Patriotic 4th of July Cupcakes

Lvs2Cook's Note:

Patriotic cupcakes that can be used for any occasion. You can always substitute your own recipe for white cake and white frosting. In regards to the comment below, I went back to the original recipe to check and it does call for 2 tablespoons of batter per color -- I have never had any problems and I actually get 12 cupcakes out of this recipe. I use scant tablespoons. If anyone is worried, try it with teaspoons instead of tablespoons or even 1 tablespoon of the batters per cupcake.

• Total Time: 39 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 24 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 18 cupcakes

• 18 ¼ ounces white cake mix
• 1 cup water (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 1⁄3; cup oil (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 3 eggs (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• ½ teaspoon blue food coloring
• ½ teaspoon red food coloring
• 1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
• red white and blue candy sprinkles

Directions:

1. Prepare cake mix according to package directions.
2. In a small bowl, combine 1 1/3 cups batter with blue food coloring. In another small bowl, combine red food coloring with 1 1/3 cups batter. Leave the remaining batter plain.
3. Fill paper-lined muffin tins with 2 tablespoons red batter, 2 tablespoons plain batter, and 2 tablespoons blue batter. Do not swirl batter, leave it layered.
4. Bake at 350ºF for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a cupcake comes out clean.
5. Cool 10 minutes in pan and then remove cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Frost with vanilla frosting and decorate with sprinkles.

Reviews

[Beverly292]

This was really fun to make with my daughters for the 4th of July! We didn't make cupcakes but a 9x13 cake. We just very gently spread the one color on top of the other. It turned out great with the three layers. Topped with white frosting and blue and red sugar crystals. Thanks for the great idea and recipe.

[Danny's Wife :D]

Searched for something festive to take to the fireworks this year for our family. This was a hit. What fun and colorful cupcakes! My 5 year old niece thought they were amazing! I used wilton coloring to get a deep color in the batter. I made exactly as listed and they turned out great! Frosted with buttercream in a red/blue striped pastry bag. Sure to become a yearly tradition! Thanks for sharing Lvs2Cook! Can't wait to try different colors for other holidays :)

[JelliCelli]

I had fun making these and they were, of course, a big hit at the Fourth of July party I brought them to! My guests were intrigued and they were delicious :) I swirled store bought vanilla cake icing on top and sprinkled with red sugar crystals.