Mardi Gras Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• the seeds of 2 Madagascar vanilla beans
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups Buttermilk
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 3 cups cake flour
• 3 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• Green, Purple and Yellow food coloring gel (I used Wilton brand)