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Looking down at a rainbow cupcake cake with concentric rings of pink, yellow, green, and blue frosting, each topped with a white swirl.

Rainbow Cupcake Cake

Egg-based rainbow cupcake cake made from white cake mix, sour cream, and vanilla pudding, decorated with colorful frosting rosettes for 48 servings.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 19 minutes
Total Time 39 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 48 servings

Ingredients
  

Cupcakes

  • 2 (15.25 oz) white cake mixes
  • 6 whole large eggs
  • 2/3 cup oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 16 oz. sour cream
  • 2 (3.4 oz) boxes instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 cup flour (125 g)

Frosting and Assembly

  • 3 cups pink frosting
  • 3 cups orange frosting
  • 2.5 cups yellow frosting
  • 2 cups green frosting
  • 2 cups blue frosting
  • 1.5 cups purple frosting
  • 5 cups white frosting

Instructions
 

Cupcakes

  • Preheat Oven:

    Preheat oven to 325°F (165°C).
  • Mix Cake Batter:

    In a large mixing bowl, combine all cake ingredients (cake mixes, eggs, oil, water, sour cream, pudding mix, flour) and mix on medium speed just until combined.
  • Portion Batter into Liners:

    Using a medium cookie scoop, portion batter into cupcake liners in a cupcake pan.
  • Bake Cupcakes:

    Bake for 19 minutes. Allow to cool completely.

Frosting and Assembly

  • Arrange on Board:

    On a prepped 20×30 inch board, arrange cupcakes in a rainbow shape with clouds. Once satisfied with the layout, attach them to the board with a dot of frosting on the bottom of each cupcake.
  • Pipe Frosting Rosettes:

    Pipe rosettes on the rainbow, slightly overlapping each color until complete. Pipe white rosettes for the clouds.
  • Serve and Enjoy:

    Enjoy!
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