The 4th of July is a day to celebrate America, and what better way than to eat lots of yummy food, including this patriotic dessert! My 4th of July cupcakes are made from my favorite vanilla cupcake recipe. Instead of making plain white cupcakes, we’ll use food coloring to create a swirled, tie-dye effect that’s perfect for the occasion. Cupcakes are great, but if you want to go all out, make this red, white, and blue Forth of July Layer Cake too! There’s no such thing as too much cake at a celebration. Or make Red White And Blue M&M Cookies for the summer holiday!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Ingredients In 4th of July Cupcakes
These fun cupcakes are made with my favorite vanilla cupcake batter, dyed in red, white and blue for the occasion. Complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Unsalted Butter: Let the butter soften at room temperature before you start baking. Granulated Sugar: To make these cupcakes perfectly sweet.Eggs: Two large eggs, also at room temperature go into this recipe. Vanilla Extract: Buy pure vanilla extract, never the imitation stuff. This is the only flavoring of the cupcake, so you want it to be good. Yogurt: Adding yogurt to cake and cupcake recipes makes them dense and moist, like a bakery-style cupcake. You can also use sour cream if you prefer. Be sure to buy full-fat dairy to make this recipe.Flour, baking soda, and salt: these are the dry ingredients, common to most cupcake recipes, and probably already in your pantry. Buttercream Frosting: I’ll show you how to make an easy American buttercream with softened butter, powdered sugar, cream, vanilla extract, and blue food coloring. Sprinkles: Look for 4th of July sprinkles at the store, online, or use red and blue sprinkles mixed together.
How To Make 4th of July Cupcakes
How to Decorate 4th of July Cupcakes
Recipe Tips
Don’t overfill. Filling the cupcake liners only halfway, and definitely no more than ⅔ of the way is key to making sure that your tie dye cupcakes don’t overflow. They aren’t as cute if they look like mushrooms!Measure Correctly: I have some tricks for making sure you’re measuring your ingredients correctly! When baking, it’s important to accurately measure everything to get the best results in the end.Use Gel Food Coloring: You’ll get the most vivid and bright colors in your baked goods using a gel-based food coloring rather than a liquid. Wilton gel food colors are my favorites. The set linked here has all of the basic colors and will last you a long time.Cool Cupcakes Completely: Don’t try to add buttercream to cupcakes that are still warm. It will just melt and fall right off!No Decorating Tips? I’m showing you exactly how to make these cupcakes using piping bags and tips, but if you’d rather, you can still make these fun cupcakes and frost them with a knife or a spatula. You can also place the frosting in a small ziplock bag and cut one of the corners off to make a make-shift piping bag for cupcakes. Other Decorations: You can pick up miniature toothpick flags to add to the tops of your cupcakes, or use red, white, and blue M&Ms instead of sprinkles.
Cupcake Storing Tips
Once decorated, you can store your 4th of July cupcakes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Unfrosted cupcakes can be frozen, wrapped individually, for up to 3 months.
What To Serve on the 4th of July
Serve your fun and tasty 4th of July cupcakes with traditional American favorites! Light up the Grill and make some Ground Chicken Burgers, Grilled BBQ Chicken, or Shrimp Kabobs. Beer Can Chicken is also a fun bbq meal to make. Serve Easy Side Dishes like Tuna Pasta Salad, Ramen Noodle Salad, Shrimp Pasta Salad, or Strawberry Spinach Salad. You’ll want to have plenty of desserts too. No Bake Pies are always great in the summer, so try my No Bake Oreo Pie, Banana Icebox Cake, or a simple No Bake Cheesecake this 4th of July. These cupcakes are the perfect dessert for the 4th of July! Be sure to Pin the recipe so you can make it, and be sure to make enough to share! © Little Sunny Kitchen
