Patriotic Cupcakes Recipe

Patriotic Cupcakes Recipe
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88% would make again

These festive cupcakes from Jodi Rugg of Aurora,Illinois are sure to be the star of your Fourth of July menu. "One year, I divided the batter from regular cupcakes into portions and used food coloring to make red, white and blue treats," Jodi explains. "Our kids loved helping prepare them." TIP: "Our daughters suggests trying different food coloring for the holidays," notes Jodi.

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  • 18 Servings
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Ingredients

  • 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) white cake mix
  • 1/2 teaspoon blue food coloring
  • 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
  • 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
  • Red, white and blue sprinkles

Directions

  • Prepare cake batter according to package directions.
  • In a small bowl, combine 1-1/3 cups batter and blue food coloring. In another bowl, combine 1-1/3 cups batter and red food coloring. Leave remaining batter plain.
  • Fill paper-lined muffin cups with 2 tablespoons red batter, 2 tablespoons plain batter and 2 tablespoons blue batter. Bake at 350° for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Frost with vanilla frosting; decorate with sprinkles. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Patriotic Cupcakes published in Quick Cooking July/August 2005, p26

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Patriotic Cupcakes Recipe

Patriotic Cupcakes

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Reviewed on Sep. 05, 2009 by katlaydee3

Very good, but 1 heaping tablespoon of each color is more accurate.

Reviewed on Aug. 14, 2009 by sarah2830

These were a hit at our 4th of July party! The kids loved them. They are time consuming when making so make sure you give yourself plenty of time.

Reviewed on Jul. 03, 2009 by dwinokur

I tried to use 2 Tablespoons of each color and it looked like a volcano exploded on my cupcake pan...maybe it should be more like 1 tablespoon of each color.

Reviewed on Jul. 02, 2009 by GrannyJean618

I made these for my dialysis nurses, and the three different batters was time consuming, but the finished product was very nice. The idea of two colors with the third the icing is a very good idea, I'll try that next time (tomorrow). Always looking for something new, easy and great tasting! MotherHen

Reviewed on Jul. 01, 2009 by jasem

I'm going to try the colored icing too...thanks for the idea!

Reviewed on Jul. 01, 2009 by Kate Staskin

I plan to make these for the 4th this weekend, but instead of making the batter 3 colors (red, white, and blue), I plan to make it just 2 colors (white and blue), and then I'll make red icing. I think it will be easier than dealing with 3 different colors of batter. Hope this idea is one that might help to make this recipe even easier and better!

Reviewed on Jun. 30, 2009 by noftgers5@yahoo.com

How fun!! The kids are going to love these!!!

Reviewed on Jun. 30, 2009 by mjpark47

I made these last week and the were a hit with the kids and adults. They are an eye catcher.

Reviewed on May. 22, 2009 by leeyoleisl

I love this idea! I made them last week but with different colours. I will be sure to do it again with red, white and blue!

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