Patriotic 4th of July Cupcake Recipe!

Makes 18 cupcakes

 

Ingredients:

18 1/4 ounces white 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 white and blue candy sprinkles

Directions:

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.

Source: http://www.food.com/recipe/patriotic-4th-of-july-cupcakes-126930