Red White and Blue cupcakes are a perfect patriotic dessert! These easy festive cupcakes are made with red velvet and are topped with cream cheese frosting.
Looking for a fun and festive dessert for a patriotic celebration? Look no further than red, white, and blue cupcakes!
These cupcakes are the perfect way to enjoy 4th of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or your summer parties.
Red velvet cupcakes are topped with a creamy frosting and colorful sprinkles.
Red white and blue 4th of July cupcakes are sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike.
Whether you’re hosting a backyard BBQ or just looking for a sweet treat, these cupcakes are a delicious way to celebrate your love for the USA.
How to Make Red White and Blue Patriotic Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tbsp red food coloring
- 1 1/2 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Red, white and Blue Sprinkles
Directions
The first step is to prepare your cupcake tin with your cupcake liners. I like to use blue cupcake liners, since the cupcakes are red, but you can use different patriotic cupcake liners.
In a large bowl, using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer. Then mix dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder on low speed.
In a small bowl, mix together oil, buttermilk, eggs, a few drops of red food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla. The gel food coloring makes for bright colors, so you will only need a couple of drops.
You can make your own buttermilk by stirring 1 tbsp of vinegar into 1 cup of milk.
Slowly add the wet ingredients into your bowl, mixing well until combined on medium speed.
Pour cupcake batter into muffin tin to ⅔ full with your cake batter and bake for 18-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of a cupcake.


While your cupcakes are cooling to room temperature on a wire rack, make your cream cheese frosting.
Add your frosting into a decorating bag with a piping tip. Pipe your frosting starting from the center of the cupcake. For a little color, add red white and blue jimmies on top of each cupcake.
Cupcakes are finished when you poke the middle with a toothpick and it comes out clean. Also, the tops of the cupcakes will feel springy to the touch when they are baked through.
See Also: Red White & Blue Poke Cake Recipe | How to Turn a Simple White Cake Batter into Chocolate | Delicious Red White and Blue Desserts | No Bake Recipes for Your July 4th Dessert Table | Memorial Day Desserts | Red White & Blue Layer Cake
Make This Delicious Cupcake into Firecracker Cupcakes
Follow the original recipe above, but do not add any food coloring. Get 3 separate bowls and equally portion out cups of batter. Add food coloring to make red batter, blue batter and then plain white batter. Fill paper liners with equal amounts of each color, leaving them layered or creating color swirls and then baking. You can then top with red icing, blue icing or white frosting.
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Red White and Blue Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tbsp red food coloring
- 1 1/2 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/2 cup powered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder.
- In a separate bowl, mix together oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla
- If you are making your own buttermilk, mix together 1 tbsp to 1 cup buttermilk.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing well until combined.
- Fill cupcake liners ⅔ full. Bake for 18-20 minutes
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix together cream cheese, butter, and vanilla
- Slowly mix in powdered sugar until ingredients are combined and frosting is formed.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting
- Add the frosting to your cake decorator or piping bag with an icing tip, and frost the cupcakes.
- Finish with patriotic red, white, and blue star sprinkles. Enjoy!
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Red, White, and Blue Roundup | Pink Ninja Blogger
Monday 2nd of July 2018
[…] 4th of July Cupcakes courtesy of Momma Lew […]
Judy
Friday 29th of June 2018
Hi, how many cupcakes does this recipe make?
momma lew
Friday 29th of June 2018
Hi! It makes 24.
Lyndsey R.
Sunday 17th of June 2018
Looks like a fun patriotic recipe.
Judy Thomas
Sunday 17th of June 2018
These look so delicious! So pretty too, I can't wait to make them.
Kelly Freeman
Saturday 16th of June 2018
The recipe looks simple. I will let my oldest daughter give it a try!