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Patriotic Cupcakes

Patriotic Cupcakes

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Ingredients
  

For the Cupcakes

  • 1 box 15.25 oz white cake mix
  • 1 ¼ cups water
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 2 teaspoons blue raspberry Jello powder
  • LorAnn Blue Raspberry Flavoring
  • Cupcake liners
  • 1 large mixing bowl and 2 small bowls

For the Frosting

  • 1 ½ sticks salted butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • LorAnn Lemonade Flavoring
  • Blue and red gel food coloring
  • Patriotic sprinkles
  • 3 small bowls
  • 3 small piping bags
  • 1 large piping bag + 1 large star frosting tip
  • 1 tall glass or wide-mouth mason jar

Instructions
 

For the Cupcakes

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or line a standard muffin tin.
  • Add cake mix to a large mixing bowl. Using a hand or stand mixer, mix in your water, oil, and egg whites and mayonnaise on medium until well incorporated.
  • Separate the batter evenly between the 3-mixing bowls.
  • Add the red food coloring to one, the blue coloring and jello to the other and leave the last uncolored.
  • Alternate adding the blue, then white and then the red colored batter into the muffin tin until each is about 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool completely before adding the frosting.

For the Frosting

  • In a large mixing bowl, using a hand or stand mixer, cream the butter for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. Mix in the vanilla extract and lemonade flavoring (start with 1-2 drops as this flavoring is strong!).
  • Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, while alternating 1 tablespoon of the half. Continue to mix until creamy and stiff peaks form.
  • Divide the frosting into 3 bowls. Add the blue food coloring to one bowl and the red to the other, 1 drop at a time and mix until desired color is achieved. Leave the other bowl without color.
  • Insert the larger piping bag into the large glass/mason jar. Using a frosting spreader, add a stripe of the red on one side and then another across from it. Repeat with the blue frosting. Carefully fill the bag with the white frosting.
  • Before frosting your cupcakes, squeeze out a bit onto a plate until you see all the colors come out. Frost your cupcakes and garnish with the sprinkles desired and enjoy!