Having a big family has its many blessings, and one of them is that there is always someone there when you need them. My kids really pull together and it fills my heart to watch the relationships between them blossom and grow. We are busy and life is hectic, but we are a team.
Every now and then, the universe aligns for some one on one time with one of my kids. It makes for some of my fondest memories. Here I get to completely indulge in the sweetness that each one has and recognize the uniqueness that they embody. These moments allow me to pour all of my hearts love for them. I know they love it, and I know they'll remember those moments, just as I always will.
Last weekend it was Sayda's Day. Big sisters were off with their Nanna and I timed Samir's nap around my time with her. We planned the night before to make cupcakes and her sweet little heart was so excited to make them as a "surprise" for her sisters upon their return. What an amazing little soul, to have the time all to herself but choose to do something for others.
We talked, we laughed, we ate Cheetos and watched her choice of TV, while the cupcakes baked. And of course we licked up unnecessary amounts of icing.
I let her do everything herself, minus the oven work and separating the cake batter. She was so happy and proud, and so was this momma.
If you haven't made Rainbow Cupcakes before- then you must try! They're always a hit because they are just so cool. You can use the same strategy in a cake too.
Directions
1. Make your favorite Cake batter, it must be white/vanilla coloured. We used a boxed cake to speed things up a bit.
2. Separate the batter equally into four bowls. you can use more or less, depending on how many colours you want, but doing more than four makes for very small amounts of colour into each cupcake.
3. Add a different food colour to each bowl and mix it up.
4. Spoon the different colours in layers into the cupcake liners. ** try to keep reds/pinks, oranges/yellows separate so that the colours don't blend into one while baking.
5. Bake!
That's it, so simple and fun and beautiful!
~~~ Click here to watch the process ~~~
Sayda decorated her tops as rainbows to go with her theme. She spread blue icing with a butter knife on top, added white "clouds" with white icing in a piping bag, and then used these striped coloured sour candy as the rainbows. They looked so cute!
***By the end the rainbows were all falling over, so I would suggest cutting them a little bit shorter and using a stiffer icing to hold them still. {ours was store bought icing that day}. Dont forget that adding food colour to icing makes it softer/more drippy.
