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Patriotic Cupcakes

If you're thinking about the big July 4th BBQ you're going to throw, these Patriotic Cupcakes are the Perfect July 4th Dessert. They're super easy and fun to make--and they taste like a million bucks.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 24
Course: Death By Dessert
Calories: 235
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • Cupcakes:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup salted butter slightly softened
  • 1 ¾ cups white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 egg whites
  • ⅔ cup heavy whipping cream
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • Wilton color gels
  • -No Taste Red
  • -Royal Blue
  • Frosting:
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method
 

  1. To Make Cupcakes: 
  2. Line muffin tin with paper cups. 
  3. Preheat oven to 350.
  4. In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside
  5. In a mixing bowl, beat butter for about 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla and beat well. 
  6. Add egg whites and beat well on high speed. 
  7. Alternate dry flour mixture with cream and milk, beating on low speed just until combined. 
  8. Divide batter into thirds. I do this by using a measuring cup or portion scoop to equally divide into three bowls. 
  9. Color one bowl of batter with royal blue color, one bowl with red and leave the other bowl white. 
  10. Spoon batter into prepared cupcake pan, red on the bottom, followed by white and blue until about ⅔ full. 
  11. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting. 
To Frost Cupcakes:
  1. Use a whisk attachment on your mixer to beat ingredients together until stiff peaks form.
  2. Place into piping bag and pipe onto cupcake. I used Wilton Tip 32.
  3. Enjoy!