Stop everything and check out these rainbow hi hat cupcakes

These are some of the coolest cupcakes I've ever seen! They're by blogger Craftstorming, who has the recipe and writes: "Below the white chocolate shell is a fluffy rainbow of marshmallow icing and hidden below that is a pot of ‘gold’ caramel. Continuing with all things Irish the dark chocolate cupcakes contain whiskey." Wow!! Via Flickr.





and what they look like on the outside:

Gold coins and rainbow St. Patrick's Day cupcakes

Beautiful shiny and pretty and colorful cupcakes by Bits of Splendor, where you can get the cake mix recipe! Hint: lots of food coloring is involved.

Hidden gold inside St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, a must see

You won't have to search far for the gold in these St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, just bite in! They're by blogger Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, who has instructions on making your own.

How to make St. Patrick's Day very bright rainbow cupcakes with buttercream shamrocks: video, plus Cadbury Creme egg, Glee and Beatles cupcakes

This is a detailed 12-minute video about how to make very bright rainbow cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day, by blogger Jennifer Johns of Cupcakes, Cookies and Cardio (what a great name!). She also has her own business, JJ's Custom Cakery, so if you don't want to make them, you can order your own in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada by contacting jenn at jjscustomcakery.com or 778-517-1415. You can see more photos on Facebook. (They also showed us how to make the popular Valentine's Day heart cutout cupcakes in a video)



This is how bright they are, at least when made by JJ's Custom Cakery (and you, presumably, if you use the right amount of food coloring):





More about JJ's Custom Cakery:

JJ’s Custom Cakery is the East Kootenay’s newest and most professional bakery. We are a home based business, offering clients all over the Kootenay’s the tastiest and most beautiful cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other baked goods. JJ’s started in March 2011, and has loved serving the East Kootenay’s since! We bake out of a health certified kitchen so you can be assured that your cake was made in the hands of a Food Safe baker, and in an inspected environment.

While I'm posting about them, here are a few other cupcakes, Easter cupcakes (including a Cadbury Creme egg cupcake!), a cupcake bouquet that would be great for Mother's Day, more rainbows, hi hat cupcakes because I can never resist them, and the same goes for the Glee and Beatles cupcakes, all from their Facebook page.

5 Lucky Charms cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day plus recipe links and cereal history facts

With St. Patrick's Day coming up on March 17th, and being that Lucky Charms is one of my favorite cereals (though I tend to pick out the marshmallows and eat them first), here are 5 Lucky Charms cupcakes to get you in a celebratory mood.




Magically delicious sparkly gold flake and green velvet Lucky Charms cupcakes by Saucy's Sprinkles - click for recipe


by Cupcake Project made with homemade Lucky Charms - click for recipe


by blogger Mrs. Fox's Sweets. From the post:

The icing is homemade buttercream. The cupcakes are topped with a little green sugar and then, of course, the Lucky Charms! From reading the reviews on the Betty Crocker website, I already knew that the cereal will quickly go stale if not served immediately. I tried using meringue powder in the icing and a layer of green sugar on top of the icing to possibly help prevent this, but no luck. The cereal did stay crunchy for an hour or two, but after a couple hours the cereal and marshmallows did get soft. They still taste great, but it is just as easy to put a handful on Lucky Charms on top right before serving. They are definitely best with that nice crunch on the top!

Double rainbow cupcakes by Clutzy Cooking


Last but not least, the very awesome With Sprinkles on Top has a Lucky Charms cupcake recipe and news about where you can buy just the marshmallows (from a site called, appropriately enough, cerealmarshmallows.com, via CHOW) and fun facts about Lucky Charms gleaned from Wikipedia, including:

• The original cereal contained pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers.
• Blue diamonds were introduced in 1975, purple horseshoes in 1984, red balloons in 1989, rainbows in 1992, pots of gold in 1994, leprechaun hats in 1996, orange shooting stars in 1998 (other colors of shooting stars were added in 2011), and an hourglass in 2008.
• Older marshmallow shapes were gradually phased out; the pink heart is the only shape to survive since the beginning.
• Limited edition marshmallows were also added over the years — including a whale in 1986, pine trees in 1990, a red balloon with a gold star in 1991, and a sparkling rainbow in 2000.

Pretty rainbow cupcake plus recipe link

Want to know how to make these rainbow cupcakes, for St. Patrick's Day or otherwise? Head on over to food blog The Curvy Carrot for the recipe! She writes:

As far as the cake goes, use your favorite white cake recipe, divide the batter into several small bowls, and color each bowl with your desired food coloring gels. I decided to try a white cake recipe from King Arthur for this recipe, but, in all honesty, I will most likely go back to my favorite from Baking Illustrated (see the recipe here) because I like the spongy texture (and the more potent almond flavor.) better. And for the frosting? I was running low on vanilla extract, so I threw in some butter flavoring instead. Holy moly. If you want a buttery buttercream (and who doesn’t, really?), try this if you happen to have some on hand. It’ll knock your socks off.

Mini rainbow cupcakes on top of rainbow cupcakes

Blogger Crazy for Crust has gone crazy for rainbow cupcakes! She tells you how to put your food coloring to good use with these adorable mini cupcakes plus big cupcakes plus a cake!

Square Format Pictures Always Look Nifty

Colorful rainbow birthday party cupcakes:

I love the soft pastel tones. Not sure if it's a trick of the Instagram or the way the cupcakes were actually frosted. But so sweet!

Pretty picture courtesy po1yester.