Mardi Gras King Cupcakes Recipe

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These colorful cupcakes resemble the traditional King Cake that is an essential part of the Mardi Gras celebration. With a blend of flavors, these special cupcakes are perfect for any celebration.

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Ingredients

1 box white cake mix
1 cup sour cream
2/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
3 tablespoons lemon gelatin mix
3 tablespoons lime gelatin mix
3 tablespoons grape gelatin mix
Cream Cheese frosting (canned frosting or your favorite homemade recipe)
Yellow, green, and purple colored sugar

Container:Muffin tins

Directions

PREP

40 mins

COOK

20 mins

Place a cupcake paper in the muffin tins for 24 cupcakes. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Combine the cake mix, sour cream, canola oil, sugar, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Beat on low for 30 seconds and then for 2 minutes on medium.
Divide the batter evenly into three smaller bowls. Add 3 tbsp. of lemon gelatin to one of the bowls, 3 tbsp. of lime gelatin to a second bowl, and 3 tbsp. of grape gelatin to the third bowl of batter; stir until the gelatins are well blended with the batter.
Fill each of the cupcake papers with two tablespoons of each of the three different flavored batters.
Place in the preheated oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick poked in the center comes out clean.
Allow cupcakes to cool for 10 minutes in the tins; then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
Frost cooled cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Use canned frosting or use your favorite homemade cream cheese frosting recipe.
Sprinkle the frosting with yellow, green and purple colored sugar.

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Reviewed By RTMember22

"Fun cupcakes to serve during Mardi Gras. We liked the different flavors that the gelatin gave the cupcakes. It seemed like one flavor came through more than another for everyone."