Next week it is DS's birthday. We're going to the IL's so I doubt I will be baking a cake but I will be doing cupcakes on the Friday before his birthday for his class.
Since I'm not doing a cake I may as well go all out with the cupcakes.

Sooo...... I'm thinking zebra cupcakes. With a red velvet and another colour. Is it possible? Is there another batter that will take the same time to cook as the red velvet? A white mud maybe if I went a little lighter on the chocolate? I could add yellow dye to that and a red and yellow would make his day because they are the Gryffindor colours.

Or maybe a marble effect - would a quick stir with a skewer do the trick?

Any trick, tips and suggestions would be welcomed.

I'm not wed to the idea of the red velvet cupcakes - if I need to use a different batter I will.