Basic ingredients are the following:
White cake mix
Water, Oil and Egg Whites (per instructions on the box)
2 Containers Fluffy White Icing
Food colouring
Cupcake liners
Cupcake pan
Multiple mixing bowls
The batter is easy enough to make. Simply follow the instructions on the box. The original Betty Crocker recipe calls for six colours (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple). However, the fun of this recipe is that you can pick how ever many colours you wish or the colours that work for a particular theme. For the party, I pared the colours down to just the primary colours (red, yellow and blue).
Once your batter is made according to the instructions on the box, divide the batter evenly amongst three bowls or large measuring cups. I prefer using food colour gels or pastes and only used 1/2 teaspoon to get the colours as strong as I wanted (I only use Wilton colouring products and for this recipe, I used Christmas Red, Sky Blue and Lemon Yellow).
Layer the colours in the paper liners. You can switch up the order or make all cupcakes the same. Fill to no more than 2/3 full. I used two tablespoons of each colour. Bake according to the instructions on the box.
The icing is coloured using the same shades. I divided the icing evenly and used only one container other than the tubes the icing came in. Again, I used less than 1/2 teaspoon to get the intensity I wanted to achieve.
Once the cupcakes are down, let them cool thoroughly, so as not to melt the icing. They already look fun when they come out of the oven.
Icing is the most fun! Spoon each of the colours into an icing bag and try to line them up side by side. The bag definitely looks tie-dyed. I suggest piping some out into a bowl until all of the colours are coming out at the same time, then ice away!
The cupcake and icing combination are a big hit with kids (and those who are kids at heart). Apparently they went like hotcakes at the party, I think they were gone within the first hour.
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