Foodista | Recipes, Cooking Tips, and Food News | Mardi Gras Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups cake flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon Malibu coconut rum
• 1/2 cup oil olive oil
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• Yellow gel food coloring
• Purple gel food coloring
• Green gel food coloring
• 2 cups unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 5 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract