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Red White and Blue Cupcakes

Red White and Blue Cupcakes

Make red white and blue cupcakes with cake mix! It’s a simple and fun festive dessert recipe, perfect for sharing! These can even be used as a patriotic birthday cake, saying Happy Birthday to your family member or your country. Red white and blue cupcakes are so cool, easy and fun. There is no need to go to a high end bakery to have fun, festive treats.

Author: Cake Mix Recipes

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Servings: 12 Cupcakes

Calories: 253 kcal per serving

Ingredients

  • 1 box - white cake mix
  • 1 tub - white frosting
  • Red & blue gel food coloring
  • Red & blue sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven per cake directions.
  2. Prepare cake mix per package directions.
  3. Equally divide the batter into 3 separate bowls.
  4. Using the gel food coloring dye one bowl red and one bowl blue, leave one bowl white.
  5. Prepare cupcake tin with liners.
  6. Starting with the blue batter spoon about 1 tablespoon of batter into the all the liners.
  7. Next spoon in the white batter.
  8. Lastly spoon in the red batter.
  9. Bake until a toothpick in the center comes out clean, cool completely.
  10. Spoon the frosting into a piping bag or simply spread it on with a spatula.
  11. Use the red and blue sprinkles to finish the decorating.
  12. Serve, enjoy, and have fun!

Nutrition

Energy: 253 kcal | Total Fat: 14 g | Saturated: 8 g | Trans: 0 g | Unsaturated: 12 g | Cholesterol: 29 mg | Total Carbs: 71 g | Fiber: 1 g | Sugars: 50 g | Proteins: 3 g | Sodium: 440 mg | Polyunsaturated: 2 g | Monounsaturated: 3 g

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