baking cups or paper cupcake liners into muffin tray.
- Before pouring cupcake mix into muffin tins, separate mix evenly into 4 small bowls.
- Add a few drops of food coloring into each bowl and mix well. 1 color per bowl. More drops = darker and more vibrant color. Less drops = lighter and more dull color
- With one color of the mix, put a teaspoon full in each cup.
- Repeat with each color creating layers of colored cupcake mix until the cupcake cup is a little over 1/2 full.
- Bake in oven for 19-23 minutes at 350°. Use a toothpick to see if done.
Animal Cupcake Topping - Owl
- Divide 1/2 the cream cheese frosting into a small mixing bowl.
- Add the cocoa powder to the bowl of cream cheese frosting and mix well.
- Using a knife or frosting utinsil, frost 6 of your cupcakes.
- Divide a few oreos in 1/2 while keeping the white filling on one side. Use the filling covered pieces and place them on the top 1/2 of the cupcake for the owl's eyes.
- Crack a non filling oreo piece in 1/2 and add to top of the eye for eyebrows.
- Use an m&m for a nose and two candy eyes on top of the white oreo filling for eyes.
- Eat & enjoy!
Animal Cupcake Topping- Sheep
- With the rest of the white cream cheese frosting, frost the remaining cupcakes.
- Use a Oreo side without the filling for the face. Place the Oreo cookie towards the bottom of the top of the cupcake.
- Dip the candy eyes into the cream cheese frosting in the tub and then place the eyes on the oreo for the sheeps eyes.
- Cover the frosting on the cupcake with marshmellos.
- Eat & enjoy!