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Red, White and Blue Cupcakes

These Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes not only look festive, they are delicious. Made with a red velvet cake mix and my buttercream frosting recipe, they are the perfect grab-and-go cookout dessert for the fourth of July, or anytime. Soft and flavorful with the right amount of sweetness, and my easy method for creating the swirled icing is worth a try, the kiddos will love! (and the adults😉)
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Red Velvet Cake mix and ingredients to make
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 4 cups confectioner’s sugar sifted
  • 2 tsp almond extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 tbsp milk almond milk or half and half
  • red and blue food coloring
  • frosting bag
  • plastic wrap
  • plastic baggies 3
  • 1 M Wilton frosting tip

Disclaimer:

Nutritional Information is provided as a courtesy only and should be viewed as an estimate. Ingredients can vary with brands and size and Inspiration Apron makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information.

Instructions
 

  • Follow directions on box mix to make cupcake batter, then fill your cupcake cups or liners half full.
  • After removing from oven, let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
  • Use my buttercream frosting recipe, found HERE to make enough for all cupcakes.
  • Divide frosting evenly into three bowls.
  • Start with adding a few drops of food coloring to frosting and stir with a toothpick until incorporated, then switch to a spoon to thoroughly mix. (If you need more color, add 1 drop at a time until desired color is achieved.)
  • Next, you can load three plastic baggies with each color (or frosting bag) and lay out about a 12-15 inch long section of plastic wrap.
  • Snip corners of each bag and squeeze frosting out in large lines parallel to each other, starting on very edge of plastic.
  • Next, carefully wrap plastic around icing.
  • Insert wrapped frosting into a large frosting bag with a 1M Wilton tip attached and pipe cupcakes. Starting from the outside, gently use a constant squeeze to extract frosting from tip while swirling around to end in the middle.
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