These Red, White & Blue Cupcakes are perfect for Memorial Day and Fourth of July parties. They are made with freeze dried strawberries but you can use fresh or frozen strawberries as well.
I love offering red, white and blue food during patriotic holidays plus if you can make the recipe ahead of time, even better. The kids and adults will both enjoy these delicious treats.
Cupcake Batter Ingredients List:
Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting:
Additional items:
Instructions:
You can use store bought frosting if you do not like making your own and let's face it sometimes you need a shortcut!
I love offering red, white and blue
food during patriotic holidays plus if you can make the recipe ahead of time,
even better. The kids and adults will both enjoy these delicious treats.
Fourth of July Cupcakes
. In
a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
.
In a large bowl, mix
together sugar and melted butter. Add
in eggs one at a time until well blended.
.
Alternate blending in
flour mixture and milk to the butter, sugar, and eggs. Mix just until combined.
. Fold
in freeze dried strawberries.
. Scoop
cupcake batter into liners ¾ full.
.
Heat oven to 350°.
Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick or cake
tester comes clean.
. Cool
on wire rack.
.
To
make frosting, sift confectioners' sugar
then mix with softened butter, milk,
and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
.
Separate a small
amount of buttercream into two small ramekins and blend in red and blue food coloring until desired color is reached.
.
Prepare your decorating tools. Use a wide tip for the white
buttercream. Use a very small circular tip for each of the blue and red colors.
.
To frost the cupcakes, start on the outer
edge and squeeze the white buttercream onto the cupcake going in a circular
motion all the way around to the
middle, overlapping each layer slightly. Pipe
red and blue buttercream and sprinkle with red, white, blue non-pareil candies.
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