Some people like to celebrate the 4th of July with barbecues and fireworks….I say,
“Let’s celebrate with cupcakes!!”
If you are looking for an impressive treat for your 4th of July celebration, look no further. These Patriotic Cupcakes are too cute, a box cake mix makes it easy and they are sure to be a hit with the kids. Disclaimer - yes, I’ve heard all the “evil” about food coloring in food…..if this bother’s you, please just close this post.
I’ve seen these cupcakes around the web for a while, like here and here and I’ve been looking forward to trying them myself! I will to say that I was thrilled with the results! They turned out even cuter than I had hoped for.
Add red gel coloring to one, and blue to another.
I highly recommend using the gel-paste food coloring. The color is concentrated, so it does not require a lot to achieve the hue you’re going for. The liquid food coloring from the grocery store will “water down” your batter.
Spoon a little of each color into your cupcake liners, filling about 1/2 full.
Bake at 350° for 20 mins. and let cool.
Next I made a batch of Glory’s Frosting
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
(from Glorious Treats)
Ingredients:
½ cup butter, at room temperature
8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
1 to 4 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Directions:
- *Place butter in a large mixing bowl and blend slightly. Add cream cheese and blend until combined, about 30 seconds.
- Add vanilla and sugar and blend on low until combined. Increase to medium speed and beat until it begins to get fluffy. (*I used clear vanilla to keep my frosting nice and white)
- Slowly add the cream a little at a time until desired consistency is met. (Don’t add too much if you want the frosting to stay in place when piped on cupcakes.)
- I added some bright white gel coloring at this point to make my frosting nice and white.
- Beat until fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Pipe onto cupcakes!
I bought the Wilton Holiday Gels
I then filled the bag with my white frosting and piped my cupcakes using my Wilton 1M tip.
See how fun they look when you bite in!
While we celebrate with yummy food, I cannot help but think about the life of freedom we have today that is due to all of the people who gave (and are still giving) the ultimate sacrifice in order to protect our country. I appreciate their dedication and sacrifices from the bottom of my heart. It is because of them and their families that we can fly our flags high and be thankful that we live in the U.S.A.
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These are just wonderful and delicious looking!! So patriotic and fun!!
Hugs,
Lana
These are just wonderful and delicious looking!! So patriotic and fun!!
Hugs,
Lana
I have some of those pinwheels/cupcake liners from Wal Mart too:) They're so fun! LOVE your RB&B cupcakes and icing! Happy Independence Day to you!
I have some of those pinwheels/cupcake liners from Wal Mart too:) They're so fun! LOVE your RB&B cupcakes and icing! Happy Independence Day to you!
Thanks again for this. I made some today for our campout! Blogging about it Sunday and linking to you! Thanks!
Thanks again for this. I made some today for our campout! Blogging about it Sunday and linking to you! Thanks!
Wow these are amazing. So creative and cute! I mentioned this post on my blog today.
Wow these are amazing. So creative and cute! I mentioned this post on my blog today.
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These are so adorable, and puffed up beautifully but as soon as I took them out of the oven they deflated! What did I do wrong??
These are so adorable, and puffed up beautifully but as soon as I took them out of the oven they deflated! What did I do wrong??
Great recipe and my friends raved about the cupcakes!
Great recipe and my friends raved about the cupcakes!
These cupcakes were amazing and SO fun to make! Everyone loved them at the gathering I brought them to last night!
These cupcakes were amazing and SO fun to make! Everyone loved them at the gathering I brought them to last night!
These cup cakes were fun to make and fool proof! Everyone at the picnic loved them. I can't wait to experiment with more colors for different holidays. I would use less confectioners sugar in the frosting though, it was a little too sweet. Otherwise, delicious!
These cup cakes were fun to make and fool proof! Everyone at the picnic loved them. I can't wait to experiment with more colors for different holidays. I would use less confectioners sugar in the frosting though, it was a little too sweet. Otherwise, delicious!
Too cute! What a great concept!
Too cute! What a great concept!
this really looks amazing, i would like to taste one like this.
I really wish my walmart would have had pinwheels like that i have been looking everywhere and havent found anything like them… i was also looking for the foil sparkler like toothpick things but cant find them either
O well these are cute !!