Ombre Cupcakes in a Jar for St. Patrick’s Day
We are kicking off our St. Patrick’s Day fun with these easy Ombre Cupcakes in a Jar! Ombre…graduated colors…are all the rage now! I think they look simply beautiful in a layered cake, but we are keeping it easy today and stacking the green cupcake layers in a small jar with Marshmallow Frosting. Then topping them off with a few sprinkles, wrapping with green twine and a fun FREE St. Patrick’s Day printable!
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Serve these at a party, as a special treat for the kiddos or add a lid and give them as a gift, whatever you decide…they are sure to be a hit!
Ombre Cupcakes in a Jar Supplies
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- Jars – I used half-pint but any size are fine
- 1 white cake mix plus ingredients to make it taste like homemade {watch my video to see how}
- Wilton Kelly Green Coloring
- Fluffy Marshmallow Frosting or your favorite
- Decorator bag fitted with a Giant Round Tip
- St. Patrick’s Day sprinkles
- Green twine or other ribbon
- Plastic spoons
- St. Patrick’s Day Printables – see below for these
After the cakes are baked (recipe below), layer them in the jars alternating with Fluffy Marshmallow Frosting, add a few sprinkles on top for color.
Then tie the jar with green Baker’s Twine or you could use ribbon.
Now it’s time to add the St. Patrick’s Day Printables! Head on over and grab your FREE Printables!
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Ombre Cupcakes in a Jar for St. Patrick’s Day
A fun presentation for cupcakes. Recipe from HoosierHomemade.com
Ingredients
- 1 white cake mix
- 4 eggs, room temperature is best
- 1 cup buttermilk {splash of vinegar in a measuring cup then fill with milk, let set a few minutes}
- 1/3 cup oil
- Wilton Kelly Green Coloring
- Frosting - your favorite or Fluffy Marshmallow Frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray 3 square 8x8 baking pans with cooking spray
- Combine cake mix with eggs, oil and buttermilk
- Divide into 3 separate bowls, mine was a little more than 1 cup in each bowl
- Color each of the cake batters a different shade of Kelly Green {or your favorite color}
- Spread each color evenly in an 8x8 baking pan
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- Cool completely
- Use the jar as a cookie cutter, and cut circles of cake
- Layer in jar alternating with frosting
- Add sprinkles for color
- Tie with twine, add a spoon and a printable {optional}
Notes
Total time includes layering the jars and decorating them.
You could use these same method with any color, especially for a birthday party.
The size of the jar will depend on how many you get out of this recipe. I got 6 jars.
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I made the recipe and the cupcakes and frosting were amazing! How did you put the frosting in the containers? I found that I kept getting it against the glass and it turned out to be messy! Thank you!
Hi Kait, I use a plastic decorator bag, the kind you would use to decorate cakes or cupcakes, it’s easy that way. Glad you liked them.
Happy Baking!
~Liz
I love the ombre … perfect for jars!
Thanks Brenda! I think the ombre are perfect in the jars too!
This is the cutest Saint Patrick cupcake idea EVER!
Thanks so much Faye!