Cake batter of your choiceenough to yield 12 cupcakes (I made Vegan Golden Cupcakes)
Yellow gel food coloring
Pink or red gel food coloring
Icing
2lbpowdered sugar1 bag
2/3cmilkof your choice
1corganic shorteninglook for Spectrum brand
1tbspextractof your choice, I used almond emulsion
Instructions
Cupcakes
Prepare batter according to recipe or package ingredients. Add yellow food coloring until the batter reaches a bright marigold color. Spoon 1-2tbsp of yellow batter into white or yellow cupcake liners. Add red or pink coloring to the remaining batter until a bright orange color is reached, then fill liners. Bake according to recipe directions. Cool completely.
Icing
Mix together ingredients by hand, then whip at high speed until light and fluffy. Pipe onto cupcakes in a swirl shape using a large round piping tip (Ateco #808 works well)