Rainbow Kool Aid Cupcakes Food

RAINBOW KOOL-AID CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes, blending 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp.) dry drink mix into batter before spooning into prepared muffin cups. Cool in pans 10 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Mix remaining drink mix with frosting in medium bowl until blended. Gently stir in COOL WHIP. Spread onto cupcakes.

WATERMELON KOOL-AID CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes, adding dry drink mix and 1/2 cup chocolate chips to batter before spooning into prepared muffin pan cups.
• Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.
• Remove cupcakes from liners. Spoon frosting into medium bowl. Add COOL WHIP; whisk until blended. Stir in food coloring; spread onto cupcakes. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.

RAINBOW CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and fill a cupcake tray with 10 cases.
• Beat the butter, vanilla and caster sugar together with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Gradually whisk in the eggs, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
• Mix in the flour and a pinch of salt until just combined. Divide into five bowls and colour each a different shade with a drop of food colouring. We chose red, yellow, green, blue and purple.
• Starting with the end of the rainbow (in our case purple), evenly spread 1 tsp of the mixture into each cupcake case using a piping bag or the back of a teaspoon. Top with 1 tsp of the next colour and spread - be careful not to mix the colours together whilst bringing the mix all the way to the edge of the case. Repeat until all the colours are used up and you're left with an even layer of red on the top.
• Bake for 15 mins, until a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
• To make the buttercream, beat the butter until very soft. Add the icing sugar, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt and whisk together until smooth (start off slowly to avoid an icing sugar cloud). Beat in the milk until combined.
• Pipe the buttercream on top of the cupcakes using a circular nozzle, or spread on with a palette knife. Top with sprinkles, if you like.

RAINBOW KOOL-AID ICE CUBES

Steps:

• Mix 1/4 cup sugar and 1-1/2 cups water with red drink mix in 2-cup liquid measuring cup or small bowl; pour into ice cube tray. Repeat with remaining drink mixes, using additional ice cube trays as needed.
• Freeze several hours or until solid.
• Add ice cubes to 10-oz. glasses just before serving. Fill with soda.

RAINBOW KOOL-AID SWEET-TART CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Spray 2 (9-inch) round pans with cooking spray; cover bottoms with parchment. Prepare cake batter from 1 pkg. cake mix as directed on package. Pour half the batter into each of 2 medium bowls. Add dry cherry drink mix to batter in one bowl; mix well. Stir dry orange drink mix into remaining batter. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 28 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 15 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely. Cut cakes in half horizontally to form 2 layers of each color cake.
• Repeat with remaining cake mix and dry drink mixes, washing pans between uses.
• Mix sour cream and sugar in large bowl until blended; gently stir in COOL WHIP. Stack one layer of each color cake on 2 plates, spreading 1/3 cup COOL WHIP mixture onto each cake before covering with next layer. Frost top and side of cakes with remaining COOL WHIP mixture. Refrigerate 2 hours.