This year, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Labor Day and 4th of July just won’t be the same. With the state of the world making everything different, celebrating our great country has become a challenge. BUT, you can show your pride for the USA with these homemade Patriotic Cupcakes! No box mixes here- just delicious, moist cupcakes made from ingredients you already have in your pantry! Surprise your family with these fun cupcakes today!
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Show your pride for the USA with these homemade Patriotic Cupcakes! No box mixes here- just delicious, moist cupcakes made from ingredients you already have in your pantry! Surprise your family with these fun cupcakes today!
(makes 12 cupcakes)
Ingredients for Patriotic Cupcakes:
Cupcake ingredients:
- 8 oz butter
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 2 lg eggs room temperature
- 2 tsp lemon extract
- 1½ c all-purpose flour
- 1¾ tsp baking powder
- ½ c milk
Icing ingredients:
- 1 c butter softened
- 4 c powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp lemon or vanilla extract
- Red and blue gel food color
Instructions to make Patriotic Cupcakes:
Cupcakes instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Line cupcake pan with paper liners
- Mix together the butter and sugar until creamy
- Mix in the eggs, one at a time
- Mix in the extract
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder; add to wet ingredients and mix well.
- Add milk and blend in
- Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, filling to about ¼ inch from the top
- Bake on the center rack of oven for approx. 25 minutes. Tops should be slightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean
- When done, remove from pan and cool on a wire rack
Icing Instructions:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy
- Add extract and mix in
- Gradually add in powdered sugar, mixing well on medium speed and scraping bowl often
- Add milk and blend in
- Divide icing into three bowls. Remove and set aside approx. ¼ cups of icing from each bowl for the white stars.
- Add blue food color to one of the larger bowls and red to the other. Amount to add depends on how deep you want your color. I added approx. ¼ tsp to each bowl.
- Fill one piping bag with blue and one with red. Attach to the multi-color coupler according to instructions on package. There is a three-color option but I only used two. Pipe the multi-color swirl. I used the 1-A tip. included.
- Place the white icing into a piping bag and add a star to the top of each cupcake. I used a 4-B tip (not included in kit.) (check out the video below for piping info. It’s actually very soothing :))
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Patriotic Cupcakes- Celebrate USA with Red, White and Blue!
These Red, White and Blue Cupcakes are perfect for celebrating summer holidays! The best part- they are made from scratch- no box mixes or canned frosting! YUM!
Ingredients
- Cupcakes
- • 8 oz butter
- • 1 c granulated sugar
- • 2 lg eggs room temperature
- • 2 tsp lemon extract
- • 1½ c all-purpose flour
- • 1¾ tsp baking powder
- • ½ c milk
- Icing
- • 1 c butter softened
- • 4 c powdered sugar
- • 2 tbsp milk
- • 1 tsp lemon or vanilla extract
- • Red and blue gel food color
Instructions
Cupcakes
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2.
Line cupcake pan with paper liners
3.
Mix together the butter and sugar until creamy
4.
Mix in the eggs, one at a time
5.
Mix in the extract
6.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder; add to wet ingredients and mix well.
7.
Add milk and blend in
8.
Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, filling to about ¼ inch from the top
9.
Bake on the center rack of oven for approx. 25 minutes. Tops should be slightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean
10.
When done, remove from pan and cool on a wire rack
Icing
1.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy
2.
Add extract and mix in
3.
Gradually add in powdered sugar, mixing well on medium speed and scraping bowl often
4.
Add milk and blend in
5.
Divide icing into three bowls. Remove and set aside approx. ¼ cups of icing from each bowl for the white stars.
6.
Add blue food color to one of the larger bowls and red to the other. Amount to add depends on how deep you want your color. I added approx. ¼ tsp to each bowl.
7.
Fill one piping bag with blue and one with red. Attach to the multi-color coupler according to instructions on package. Pipe the multi-color swirl. I used the 1-A tip. included.
Place the white icing into a piping bag and add
a star to the top of each cupcake. I used a 4-B tip (not included in kit.)
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