Happy 4th of July! This is a perfect treat to eat while sitting out enjoying the fireworks!
1 Box of White Cake Mix
3 Eggs
1/3 Cup Oil
1/2 Cup Water
2 Cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter (Softened)
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
2-3 TBSP Milk
Blue & Red Food Coloring
White Cupcake Liners
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a bowl add cake mix, eggs, water and oil.
Mix together until combined. Add 20 drops of red food coloring to the mix and stir.
Place your white cupcake liners inside the cupcake pan and fill each one with the red cake mixture about 1/2 full.
Bake for 18- 22 min. Let cupcakes cool for 20 min after baking.
In a separate bowl mix powdered sugar, softened butter and vanilla extract.
Add the milk one TBSP at a time until it becomes together with no lumps.
Next add 15- 20 drops of blue food coloring and stir the frosting until combined.
Take your red cupcake and top it with the blue frosting.
20-24 servings.
TIPS:
I know that this recipe is “in a box” but I also strive to take those things and turn them into something new. So I am keeping with my premise of “out of the box cooking” 🙂
With the food coloring, I used the regular liquid food coloring that you find anywhere at the store.
Make sure to add plenty of food coloring to the cake mix and frosting to get a dark and vibrant red and blue color, especially red! You don’t want pink cupcakes!
For the frosting, I ended up using x2 amount of vanilla (since I was using the artificial stuff.) If you do have the real bottles of vanilla stick to the 1 tsp.
When adding milk to the frosting add slowly and don’t worry if you need to add more to tone down sweetness or to make the frosting smoother. I ended up using a bit more to get a smooth texture.
I doubled the cupcake liners so that the white color would be represented, but you can just use one.
Take your cupcakes one step further and add decorations to the top. Maybe a flag, sprinkles, etc. Be imaginative and make it your own!
Out of The Box Cooking 