.Amanda Cupcake. Sweet Dreamer ♥: Cotton Candy Cupcake Recipe! (2024)

I insert the tip into the end of a disposable piping bag,cut off the end and pipe little multi-color swirls of frosting all over the top of my cupcake. The best colors to use as a rainbow cotton candy swirl are a dot of Americolor Sky Blue (for a pastel cotton candy blue color), a dot or two of Americolor Electric Pink, and a dot of Americolor Royal Purple. Think light and fluffy for your colors. You only need 3 base colors because the colors will mix together once they are in your piping bag and create other light and fluffy colors! To learn how to create the rainbow frosting swirl effect, you can read my Vanilla Rainbow Cupcake blog tutorial here: Fantasy Vanilla Almond Rainbow Cupcakes!

The actual inside of the cupcake is a rainbow too. And I baked little shreds of cotton candy inside the cupcake. When you bake these, your kitchen will smell so nostalgic. I wish I could take this scent with me everywhere. I piped little colors on top of each other inside of the rainbow cupcake using 3 different disposable piping bags full of different colors.

You aren't limited to only making your cotton candy cupcakes look like cotton candy though! Think of what cotton candy swirls look like in your own imagination. I came up with purple poodles!

You are a cupcake superhero. I believe it.
So here is the recipe.
Pour yourself an epic glitterized superhero coffee, and go for it.

COTTONCANDYRAINBOWCUPCAKES♥What you will need:

Ingredients: (Makes appx 18Cupcakes)

1 Box of WhiteCakeMix

1/3Cupof Vegetable Oil

1 ¼CupButtermilk (instead of water)

4 Eggs

1 TspCottonCandyLiquid “Extract” (found at localcakesupply stores) and/or one packet of blue Duncan Hines Cotton Candy Frosting Flavor

1 small (3 or 4 oz) box of White Chocolate Pudding, Dry in Powder Form

CottonCandy, ready to tear up into small pieces & bake inside of cupcake.

For Colored Rainbow Batter:

♥Electric Pink Gel Paste Color (I use the brand Americolor in the squeeze bottles)

♥Royal Purple or Electric Purple Gel Paste Colo♥Sky Blue Gel Paste Color (with this color, optional—BlueCottonCandyFlavor Mix-found in baking aisle at local grocery stores)

For piping the rainbow batter inside cupcake liners: 3 Disposable Decorating Bags

Directions:

1.Preheat the oven to 325.

2.Line cupcake tins with cupcake papers.

3.Blend all ingredients (except colors) together for about 2 minutes in your mixer.

4. Take out 3 separate bowls and pour about 1 1/2 Cups of white batter in eachbowl.

5.Squeeze three drops of the Electric Pink color into one of the bowls.

6.Squeeze three drops of the Purple color into one of the bowls.

7.Squeeze three drops of the Sky Blue color into one of the bowls. Optional: Add half a 0.10 oz packet of blueCottonCandyflavor mix to this color batter during this step. This will give your cupcake a boost ofcottoncandyflavor.

8.Fill one disposable decorating bag with Electric Pink Batter and cut a small hole at the end for piping.

9.Fill a second disposable decorating bag with your Purple batter and cut a small hole at the end for piping.

10.Fill a third disposable decorating bag with your Sky Blue Batter and cut a small hole at the end for piping.

11.Cover the bottom of your cupcake liner with a small amount of pink cupcake batter, using your piping bag to pipe the batter out neatly.

12.Tear a piece ofcottoncandyoff and place on top of pink batter, this will bake inside the cupcake and give your cupcake flavor.

13.Repeat by piping purple batter on top ofcottoncandy& pink batter.

14.Repeat by piping sky blue batter on top of your purple batter.

15.Continue to repeat alternating between rainbow color batter until your cupcake liner is about ½ full.

16.Bake at 325 for about 20-25 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

17.Let cool before decorating, but if the temptation strikes-cut into the cupcake! A beautiful rainbowcottoncandysurprise inside of the cupcake!

COTTONCANDYFROSTING:

Ingredients: (Frosts appx 18-20Cupcakes)

7 oz Marshmallow Cream at room temperature.
2 Cups Unsalted Butter, softened but not melted.
3 Teaspoons liquidCottonCandy“Extract” (found at localcakedecorating supply stores)
and/or Duncan Hines Cotton Candy Frosting Flavor
6-8 Cups Powdered Sugar

For Decorating:
Piping Bags & French Pastry Tip.
Optional:CottonCandy& Hologram Silver Disco Dust

Colorsneeded to make your frosting look like puffycottoncandypeaks on top of cupcake:

Sky Blue Color Gel(add one whole 0.10 oz packet of BlueCottonCandyFrosting Flavor Mix to this color).
Plain White Frosting

Instructions:
1. In stand mixer using flat beater attachment, whip Marshmallow Cream & Unsalted Butter until creamy.

2. AddCottonCandyFlavoring to Butter & Marshmallow Cream base.

3. Gradually add Powdered Sugar until you reach desired frosting thickness (less for creamier frosting, more powdered sugar for stiffer frosting—better for piping ).

4. Separate Frosting into 3 bowls, just like you did with the cupcake batter. In one bowl, add 2-3 drops of electric pink. Repeat in 2^ndbowl with Sky Blue but make sure you add one whole .10 oz packet of BlueCottonCandyFrosting Flavor Mix to this color. Add already made white frosting to 3^rdbowl. If you want colors to be brighter-add more color per bowl. This is up to you! Youdon'tneed purple color here because pink, sky blue & white will eventually pipe out a purple color as you decorate.

5. To pipe a rainbow colored “cottoncandy” inspired peak on top of cupcake: Cut opening at the end point of disposable piping bag and slide French pastry tip down through the hole.

6. Stack each color of frosting on top of each other inside of the piping bag. (Pink, Sky Blue, White).7. Pipe little peaks as shown in picture to resembleCottonCandyPeaks!8. Optional: Tear off pieces ofcottoncandyand set on top of frosting swirls. Serve immediately if decorating with realcottoncandy, sincecottoncandywill wilt into the frosting.