{"id":23811,"date":"2011-07-02T01:16:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T05:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodiecitymom.com\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2011-07-02T01:16:36","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T05:16:36","slug":"4th-of-july-desserts-red-white-and-blue-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/4th-of-july-desserts-red-white-and-blue-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"4th of July Desserts: Red, White and Blue Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/red-white-and-blue-cupcakes1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14773 aligncenter\" title=\"red white and blue cupcakes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/red-white-and-blue-cupcakes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><br>\nCelebrating the 4th of July usually involves picnics, barbeques and (of course) fireworks.\u00a0 This year, I thought that red, white and blue mini cupcakes would make the perfect ending to holiday meals.\u00a0 They are the perfect size for active kids.\u00a0 Then again, who <strong>doesn\u2019t <\/strong>love a small and sweet celebratory treat?\n<div class=\"print-this-button-shell\">\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"print-this-button\" onClick=\"parent.location='https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/4th-of-july-desserts-red-white-and-blue-cupcakes\/?printthis=1&printsect=1'\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Print This!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<!-- Print This Section 1 Start -->\n<div class=\"print-this-content\">\n<p><strong>Vanilla Cupcakes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup cake flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tbsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter (room temperature)<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cooking Directions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 12 muffin tins with      paper liners or line 48 mini muffin tins.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl whisk together both flours, baking      powder, and salt. Set the bowl aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat the butter until it is smooth by      using an electric or hand held mixer. Add the sugar to the bowl and beat      the mixture on medium speed until it is light and fluffy (approximately 2      minutes). Add the eggs to the mixture. Add them one at a time making sure      that you beat the mixture well (approximately 20 \u2013 30 seconds) after each      egg addition. (It is important to thoroughly scrape the sides and bottoms      of the bowl with a spatula at the end of each step.)<\/li>\n<li>Combine the milk cream and vanilla in a small bowl.      With your mixer set to the low speed, alternately add 1\/3 of the dry      ingredients from the medium bowl to the mixture in the large bowl. Then,      add 1\/3 of the wet ingredients from the small bowl to the mixture in the      large bowl. Keep doing that until the entire contents of the medium and      small bowls are incorporated into the large bowl. Be careful not to      overbeat the batter. (This mixing portion of the recipe should not take      more than 2 minutes total to complete.)<\/li>\n<li>Fill each cupcake liner until it is half full. Bake the      mini cupcakes for 12 -14 minutes. The regular cupcakes will take18 \u2013 22      minutes to bake. (For more even baking results, you can rotate the tins at      the baking halfway point.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Vanilla Buttercream Frosting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter (room temperature)<\/li>\n<li>3 cups powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cooking Directions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Using the paddle attachment of your electric mixer,      cream the butter in a large bowl until it is smooth (approximately 2      minutes).<\/li>\n<li>With the mixer on a low speed setting, slowly add 3      cups of sugar until it is fully mixed into the butter. Then add the milk      and vanilla. Increase the mixer speed to medium high and beat the mixture      until it is light and fluffy (3 \u2013 4 minutes).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Recipe Notes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>-If the frosting becomes too soft, you can gradually add an additional cup of sugar to reach your desired consistency.<\/p>\n<p>-Frost each cupcake with the buttercream and decorate as desired with red (1\/2 pint raspberries or strawberries) and\/or blue (1\/2 pint of blueberries) fruit.<\/p>\n<p>-You can also create a 4th of July cupcake station.\u00a0 Simply put out the white frosted cupcakes along with an assortment of red, white and blue topping options (including the healthy fruit).\u00a0 It will be fun to see what combinations your kids and guests will create!<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- Print This Section 1 End -->\n\n<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Related Posts<\/strong>:<\/span><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp\/\/anneil%E2%80%99s-amazing-red-velvet-cupcake-recipe\/\">Anneil\u2019s Amazing Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp\/\/four-cupcake-frosting-recipes\/\">Four Cupcake Frosting Recipes<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp\/\/how-to-make-vanilla-cupcakes\/\">How To Make Vanilla Cupcakes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating the 4th of July usually involves picnics, barbeques and (of course) fireworks.\u00a0 This year, I thought that red, white and blue mini cupcakes would make the perfect ending to holiday meals.\u00a0 They are the perfect size for active kids.\u00a0 &#8230; <a title=\"4th of July Desserts: Red, White and Blue Cupcakes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/4th-of-july-desserts-red-white-and-blue-cupcakes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 4th of July Desserts: Red, White and Blue Cupcakes\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4th of July Desserts: Red, White and Blue Cupcakes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/4th-of-july-desserts-red-white-and-blue-cupcakes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4th of July Desserts: Red, White and Blue Cupcakes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celebrating the 4th of July usually involves picnics, barbeques and (of course) fireworks.\u00a0 This year, I thought that red, white and blue mini cupcakes would make the perfect ending to holiday meals.\u00a0 They are the perfect size for active kids.\u00a0 ... 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