Hippy Chick Tie Die Cupcakes

These fun and colorful cupcakes are really fun to make with kids. Every bite is a full color explosion!

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Hippy Chick Tie Die Cupcakes
These fun and colorful cupcakes are really fun to make with kids. Every bite is a full color explosion!
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8710 calories
939 g
1243 g
544 g
50 g
188 g
1813 g
3811 g
488 g
35 g
323 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
1813g
Yields
20
Amount Per Serving
Calories 8710
Calories from Fat 4797
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 544g
836%
Saturated Fat 188g
940%
Trans Fat 35g
Polyunsaturated Fat 104g
Monounsaturated Fat 219g
Cholesterol 1243mg
414%
Sodium 3811mg
159%
Total Carbohydrates 939g
313%
Dietary Fiber 6g
23%
Sugars 488g
Protein 50g
Vitamin A
135%
Vitamin C
2%
Calcium
89%
Iron
36%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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What you need
  1. 1 box of white (or tie-die cake mix) -- I recommend Duff Goldman Tie-Dye Cake Mix
  2. 1 cup of butter milk
  3. 1/3 cup of vegetable oil (if the cake mix box calls for more or less oil - use the amount on the box)
  4. 4 eggs
  5. 1 box of red, yellow, green and blue food coloring
For the "decorators" frosting
  1. 4 cups of confectioner's sugar
  2. 1 cup vegetable shortening
  3. 2 tablespoons of water
  4. 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  5. 3 tablespoons of corn syrup
To make the cupcakes
  1. Preheat the oven to 350
  2. Line the muffin cups with paper liners
  3. Put the cake mix in your mixing bowl
  4. Add in the buttermilk, vegetable oil and eggs
  5. Beat until moistened – about 30 seconds
  6. Increase the speed to high and beat until thick – about another 2 mins
  7. Separate the cake mix equally into 6 bowls. (see photo)
  8. Make Red: Add 150 of drops of red food color
  9. Make Orange: Add 50 of drops of red food color and add 45 drops of yellow food color
  10. Make Yellow: Add 22 of drops of yellow food color
  11. Make Green: Add 76 of drops of green food color
  12. Make Blue: Add 61 of drops of blue food color
  13. Make Purple: Add 22 of drops of blue food color and add 35 of drops of red food color
  14. Using a spoon layer each of the colors into the liners filling the cups about 2/3 of the way to the top. (see photo below)
  15. Bake for 15-20 mins – until a toothpick poked into the cupcake centers comes out clean.
  16. Remove the cupcakes from the baking plans and allow to cool completely before frosting.
To make the decorator's Frosting
  1. Combine confectioner's sugar, vegetable shortening, water and vanilla extract in a medium-size mixing bowl.
  2. Beat the mixture with an electric mixer on low speed, just until combined.
  3. At this point, the frosting will be very thin.
  4. Turn the speed to medium and beat for an additional five minutes.
  5. The frosting should be light and fluffy after beating.
  6. Add 3 tablespoons of corn syrup .
  7. Turn the electric mixer on medium and beat for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the desired consistency (pretty thick) is achieved.
  8. Put the frosting into a piping bag to use for decorating.
Tips & tricks
  1. Decorator's frosting is very thick. If you'd rather a fluffy butter cream frosting (like the photo) check out the vanilla butter cream recipe here.
Beta Nutrition
calories
8710
fat
544g
protein
50g
carbs
939g
Full Info.
Jessy + Melissa https://www.jessyandmelissa.com/
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