This delightful Patriotic Cupcakes recipe is easy to make and perfectly festive for any patriotic celebration. You won’t believe just how simple these cupcakes are to make – you don’t have to be an expert baker, I promise.
To make Patriotic Cupcakes, you take a regular white cake mix and color it red and blue, leaving part of it white. Bake, then frost with white frosting, and add red, white, and blue sprinkles. So easy and you have a treat that is sure to delight kids and adults alike!
What You’ll Need for Patriotic Cupcakes:
- 1 package (18 1/4 oz) white cake mix
- ingredients for the cake mix as listed on the box (usually eggs, water, vegetable oil)
- red and blue food coloring (I recommend Americolor for vivid colors)
- 1 can (16 oz) vanilla frosting or make your own
- red, white, and blue sprinkles
Preheat the oven to 350º. Mix the cake batter as directed on the back of the box.
Divide the batter into thirds and place in separate bowls. It will be approximately 1 and 1/3 cups in each bowl. If you’re a little off, it’s ok. It’s hard to be exact!
Add red food coloring to one bowl, blue to another, and leave the third white.
Mix them up. I always use my favorite AmeriColor food color because it makes such vivid colors with such a tiny bit.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups with about 2 tablespoons of red batter.
Now put 2 Tablespoons of white (plain) batter over the red, and lastly layer with the blue batter.
Bake for approximately 20 minutes or follow the directions on the back of the cake mix box. Remove from the oven when the cupcakes test done.
Let your Patriotic Cupcakes cool completely.
Now it’s time to frost. You can use the canned frosting for the quickest version of this recipe or mix up your own. I use my favorite buttercream frosting recipe. (Mainly because I forgot to buy frosting at the store.)
Frost the cupcakes. Decorate with the red, white, and blue sprinkles.
Was than an easy cupcakes recipe or what? Now you have beautiful Patriotic cupcakes!
Patriotic Cupcakes
These delightful Patriotic Cupcakes are easy to make and perfectly red-white-and-blue festive!
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 18 cupcakes 1x
Ingredients
- 1 package (18 1/4 oz) white cake mix
- ingredients for the cake mix as listed on the box (usually eggs, water, vegetable oil)
- red and blue food coloring
- 1 can (16 oz) vanilla frosting or make your own
- red, white, and blue sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare cake batter mix according to package directions for cupcakes. Divide the batter into thirds and place in separate bowls. It will be approximately 1 and 1/3 cups in each bowl. Add red food coloring to one bowl, blue to another, and leave the third plain (white.) Mix.
- Fill paper-lined muffin cups with 2 tablespoons red batter, 2 tablespoons plain batter, and 2 tablespoons blue batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for approx 20 minutes (or follow package directions.)
- Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
- Frost with vanilla frosting, decorate with sprinkles.
Nicole - Mama to 4 Blessings says
what a fun idea! Pinned for you!
melissa says
These are so cute! I pinned it so I can make it. Thank you!
Natalie Z says
Those are so fun! I pinned it. Of course, you also had me at chocolate eclair cake 😉
Tiffany Revels-Cruz says
Your cupcakes came out beautifully, very festive. I think I’ll be making these with Jasmine now. Thanks for sharing.
Mudpies and Tiaras says
Easy enough for me! I pinned it!
Anne says
Very festive, I love them!
Stefani says
What a cute idea. I think I might just have to make these.
Nichol says
I have a white cake mix in my pantry that I have no idea what to make with it…I do now. Such pretty cupcakes:)
Still Blonde after all these YEARS says
Very well photographed and explained!
Isabella Grey says
These look amazing! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! I’ll have to make these very soon.
MJ from iNeedaPlaydate says
I am so doing this for this year! Pinning it now so I remember 🙂
Danielle says
These look scrumptious! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Allyson Bossie says
My kids would love these! Thanks for a great recipe!
JDaniel4's Mom says
These are so pretty! I am going to pin them to my 4th of July board.
Margaret says
Ok these are too cute and made me hungry lol Great job! Off to pin
pat sims says
thx for the sweeps!