Earth Day Cupcake Recipe

Happy Earth Day, friends!

We’re calling these our Earth Day cupcakes because I had so much fun making them blue and green with my daughter! Really they are just yummy vanilla cupcakes that call for a little food coloring to give them the earthy effect.

This one is another very simple recipe that’s easy to recreate with your kids. It includes a boxed cake mix and my go-to is Duncan Hines. You can top them with your favorite store bought icing or any buttercream icing. (Sorry, not sharing my recipe on that!)

What You Need:

• 1 box Duncan Hines Classic White Cake (or similar)

• 4 eggs

• 1/3 cup oil

• 1 cup water

• 1 3.4oz box of Vanilla instant Jell-O pudding

• 1 heaping spoonful of sour cream

How To:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with your favorite paper liners and set aside.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, vegetable oil, water and sour cream until thoroughly combined.

3. Sift in the white cake mix and jell-o. Stir in until just combined. Don’t overmix!

4. Divide batter in half, using Americolor or Chefmaster blue and green to color your batters.

5. Using a small cookie scoop, tablespoon or spoon, drop blue or green (you pick!) into all cupcakes liners (about 1/3 liner full). Repeat with the opposite color. Take a toothpick or knife and do a little swirl.

6. Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cupcakes comes out clean. Remove cupcakes from the oven and let cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Take cupcakes out of pan and let them completely cool on wire racks.

7. Top with your favorite store bought icing, homemade buttercream and, of course, SPRINKLES!

Enjoy!