Cloud Cupcakes

I spotted these cute cupcakes on Pinterest a while ago and thought they'd be a perfect bake for summer with their pretty sky blue frosting and fluffy white clouds.  As the sun has FINALLY decided to make an appearance it was time to give them a go!

My little girl helped make the sponge batter which we flavoured with lots of vanilla as its her favourite but you could make it any flavour you like, I think lemon would be great to go with the summery theme.  It's just a basic 2 egg sponge mix so I won't type out the recipe or method.

The frosting is a vanilla buttercream tinted with blue gel colour (reserve some for the clouds before colouring!) and roughly swirled over the cakes.  The little clouds were done by my daughter using a piping bag fitted with a star tip and the reserved vanilla frosting.

The rainbows are cut from strips of 'Rainbow Belts' sweets.  We are lucky to have an amazing pick and mix shop on our doorstep which stocks all kinds of hard to find sweets so these were easy to find but you can always order them online.  They are simply cut into shorter lengths, bent slighly in the centre and then pushed into the buttercream clouds so they stay in place.

Lovely, summery, colourful cupcakes that taste as good as they look!