St Paddy’s Day: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Gluten Free Cupcakes

Looking for a fun St. Patrick's Day dessert?  These Somewhere Over the Rainbow gluten-free cupcakes are sure to thrill any kid!

They'd be great for a class party, an after-school treat, or as part of your holiday celebration.  The kids will love helping put on the rainbows and clouds!

Looking for a fun St. Patrick's Day dessert? These Somewhere Over the Rainbow cupcakes are sure to thrill any kid!

We have been trying to go Gluten Free whenever possible lately and I've noticed quite a few changes in the boys behavior when they go a week or longer without any gluten foods.  Unfortunately, in our rural area, gluten free isn't so easy to do.  

I've been having to make a lot more things from scratch and it means no more boxed cupcake mix (GRRR), so I had to find a good gluten-free cupcake recipe that wasn't too complicated yet tasted great.  This vanilla cupcake was the result (I'm still looking for a good chocolate one, so if you have one please leave a comment with the link)!

Gluten-Free Cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day

Since it's almost St. Paddy's Day, we couldn't resist having fun with them & creating Somewhere Over the Rainbow Cupcakes!  The decoration was really easy.  We just used green food coloring with our gluten-free icing recipe, rainbow airheads, and marshmallows.  

For another set we did later (no picture up yet sorry!), we cut Caramel Milky Ways into pieces and sprinkled them with gold candy dust for a “pot of gold” instead of the marshmallows.

Note: Unfortunately, the decorations aren't gluten-free. When we first started seeing how gluten-free worked for us, I had no idea how many things had gluten hidden in them.

Looking for a fun St. Patrick's Day dessert? These Somewhere Over the Rainbow cupcakes are sure to thrill any kid! They'd be great for a class party, an after school treat, or as part of your holiday celebration. The kids will love helping put on the rainbows and clouds!

St Paddy's Day: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Gluten Free Cupcakes

5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 17 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
Author Savanah

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Gluten-Free Flour
  • 3 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 2/3 cup Safflower Oil
  • 1 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1/3 cup Applesauce
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Stir flour & baking powder together
  • Mix milk, oil, sugar, applesauce, vanilla, and salt
  • Add wet ingredients to dry and mix about 2 minutes (until smooth)
  • Fill each cup with about 1/4 cup of batter
  • Bake for 17 minutes (toothpick should come out clean)
  • Let cool a few minutes and move to cooling rack
  • Now for the fun part!
  • Once your cupcakes are completely cool, you can decorate them! For the Somewhere over the Rainbow cupcakes icing, please see the recipe below!

Notes

Modified from The Misfit Baker
Diet Gluten Free
Keyword cupcakes, St. Patrick's Day
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Looking for a fun St. Patrick's Day dessert? These Somewhere Over the Rainbow cupcakes are sure to thrill any kid! They'd be great for a class party, an after school treat, or as part of your holiday celebration. The kids will love helping put on the rainbows and clouds!

Gluten Free Cream Cheese Frosting

4 from 1 vote
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Author Savanah

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1/3 cup agave nectar
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • green food coloring I prefer the gels

Instructions

  • Combine cream cheese & agave until well blended.
  • Whip in cream (a little at a time) until the frosting thickens to the consistency you would like.
  • Add food coloring, 1 drop at a time, until it reaches the color you would like
  • To create the grass-like texture, place frosting into a piping bag and use a multi-opening tip – 223

Notes

Recipe modified from Elana's Pantry
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Don't forget to check out these other great St. Patrick's Day recipes we found & let us know which one is your favorite!

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9 Comments

  1. I love these so cute. I will have to make these with the kids. Thanks for linking up at Tell Me About It Tuesday. We hope you hop over and share with us again nest week.

  2. Hi Savanah! I found you on the Thrifty Thursday link party & wanted to invite you to another blog party – just for MOMS with blogs. No need to stick to thrifty articles – we showcase all awesome content from online moms. Hope to see you at the Mom Blog Party!

      1. It’s a little different for each one. My oldest can be VERY hyperactive and unfocused, but when we cut gluten out completely for at least two weeks (we slip up sometimes), he is a lot calmer & able to focus on his schoolwork better.

        My 2nd is on the spectrum & has SPD. He seems to be less overwhelmed and more balanced when gluten-free.

  3. These are so adorable. I am so glad to have stumbled up on these cupcakes on the Mom Resource Link up, just in time for St. Patty’s Day.