thebeckybug

Those cupcakes? Well, you see, they’re easy.

Take a box of this:

Plus 3 eggs, 1-1/3 cups of water, and 1/3 cup of vegetable oil.

Take all of that, and follow the directions on the back of the box.

Bake using these:

It also helps if you have some of this just lying around:

After they’re done baking, let them cool for a while.

While they’re cooling, divide the frosting into a couple of containers (one container for each color you want to make.) Use a butter-knife to mix in some food coloring. Make sure to use a separate knife for each color if you don’t want to end up with brown icing. (Keep the knives nearby .)

I like this gel stuff:

Start mixing in colors, adding as much or little food coloring as you like.

When you’re happy with your colors, spread icing on each cupcake. I used a very thin layer because I am not a big fan of icing. Yeah, I’m not a big fan of icing, I said it. I’d rather eat a french-vanilla muffin than an over-iced cupcake.

Here’s what I got:

And then The Martha Stewart inside me said, “Becky, those look just a little plain. Can’t you be a little more creative than that? Let’s personalize!”

“No, Martha inside my head,” I replied, “I cannot be more creative than that. Why don’t YOU add some embellishments or something if you think they look crappy.”

And then the cupcakes looked like:

That Martha in my head, she puked on my cupcakes!