4th of July Cupcakes

A cupcake with white frosting topped with three star-shaped decorations in blue, white, and red colors. The cupcake wrapper is a shiny silver, and it is sprinkled with red, white, and blue crumbs. The background is soft and out of focus.

Need something red, white, and blue for this year's fourth? These 4th of July Cupcakes are super cute and perfect for a picnic or a neighborhood party! Make the chocolate stars using a template printable and colored melting chocolate.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword 4th of July, 4th of july dessert, Chocolate desserts, cupcakes, Dessert

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 18

Total Time 1 18

Servings cupcakes

Calories 505kcal

Equipment

piping bag
piping tip Ateco 848 tip
Parchment Paper

Ingredients

Cupcakes

1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup butter room temperature
1¾ cup cake flour
½ cup milk
3 egg yolks
¾ tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch salt

Frosting

8 oz cream cheese room temperature
½ cup butter room temperature
pinch salt
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 box powdered sugar about 3½ cups

Chocolate Stars

2 oz white melting chocolates
1 tsp shortening
food dye

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°

Cupcakes

Add sugar and butter to a large bowl, mix at high speed, and beat until light and fluffy.
Mix cake flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl.
Add vanilla extract to milk.
Add and alternate the flour and milk mixtures to the batter. Mix thoroughly until light and fluffy.
Fill muffin tin 3/4 full with batter.
Bake for about 18 minutes until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Frosting

Combine the butter, salt, cream cheese, vanilla extract and sugar. Whip until light and fluffy.
Place frosting in a pastry bag with an 848 Ateco tip. Start in the middle of the cupcake top and swirl from the center around the cupcake. Sprinkle colored sugar sprinkles on top.

Stars

Print out star printable. Place a sheet of parchment paper on top of the star template.
Melt chocolate in small batches, and one at a time. Add shortening to the 2 ounces of chocolate and melt in the microwave for 30-minute intervals, stirring after each interval. Once all the meltaway wafers are melted, the chocolate is ready to use.
Color melted chocolate with food dye.
Place melted chocolate in a piping bag and trim a smallish hole at the tip's end.
Pipe the colored chocolate onto the parchment paper around the edges of the stars. Allow for the chocolate to cool before adding more chocolate to the star's center.
Place chocolate stars on top of the cupcakes.

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