How to Make Tie Dye Cupcakes

Not one person can go without making cupcakes in their lifetime.  We choose to discuss about the creation of the perfect cupcake for any unfortunate individuals out there who have not fulfilled this imperative obstacle in their life.  Almost everybody has seen the basic chocolate and vanilla cupcakes.  With just a bit more time involved, any person with baking abilities can create tie-dye cupcakes.  Tie-dye cupcakes, a fusion of colors similar to orange, blue, green, purple, yellow, and red, can make any event so much more colorful.  Why do people choose to create these tiny but delicious treats?  The simple cupcakes, vanilla and chocolate, were developed to make baking simpler.  It avoided the chance of burning a cake and risk of forgetting the recipe.  Nowadays, the understanding of creating tie-dye cupcakes can help with any social event, since it does bring about much liveliness to everything.  The baking of cupcakes can be an entertaining occasion for all ages and can bring families and friends together.

We joined a group because we were all interested in the same idea of desserts.  Through an outside resource, Pintrest, the idea of tie-dye cupcakes captured our eye.  After much discussion and picture hunting, we decided to share it with everybody.  With such an interesting idea of cupcake baking, a person must know all the ingredients, preparation, and processes to produce the perfect tie-dye cupcake.

Being prepared is essential

No dessert can be made delicious without the correct ingredients.  This may mean running to the town’s best supper market.  The ingredients needed are three eggs, water, olive oil, a tube of frosting, food coloring, and a box of cake mix.  We prefer to use Betty Crocker white cake mix and Pillsbury Frosting.  It depends on the baker preferences for each.  Every cupcake should be contained in a cupcake liner.  These cupcake liners can add a decorative touch to the already colorful cupcakes.  There are supplies needed to fulfill the entire process.  One large mixing bowl, seven spoons, ¼ measuring cup, 1/3 measuring cup, six medium-sized bowls, twenty-four cupcake liners, two cupcake pans, an oven and oven mitts are very helpful for the baking.  Make sure to start preheating the oven at 350^o.  With all of these utensils and ingredients, you are well on your way to making a delicious dessert.

 

 

Combining and creating the delicious batter is a must

 

Since you have all of your supplies and ingredients, the ingredients can now be combined in the large mixing bowl.  Set aside at least one hour of your time to complete the baking process. Grab the bowl and place it in front of you to assure all the ingredients get into the bowl.  Get the three eggs, 1 ¼ cup of water, 1/3 cup of olive oil, and the cake mix.  Crack the three eggs into the large mixing bowl and pour in the water, olive oil and cake mix as well.  Once everything needed is in the bowl, grab one spoon and start mixing the ingredients.  Mix for about three or more minutes to get the right consistency.  There may be chunks in the mix and that is completely fine.

 

Now a bit of color is needed to make these tie-dye cupcakes

 

The large mixing bowl is now full with all the ingredients needed for regular cupcakes.  The food coloring needs to be used to liven up the cupcakes.  Evenly distribute the batter from the large mixing bowl into the six smaller bowls.  Make sure fairly even so every color can be shown in the cupcakes.  Once each bowl is filled the food coloring can be added.  The colors of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, can go in each dish.  Use the number of food coloring drops recommended for each color on the back of the food coloring box.  For colors like purple and orange, a mixture of colors needs to be used.  Now you have successfully created all the colors of the rainbow.

 

 

Be prepared to create a colorful masterpiece

 

Now the colors are all ready and you can begin to make the actual cupcakes.  It is essential that you first put the twenty-four cupcake liners into the two cupcake pans.  Now the pans and cupcake liners are ready to go.  Grab one spoon, one for each color, and use those to spread the colorful batter.  Start with the purple colored cake mix to apply the first layer.  Then go through the rest of the colors in reverse order of the rainbow, blue, green, yellow, orange and red, layering them one by one.  This allows for an equal amount of each colored batter to be present in the cupcake.

 

Bake and wait for the rest

Now the cupcakes are ready to be baked.  The oven is preheated at 350^o and is ready for baking. If you prefer to use oven mitts, this would be a good time to use them; however, not necessary.  Grab the cupcake pans and open the oven door. Place the two cupcake pans into the oven on the top rack..  Set the timer for 18 minutes.  During the 18 minutes, watch the formation of the sweet-smelling and colorful cupcakes come alive.

 

Now time to add the final touches

Once the cupcakes have baked for 18 minutes, they are ready to come out of the oven.  For safety reasons you should use oven mites to avoid burning of hands.  Check to make sure they are done by poking a cupcake in the center with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean they are done. Allow 10 minutes for them to cool.  This avoids the frosting from running off the cupcakes. Use your washed hands and grab the cupcakes and cupcake liners together from the pans.  Grab the tube of frosting and spoons.  Start applying the colorful cupcakes with the frosting. The frosting can be applied any way the creator chooses, thick or thin.  Now they are finally finished and ready to enjoy!

 

-Jennifer Buss, Nikki Kahler, and Monica Natzke