Patriotic 4th Of July Cupcakes

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 24 mins

Ingredients

• 18 1/4 ounces cake mix
• 1 cup water (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 1/3 cup oil (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 3 eggs (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 1/2 teaspoon blue food coloring
• 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
• 1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
• red and blue candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 prepare cake mix according to package directions.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine 1 1/3 cups batter with blue food coloring. in another small bowl, combine red food coloring with 1 1/3 cups batter. leave the remaining batter plain.
• 3 fill paper-lined muffin tins with 2 tablespoons red batter, 2 tablespoons plain batter, and 2 tablespoons blue batter. do not swirl batter, leave it layered.
• 4 bake at 350ºf for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a cupcake comes out clean.
• 5 cool 10 minutes in pan and then remove cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 6 frost with vanilla frosting and decorate with sprinkles.