Far Out! (Tie Dye Cupcakes and Back to School!)

Today was my first day back to school and the beginning of my sixth year at Fremont High School.  I had a great start, and I definitely feel that this is going to be a good year!

As I have posted about before, I make cupcakes every month for my AVID class in order to celebrate their birthdays.  I have made them many types of cupcakes in the last two years, and so today, I decided it would be fun to put a funky twist on an old recipe.  I made Martha Stewart's Buttermilk Cupcakes with Vanilla frosting.  It's such a simple flavor, and very light and moist (probably from all the eggs!)  But instead of plain old white, I took some inspiration from one of my students, Emma, and made them tie dye!

You split all the batter into 3-4 bowls (my student said that any more than three gets a bit messy).  You dye each color whatever color you want.  I chose purple, teal and blue.  I then used a cookie dough scooper (the little one), and scoop one color into all of the tins.  Then the next color, etc.  Bake and enjoy!