4th of July Cupcakes

5 from 1 vote

These 4th of July Cupcakes are such a fun and festive dessert! Fluffy red, white & blue cupcakes with a delicious frosting that looks like fireworks. Kids and adults will love these for any patriotic Holiday.

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 4th of july cupcakes, patriotic cupcakes, red white and blue cupcakes

Servings: cupcakes

Calories: 337kcal

Author: Jill

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

1 box white cake mix
3 eggs room temp
1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
1 cup whole milk
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
Red and blue gel food coloring

Frosting:

1 cup unsalted butter softened
2 1/2 cups powder sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3-5 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Red and blue gel food coloring
Patriotic sprinkles

Instructions

Cupcakes:

Preheat oven to 350 and line a muffin pan with white cupcake liners.
In a medium bowl, add the cake mix, butter, milk, and vanilla extract and stir until combined.
Divide the batter into 3 bowls. Add the red food coloring to 1 bowl and stir to combine. Add the blue food coloring to the second bowl and mix. Leave the third bowl white.
Scoop about 1 Tablespoon of each colored batter into the cupcake liner continuing to rotate colors until it is 3/4 of the way full.
Bake in the oven for about 18-20 minutes and then allow to cool before frosting.

Frosting:

Using a stand mixer, combine the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream and mix on medium speed. Mix until you see stiff peaks in your frosting.
Spoon the frosting it into three bowls. Add about 2-4 drops of each color: red in one bowl, blue in another leaving the third one white.
Place the piping bag into a large glass and fold the sides of the bag over. Scoop one spoonful of the red frosting onto one side of piping bag. Now scoop one spoonful of the blue frosting onto another side of the piping bag. Scoop one spoonful of the white frosting onto the last side of the piping bag and squeeze the icing together.
Frost the cooled cupcakes and garnish with patriotic sprinkles.

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