Flag Cupcakes
Are you ready to impress your family and friends with festive flag cupcakes that taste as good as they look? Grab your apron, your favorite star tip for frosting, and plenty of gel food color, and start baking!
Servings: 12
Calories: 448kcal
Equipment
- Frosting tips- Wilton #32 for the blue and white and red stripes, and a #13 for the stars
- 2 Large bowl
- Wisk
- Cupcake Pan
- 2 piping bags
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix plus ingredients from the directions (water, oil, eggs)
- 1 cup unsalted butter near room temperature
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- Red gel food coloring
- Blue gel food coloring
Instructions
- Prepare the cupcakes, according to box directions.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool completely.
- For the frosting, beat the butter until smooth.
- Add the vanilla extract, and the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing until well combined.
- Add the #13 tip to a piping bag, and add about 1/4 cup of the frosting.
- Add about 3/4 cup of the frosting to a separate bowl. Add a generous amount of blue gel color, and mix until the color is incorporated.
- Add to a piping bag with a #32 tip.
- Use the blue frosting and make the blue section of the flag over 1/4 of each cupcake.
- Use the white frosting to add stars to the blue area.
- Take half of the remaining white frosting, and add to a piping bag with a #32 tip.
- Add a generous amount of red gel color to the remaining half, and mix until color is incorporated.
- Add the red frosting to a piping bag with #32 tip.
- Pipe the red and white stripes onto the cupcake.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 448kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 300mg | Potassium: 125mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 53g | Vitamin A: 474IU | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 2mg