The Best Patriotic Cupcake Recipe
These are the best patriotic cupcakes - totally fun and festive looking. These cupcakes are easy to make with just a few tips and tricks!
Servings: 12
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Ingredients
- 1 box of Duncan Hines vanilla cake batter prepared
- Red and blue food coloring
- 1 tub of Duncan Hines white frosting
- 1 Tbsp red white and blue sprinkles
Instructions
- 1. Prepare and make the box cake mix batter in a large bowl as directed on the box.
- 2. Divide the batter equally into three small bowls.
- 3. Add blue food coloring to one small bowl and red food coloring to another separate bowl. Stir until a rich, dark color is reached.
- 4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Prepare a muffin tin with white cupcake liners.
- 5. Layer cupcake batter into the muffin cups. Drop 2 tablespoons of blue batter, 2 tablespoons of white batter and then 2 tablespoons of red batter into each cupcake liner.
- 6. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Place cupcakes on a wire rack to cool.
- 7. Use a piping bag with a 1M star tip to frost each cupcake with icing.
- 8. Top with festive red white and blue sprinkles.
Notes
Add enough food coloring to create a vibrant cake batter color as the color will fade in the baking.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 40kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 21mg | Sugar: 5g