Rainbow Colorful Cupcakes

This rainbow colorful cupcakes recipe is a favorite. It is great for children’s parties, Mardi Gras or Easter celebrations. They are a creamy ricotta cheese rainbow cupcake with marshmallow buttercream frosting. Colorful cupcakes are fun to make and fun to eat. They are super easy because you start with a box cake mix then add ricotta cheese and lots of fun color and a marshmallow buttercream topping with sprinkles. It makes a decadent cupcake that everyone will love.

Author: Cake Mix Recipes

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Total Time: 28 minutes

Servings: 24 cupcakes

Calories: 230 kcal per serving

Ingredients

1 - cake mix
1 cup - water
⅓ cup - Vegetable Oil
3 - egg whites
¾ cup - ricotta cheese
Gel food coloring
1 ½ sticks - salted butter
1 tsp - vanilla
4 cups - powdered sugar
1 tbsp - half and half, or whole milk
Lorann marshmallow flavored syrup
sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or line a standard muffin tin.
Add cake mix to a large mixing bowl. Using a hand or stand mixer, mix in your water, oil, and eggs on medium until well incorporated. Mix in the ricotta cheese.
Evenly separate the batter into 6 containers and color each with the 6 food colors until desired color of each is achieved.
Add a small spoonful of each color of the batter into the muffin tin until each is about 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream the butter, and beat until light and fluffy. Add in the vanilla extract.
Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, while adding a bit of the half and half or milk in between each cup. Continue to mix for 1 minute or until creamy. Add in your marshmallow flavoring.
Prepare piping bag and fill bag with frosting. Frost your cupcakes and top each cupcake with the rainbow sprinkles

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