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A red velvet cupcake in a blue wrapper topped with swirls of white frosting and festive red, white, and blue star sprinkles—perfect for celebrating with delicious red white and blue cupcakes on a star-patterned napkin.

Red White and Blue Cupcakes

Bake easy red white and blue cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting and sprinkles. A fun patriotic dessert idea for BBQs, holidays, and family celebrations.

Course desserts
Cuisine American
Keyword red white and blue cupcakes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12 cupcakes
Author momma lew

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ tsp cocoa powder
  • 1 ½ cup oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 ½ tbsp red food coloring
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • ½ cup butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 ½ cup powered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. 
  3. In a separate bowl, mix together oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla
  4. If you are making your own buttermilk, mix together 1 tbsp to 1 cup buttermilk.
  5. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing well until combined.
  6. Fill cupcake liners ⅔ full. Bake for 18-20 minutes
  7. Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix together cream cheese, butter, and vanilla
  8. Slowly mix in powdered sugar until ingredients are combined and frosting is formed. 
  9. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting

  10. Add the frosting to your piping bag with an icing tip, and frost the cupcakes.

  11. Finish with patriotic red, white, and blue star sprinkles. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Store frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Bring them to room temperature before serving for the best flavor.