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Cupcakes - Red, White and Blue with Buttercream Frosting

These red, white and blue cupcakes are rich, decadent, and so festive. They're a quick and easy cupcake recipe that's welcome at any party.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Cooling Time20 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Servings: 24
Calories: 224kcal
Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 ¼ cup milk
  • 3 cups flour
  • 3 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 large egg whites

Frosting Ingredients

Instructions

  • Get out and measure your ingredients.
    Overhead photo of all the ingredients needed to make U.S.A themed cupcakes.

Cake Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  • Prepare cupcake pan by inserting cupcake liners.
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
    Cream butter and sugar in a large glass bowl. Mix together.
  • Add milk and 2 cups of flour alternately, mixing in between.
    Adding milk to the cream butter and sugar mixture in the large glass bowl. Also add the remaining flour and baking powder. Mix together.
  • Add remaining cup of flour and baking powder. Beat well.
  • In a small mixing bowl, beat egg whites until peaks form.
    Whisked Egg whites in a small glass bowl.
  • Add egg whites to batter and beat well.
    Egg whites added to the large glass bowl with batter. Mix well.
  • Seperate batter into two bowls. Add a few drops of food coloring gel into each bowl until you reach desired color. Usually a few drops will do!
    Cupcake batter colored red and blue.
  • Place spoonfuls of the blue batter inside your prepared pan.
    Cupcake tin with cupcake liners. Blue cupcake batter placed at the bottom of the liners.
  • Add the red batter on top.
    Red cupcake batter placed on top of the blue batter.
  • Using two hands lightly tap pan on counter to settle batter and remove air.
    cupcake tin with cupcake liners. Blue and red cupcake batter placed inside the liners.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
    Baked red and blue colored cupcakes in a cupcake tin.
  • Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.
    Baked red and blue colored cupcakes in a cupcake tin.

Frosting Directions

  • Beat butter and powdered sugar together. Mixture will be crumbly.
    Cream butter and sugar in a large glass bowl. Mix together.
  • Add vanilla and 2 tablespoons of milk. Beat well.
    Butter and powdered sugar mixed together in a glass bowl.
  • If frosting is too thick, add a bit more milk. If frosting is too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar.
  • Put frosting in a large ziplock bag. Cut a small corner off and pipe frosting onto the cupcakes.
    Blue and red colored cupcake topped with white icing.
  • Add sprinkles.
    Blue and red colored cupcake topped with white icing and U.S.A themed sprinkles.
  • Enjoy.
  • Every bite!

Nutrition

Calories: 224kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 59IU | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 1mg