Painted Cupcakes

Name: Painted Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 1 container (16 ounces) white frosting; 24 prepared cupcakes; McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract; McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract; McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye; McCormick® Assorted NEON! Food Colors & Egg Dye

Make a quick and easy glaze for cupcakes by warming canned white frosting in the microwave. Then paint colorful designs on the cupcakes using Flavor Paints – a fragrant mix of vanilla or lemon extract and food color.

30m

PREP TIME

6

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 24 (1 cupcake)

Ingredients

1 container (16 ounces) white frosting Substitutions available
- vanilla frosting
24 prepared cupcakes
McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
McCormick® Neon Food Colors & Egg Dye

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Spoon frosting into medium microwavable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 20 to 30 seconds, stirring every 10 seconds. (Frosting should be a pourable consistency.)
2 Dip tops of cupcakes into frosting. Let stand 10 minutes or until frosting is dried.
3 Prepare desired colors of Flavor Paints (see below). Using small clean paint brushes, paint designs on cupcakes.
4 Flavor Paints:

Rosy Red: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Red Food Color

Deep Ocean Blue: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Blue Food Color

Blackest Night: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Black Food Color

Grass Green: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract, 1/8 teaspoon McCormick® Yellow Food Color and 1/8 teaspoon McCormick® Blue Food Color

Lemony Yellow: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Yellow Food Color

Neon Blue: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Blue Food Color

Neon Green: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Green Food Color

Neon Purple: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Purple Food Color

Neon Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Pink Food Color

Deep Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 15 drops McCormick® Red Food Color

Medium Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 5 drops McCormick® Red Food Color

Light Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 2 drops McCormick® Red Food Color