Pure brilliance or utter genius?
This was the question I was asking myself as we mixed, spooned, baked and cooled our first-ever batch of tye-dye cupcakes!
Last year, Lizzie turned 20 and made a list of 20 things to do while 20. In order to help her achieve this mountainous goal, I agreed to assist in the production of tye-dye cupcakes, which was number 8 on the list. We gathered all of our ingredients (most importantly, the neon food coloring) and trekked down College Ave to our friend's apartment to bake.
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| Sarah and Lizzie being mad baking scientists! |
My friend Tawny was in town (visiting from Florida) and was happy to join us on our cupcake-making adventure.
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| Sarah and Tawny |
We agreed to use the Funfetti cake mix (compliments of Pilsbury....love that little dough boy!) as the core of the cupcake and add the food coloring for the tye-dye effect.
We had to separate the batter into four dishes in order to make this magnificent creation.
Although we dirtied up a few more dishes than norm, we were surprised by the colorful creations that came out of the oven twenty minutes later!
At first, we did not know what to call these mini masterpeices, but our friend found precisely the right words: "Unicorn Poop".
Tye-dye cupcakes are one of the easiest ways to break out of your normal cupcake routine. Simply divide your cupcake batter into 4 parts, mix in the food coloring, and scoop different amounts into each cupcake wrapper. Then follow the box decorations to bake.
Bon apeteit!
Sarah & Lizzie
