School Spirit Cupcakes

Name: School Spirit Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened; 2 tsps pure vanilla extract; 1 package (16 oz) confectioners' sugar sifted; 2 tbsps milk; McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye; McCormick® Assorted NEON! Food Colors & Egg Dye; black food color; 18 unfrosted cupcakes use your favorite flavor or school color

Prepare cupcakes in school or team colors for school events, graduation parties or sports celebrations. See Tips below for directions on how to tint frosting.

30m

PREP TIME

350

CALORIES

8

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 18 (1 cupcake)

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 teaspoons McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
1 package (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons milk
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
McCormick® Neon Food Colors & Egg Dye
McCormick® Black Food Color
18 unfrosted cupcakes, use your favorite flavor or school color

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, beating until well blended after each addition, frequently scraping sides and bottom of bowl. Add milk; beat until light and fluffy.
2 Divide frosting evenly into 2 separate bowls. Stir in food color from tips below to tint each bowl of frosting desired color. If frosting is too thick to spread after adding color, gradually stir in additional milk.
3 Fill pastry bag fitted with a star tip with prepared tinted frosting. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes, as desired. Test Kitchen Tip : To create frosting twists, place 2 to 3 colors of frosting side by side in same pastry bag. Pipe frosting swirls onto cupcakes, as desired.
4 Frosting Colors:

• Orange Frosting: 48 drops Yellow + 50 drops Red

• Blue Frosting: 100 drops Neon Blue

• Red Frosting: 150 drops Red + 10 drops Yellow + 3 drops Black

• Purple Frosting: 150 drops Neon Purple + 30 drops Neon Blue

• Green Frosting: 150 drops Green + 6 drops Black

• Gold Frosting: 100 drops Yellow + 1 drop Black

TIPS AND TRICKS

Test Kitchen Tip : If a pastry bag is unavailable, place 1 tablespoon of each color frosting on each cupcake. Spread and swirl frosting with small knife or spatula.

Test Kitchen Tip : 1/4 teaspoon Food Color = 20 to 25 drops