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Fourth of July Cupcake Flag Cake

Fourth of July Cupcake Flag Cake

Ingredients:4
Servings:48

By Jessica WalkerUpdated 06/13/2023

Fourth of July Cupcake Flag Cake

Ingredients:4
Servings:48

Celebrate the Fourth of July in style! Our cupcake flag cake is everything your celebration needs: red, white and blue frosting swirled on a white cake for the fluffiest and creamiest dessert ever. And with 48 servings, everyone will be able to snag a piece of this crowd-pleasing treat. Just five ingredients, under an hour of prep and a little creativity are all you need to make this potluck dessert that guests will devour. Give this Fourth of July Cupcake Flag Cake a try, and the fireworks won’t be the only showstopper this Independence Day!

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Fourth of July Cupcake Flag Cake

Prep time:40 min
Total time:1 hr 45 min
Ingredients:4
Servings:48

Fourth of July Cupcake Flag Cake

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Ingredient

2 boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ White Cake Mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
4 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
Blue and red gel food color from 1 box Betty Crocker™ Classic Gel Food Color

Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. With 1 box of cake mix, make batter as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about 2/3 full).

Step 2
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. While 24 cupcakes are baking, make batter with remaining cake mix, water, oil and eggs. Repeat baking and cooling to make 24 more cupcakes.

Step 3
While cupcakes are cooling, tint 1 tub of frosting with blue food color; tint 1 1/2 tubs of frosting with red food color. Set both aside. Spoon remaining white frosting into decorating bag with large tip.

Step 4
On covered board or cutting board, arrange cooled cupcakes into rectangle. Mark off 12 cupcakes to be frosted blue. Pipe thick lines of white frosting onto remaining cupcakes; spread with spatula until smooth. Spoon blue frosting into separate decorating bag; pipe onto the 12 cupcakes and smooth. Carefully move blue section of cupcakes to join other portion of cupcakes.

Step 5
Into decorating bag with large star tip, spoon red frosting. Pipe stars in rows to make red stripes. Using smaller star tip, pipe white frosting stars onto blue frosting section.

Recipe Tips

Freeze the cupcakes ahead of time to make them firmer and easier to frost.
Let frosting set just a bit between mixing in the color and spreading it on the cupcakes. It will become more stable and brighter in color.
To make spreading frosting easier, try popping your frosting in the microwave for 10 seconds.
If you want to jazz up your flag cake even more, sprinkle Betty Crocker™ Red, White & Blue Sprinkles on the frosting.
Looking for more treats? Try one of Betty’s Best Fourth of July Desserts.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts are not available for this recipe