vanilla cupcakes with rainbow icing

ingredients:                                              topping:   
                                                                   
300g of Butter.(soft is best)                        225g of icing sugar
300g of Sugar (White)                                3 table spoons of milk
6 eggs (beat with a whisk)                         225g of butter (softened)
2 table spoons of milk                                1 table spoon of pink food colouring
300g of flour(self raisoned)                        1 table spoon of orange food colouring
a few drops of vanilla extract (optional)     1 table spoon of green food colouring
                                                                   1 table spoon of blue food colouring
                                                                   1 table spoon of red foof colouring
                                                                   spinkle toppings
                                                                 3 table spoons of tropical juice.
                                                             
equitement needed:                                  
                                                                  time needed:
Two large bowls
a wodden spoon                                        It makes 24 cup cakes
a whisk                                                      it takes 20 minutes to cook
an electric whisk(optoinal)                         It takes 1 hour and 20 mintes to make the cakes.
a small bowl                                               If you only want to make twelve cupcakes then half the
a sieve                                                        ingrediants.
24 cupcake casses
2 muffin trays with 12 holes in each
Ice cream scooper(optoinal)
piping bag
method:

cake batter

first step:
set the oven at 180°c/gas mark 4.
In a large bowl,put in the butter and sugar. With a wodden spoon (not a whisk) cream the butter together with the sugar. When it becomes creamy,stop creamy.

second step:

In a separate small bowl beat together the eggs with a whisk (not a wodden spoon) for two minutes.
Then add the eggs to the butter and sugar mix.
Mix with an electric whisk if you have one,or you can just use a normal whisk.With an electric whisk,whisk for two minutes.With a normal whisk , whisk for five minutes. It could be a bit lumpy, but dont worry.

third step:

Add the table spoons of milk to the mixture.Mix it with a whisk.
Then seive in the self raisoned flour.
Mix it with a whisk for two minutes.
Then add in the vanilla extract and stir into mixture.

fourth step:

In two muffin tins with 12 holes in each,put in 24 cupcake casses.
spoon in the mixture equally.
Fill the casses 3/4 full.
Put in the oven at 180°c /gas mark 4.
Bake for 20 minutes.

fifth step:

after the cakes are cooked.take them out of the tin,by turning it upside down (do not take out with hands)then put them on a plate and cool in fridge for 20 minutes.

rainbow icing

sixth  step;:

while the cakes are cooling,make the icing.
sieve the icing sugar into a large bowl,put in the butter and cream together for two minutes.Then add the milk and stir with a wooden spoon,then add the 3 table spoons of tropical drink.Then get six cups,share the icing into them evenly.
In one cup mix one teaspoon of pink food coluring into it.
In another cup ,mix one teaspoon of orange food colouring into it.
In another cup ,mix one teaspoon of green food colouring into it.
In another cup ,mix one teaspoon of blue food colouring into it.
In another cup ,mix one teaspoon of red food collouring into it.
In another cup ,mix half a teaspoon of blue and red food colouring into it to make it purple.
Make sure that all your colours are mixes in well. Then get a piping bag to put your icing into. put one table spoon of pink,orange,green,blue, red and purple into the piping bag.put the colours in differnt orders.eg;blue,pink;red,orange,then blue again then purple.put them all in until all the icing from the cups are all gone.

step six

once the cakes have cooles,take them out of the fridge.then one by one,swirl the icing on.Then sprinkle the sprinkles on and your done.