This summer, celebrate the USA with easy and fun Patriotic desserts. These Red, White and Blue Festive Cupcakes are the perfect choice. You can use your own cupcake recipe or make them from a box mix- AND the frosting process is so much easier than you think!
Want another Patriotic Cupcake recipe? Celebrate the USA with these Cupcakes– the cupcakes and the frosting are made from scratch!
Ingredients needed:
Makes 24 cupcakes
- 1 box of vanilla cake mix
- 1 cup of water
- 3 large eggs
- ⅓ cup of vegetable oil
- 4 tubs of vanilla frosting (2 for white and 2 for blue)
- 2 tubs of red frosting
- 1 small bottle of Wilton Sky Blue Icing Color
- *** You can also use 2 tubs of pre made blue frosting**
- Red white and blue sprinkles
- 1M Wilton tip
- 1 Wilton disposable piping bag
Cupcake Baking Instructions*:
Preheat the oven to 350 F
Use PAM spray on the sides and bottoms of each cup of your cupcake/muffin tin
Blend cake mix, oil, eggs and water in a large bowl – *Follow Directions on the box.
Pour batter in cupcake tin and bake for 18-21 minutes.
Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
Frosting Instructions:
In a large bowl mix 2 tubs of vanilla frosting with 2-3 drops of blue icing color. If you prefer a darker shade of blue, add more coloring 2 drops at a time until you achieve the desired shade.
Lay a large piece of saran wrap on counter and add the 3 colors of frosting, one line of red, and one line of blue, make the line of vanilla, a little wider than the other two.
Fold the saran wrap over the frosting and roll.
Add tip 1M to the decorating bag and then slide the tri-colored frosting into the bag. Squeeze the bag until you see the 3 colors coming out of the bag.
Once you see all 3 colors you can then frost the cupcakes.
After frosting, add your red, white and blue sprinkles.
Enjoy!
Print the Red, White and Blue Cupcake Recipe:
Red, White and Blue Festive Cupcakes
These super easy cupcakes will be the highlight of your summer get togethers!
Ingredients
- 1 box of vanilla cake mix
- 1 cup of water
- 3 large eggs
- ⅓ cup of vegetable oil
- 4 tubs of vanilla frosting (2 for white and 2 for blue)
- 2 tubs of red frosting
- 1 small bottle of Wilton Sky Blue Icing Color
- *** You can also use 2 tubs of premade blue frosting**
- Red white and blue sprinkles
- 1M Wilton tip
- 1 Wilton disposable piping bag
Instructions
Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 F
Grease sides and bottoms of each cup of your cupcake baking pan
Blend cake mix, oil, eggs and water in a large bowl (follow the instructions on your specific box of cake mix)
Pour batter in cupcake pan and bake for 18-21 minutes
Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting
Frosting
In a large bowl mix 2 tubs of vanilla frosting with 2-3 drops of blue icing color. If you prefer a darker shade of blue, add more coloring 2 drops at a time until you achieve the desired shade.
Lay a large piece of saran wrap on counter and add the 3 colors of frosting, one line of red, and one line of blue, make the line of vanilla, a little wider than the other two. Fold the saran wrap over the frosting and roll.
Add tip 1M to the decorating bag and then slide the tri-colored frosting into the bag. Squeeze the bag until you see the 3 colors coming out of the bag.
Once you see all 3 colors you can then frost the cupcakes. After frosting, add your red, white and blue sprinkles.
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