Rainbow Cupcakes with Vanilla Cloud Frosting

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 5 Egg whites

• Baking & Spices

  • 4 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tbsp Clear vanilla
  • 3 cups Flour
  • 4 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1 Rainbow colors of gel food coloring
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tiny pinch Salt
  • 2 1/3 cups Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 2 sticks 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 11/16 cups Milk

Found on dinnerthendessert.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2⅓ cups sugar
• 5 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1½ cups milk, warmed for 30 sec in microwave to bring to room temp
• Rainbow colors of Gel food coloring
• 1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 tablespoon clear vanilla (if you use normal vanilla it will not be as white, but will be just as delicious)
• tiny pinch of salt
• 3 tablespoons of milk

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In your stand mixer cream the butter and sugar together until much lighter in color, like a easter-y spring yellow (2-3 minutes).
• Add in the egg whites and vanilla until totally combined.
• Add the salt and baking powder to the flour.
• Add in the dry ingredients and the milk alternating 1 cup of flour and ½ cup of milk at a time.
• Add one cup of the batter to 6 different bowls.
• Color each bowl with your gel food coloring in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
• Mix until the colors are fully combined.
• Your choice here: Spoon or ziploc bags.
• Either add the batter to 6 sandwich size ziploc bags and pipe just enough to make a thin layer of each color (maybe ¼ inch tall batter layers)
• OR
• with a small spoon, spoon just under a tablespoon of batter into each cup.
• Start with purple, then blue, then green, then yellow, then orange and finally red.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes.
• To make the frosting:
• Whip the butter in your stand mixer with your paddle attachment(I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one with a built in scraper) until you see the butter is lighter in color (1 minute).
• Add in the vanilla.
• Add in the powdered sugar in 1 cup increments with the milk 1 tablespoon at a time, ending with powdered sugar.
• Mix on high for 1 minute after each addition.
• Your frosting should be SUPER light and fluffy, just like a delicious vanilla cloud.
• Using a closed star tip and decorating bag, pipe your frosting onto the cooled cupcakes.