Fourth of July Cupcakes

By Gerry

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.


For frosting see: Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

• Mix up a batch of white cake batter, using The Perfect Cupcakes (using a mix)

Preparation

Step 1

Divide your white cake mix into 3 bowls.

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.