We have an 8th Birthday in our house next weekend. My daughter, inspired by all the beautiful images on Pinterest of wonderful, sparkly cake creations, has set her heart on having a beautiful rainbow birthday cake.
It’s surprising how cost mounts up when you decorate a cake. I really didn’t want to invest in lots of different colour sprinkles, so suggested that they probably wouldn’t be hard to make ourselves. Turns out I was right (don’t you love it when that happens!). Here is our super easy tutorial for making your own Sparkling Sugar Sprinkles in a whole rainbow of colours for pence.
For more baking inspiration, why not check out our wonderful Amaretti Apple Tart and our beautiful Summer Berry Pavlova.
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Would like to know what is preserving sugar? All I know about is regular granulated sugar. Where can I find preserving sugar?
Preserving sugar has larger crystals than granulating – it’s also called Jam sugar and the bigger crystals are meant to give a clearer jam. Granulated sugar would work just as well for the sprinkles though, I used preserving as we have lots in the cupboard :)
So smart! We have allergies, but we can have sugar and food coloring. There are not many toppings we can use. I would have never thought of this until now. Thanks.
The kids will love making them, Kellie – before you know it you’ll have a rainbow of colours!
This is perfect for the upcoming holiday baking. Thanks for showing us how.
They are so quick and simple Celeste, and you can make any colour you want :)
Oh fun! Such bright pretty colors. Would be great for decorating cookies for the holidays.
It’s lovely to be able to make any colour you fancy, and so much cheaper than buying them from the shops :)
Oh these are amazing! I love how simple they are to make, why had I not thought of this before! We will definitely have to make some for the next birthday cake. Thanks so much for linking up to #HowtoSunday :) x
That’s exactly what I though Jenny, once I started making them – it’s so obvious once you know! Thanks for having us on #HowtoSunday – looking forward to linking up again tomorrow x
I love this! Didn’t realise it was so easy, I have to try this. I’m all for making your own if you can. Great post x via #HowtoSunday
It couldn’t be simpler, and it seems much better to spend your money on food colouring that you can use for lots of things, rather than sprinkles :)
This is a really clever idea – will definitely be stealing it! #howtosunday
It’s one of those things which is so obvious once you’ve seen it, cant believe how many pots of sprinkles I bought in the past before it dawned on me that they were just coloured sugar!
Oh Sarah!! I LOVE this!!!!!!!! This is the kind of thing that I get totally over-excited by!! I HAVE coloured food gels, that I bought to make a rainbow cake (STILL haven’t managed to do that) but will *definitely* do this!!! How fabulous!! Thanks for sharing and thanks too for linking up with us on #TwinklyTuesday
I keep almost making rainbow cakes too :) There’s so many great ideas out there, its hard to get around to them all! These are lovely and quick though – really no effort at all!
This looks so easy!!! We have a birthday this weekend and these sparkling sugar sprinkles maybe awesome on top of the homemade cupcakes! Thanks!
They honestly couldn’t be easier – will take you longer to decide what colours to make than actually making them :)
I’ve always wondered if this would work – so please it did!
It really does work well – cant believe I’ve been buying them for all these years!
I love this! Im also a cake decorator as well as a blogger and this is really handy!
What a lovely talent to have! Must keep you busy doing both :)
Yes indeed. Although I’m a fairly new blogger so it’s all good xx
These look super cute and so easy to make. Think i’l be making some Christmas inspired ones this year.
Be perfect for Christmas, I run the decorate a biscuit stall at our school fairs, so will be using them for that :)
Thank you so much for sharing this pretty DIY at my craft party on Thursday! Hope to see your newest posts this week, which starts at 7pm EST.
http://www.diy-crush.com/blog/category/link-party/
Thanks for having us – we’re looking forward to linking up again :)
THank you so much for this! I am always on the lookout for more arts and craft ideas. :D These look brilliant!
They’re great fun to make, and so quick :)
Sarah, my daughter is the baker in the family, so I am pinning this for her. She always has me buying sprinkles for cookies and cakes, this way she can determine what color she wants and learn how to do it herself. And I’m sure it’s a fraction of the cost! Thanks!
They are super quick and cheap to make Nikki, plus you can make exactly the shade you want. Turns out my daughter needs them in every shade!
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Its amazing how much cheaper and simpler some of these things are to make than you would first think. And it give the kids such a buzz knowing they did it for themselves.
Thank you for linking up, Tracey xx #abitofeverything
It really is – I guess we are so used to rushing around and buying stuff that half the time it doesn’t even occur to us that we might be able to make it at home.:)
Oh my goodness! Ehat a fantastic idea! We get through a TON of sprinkles every time I bake so this would be PERFECT! Thankyou so so much for sharing this with me for #kidsinthekitchen I’m off to have a go!
So do we, your girls will love making these :)
These look great – and so simple even I can give it a go! ;) #pocolo
I was astounded how easy these were, just never stopped to think how these were made :)
Great idea, I need to try this :)
Thanks for sharing at the weekend blog hop..
You wont find a quicker or easier make than this – takes seconds!
They look so pretty and really simple. Great idea. #PoCoLo
You couldn’t get simpler! They would be perfect to make at any age – there’s something really fun about seeing them change colour as you give them a shake :)
Oh wow what a great idea! I will definitely try this, so much cheaper than the little tubs you can buy!! #pocolo
I can’t believe how much money I’ve spent on sprinkles in the past! I know you’ll have lots of fun making them – bet you end up with a whole rainbow of colours :)
They look very effective :) and the colours have come out really lovely. Hope her Birthday goes well xx #Kidsinthekitchen
opps should have said #kidsinthekitchen x
Thank you so much – she has a birthday present list as long as her arm lol x
Oh wow, how pretty! Must try this! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
They boys will love making them, and they are so quick!
Those are too cute!! They would look great as decoration for the holidays if made with holiday colors!! Stopping by from #WAYWOW! I’d love to have you come over and link your post up to my craft party which starts at 7pm EST. and is new every Thursday! I also pin every post!
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We’d love to link up – we’ll see you there. Thanks for popping by x
Brilliant idea. So simple but the kids will love the colours and they can be used in anything! I’m thinking a few rainbow sprinkles on porridge for starters… #abitofeverything
Now that would make porridge far prettier! Went to be thinking about your poetry last night – it really made me laugh, will think about you every time I watch Downton Abbey now :)
So simple and effective! Thanks for sharing.
#alittlebitofanything
I surprised myself how ridiculously easy they are to make, will never buy them again!
Super neat! I love the colors. So nice!
Think we’re going to end up with hundreds of shades at the rate we are going – need to get a lot more baking done!
So pretty! These would look beautiful on cupcakes & cookies!
We’re really pleased with how simple they are to make, the rate the kids are going we will soon have them in every colour imaginable!
What a creative and fun thing for children to do. I bet they could be used in so many different ways too :) #KidsintheKitchen
They certainly keep suggesting some unusual combinations lol, I think they are hoping Mummy will forget its made out of sugar and let them put them on everything. They also want to do the same thing with salt which could also have some interesting applications :)