Celebrate your Fourth of July with Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes – Unicorn Style! These Patriotic Cupcakes will be a hit for all your favorite American Holidays. You will get sprinkles in every bite and enjoy the magical addition of Red and Blue frosting along with the Unicorn ears and single horn.
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Items Needed for Cupcakes
- 1 package of Wilton Sprinkles pouch mix, Red (for inside cupcake)
- 1 package of Wilton Sprinkles pouch mix, Blue (for inside cupcake)
- 1 package of Wilton Sprinkles pouch mix, Diamond (for inside cupcake)
- Patriotic Jimmys for on top (optional)
- Box French Vanilla Cake Mix
- 1 package of Wilton Unicorn Icing Decorations (Found at Walmart and Michaels)
- Red and Blue gel food coloring
- Angled Knife
- 12″ Frosting Bags
- 1M Tip
- Ice Cream Scoop
- Cupcake Liners (Red, White or Blue or Patriotic)
- Cupcake Pan
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These fun Red, White and Blue Cupcakes -Unicorn Style are fairy simple to make. Once you have your items needed, which most you might have on hand, with the exception of Patriotic Jimmys and Unicorn Kit, it comes together quickly. Especially by using the Vanilla Cake Mix which cuts your time in half.
Just add some sprinkles inside the cake batter. Then for the frosting, you can use one or two bags for the different color frosting. Add a small scoop of white frosting on top, dip the cupcake into the sprinkles and then squirt out a dollop of Red and Blue frosting and add your unicorn horn and ears. It will look like you spent hours and your table will be ready for your magical 4th of July holiday.
Unicorn Cupcake Recipe
Red White Blue Unicorn Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 Box Vanilla Cake Mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter 1 Stick
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup Jimmy Sprinkles Patriotic
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- 3 Cups Butter Unsalted and Softened
- 6 Cups Sifted Powdered Sugar
- 5 TBS Heavy Whipping Cream 3-7 Tablespoons it can vary
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Red and Blue Gel Food Coloring
- Wilton Unicorn Icing Kit Sold at Michaels and Walmart
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350 degrees for 20 minutes
- Line the cupcake pan with liners
- In Medium bowl, stir cake mix, butter and milk.
- Mix in the Patriotic Sprinkles until Combined
- Fill the cupcake liners with batter until 3/4 way full with an ice cream scoop. Bake for 21 minutes or until done when touched in the center and they pop back.
- Let cool for 30 minutes.
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- Add Sifted Powdered Sugar, Softened Butter, Vanilla Extract and Whipping Cream (start with 3 Tbs) in a hand mixer or stand mixer. Mix for 5 minutes. Add Whipping Cream as needed.
- Scoop 1 ½ C of frosting into another bowl and set aside
- Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out some frosting and place it onto the cupcakes
- Using a mini angled spatula, lightly spread and smooth evenly into a thick mound of frosting
- Dip the cupcake into the sprinkles to coat the frosting mound. ( I add these to a shallow bowl)
- Using the frosting that was set aside, divide the frosting into two bowls. Mix in red food coloring into one bowl. Mix in blue food coloring into the second bowl
- Scoop the red frosting onto 1 side of the piping bag. Scoop the blue frosting onto the other side of the piping bag. Or use two piping bags, one for each color and then put both bags (with tips cut off) into a larger 16" bag with a 1 M tip inside. Make a small swirl on top of cupcake.
- Place the Unicorn Horn and Ears from the icing package into the red and blue frosting
Notes
- 1 package of Wilton Sprinkles pouch mix, Red (for inside cupcake)
- 1 package of Wilton Sprinkles pouch mix, Blue (for inside cupcake)
- 1 package of Wilton Sprinkles pouch mix, Diamond (for inside cupcake)
- Patriotic Jimmys for on top (optional)
- Box French Vanilla Cake Mix
- 1 package of Wilton Unicorn Icing Decorations (Found at Walmart and Michaels)
- Red and Blue gel food coloring
- Angled Knife
- 12″ Frosting Bags
- 1M Tip
- Ice Cream Scoop
- Cupcake Liners (Red, White or Blue or Patriotic)
- Cupcake Pan
Nutrition
If you prefer to make this recipe from scratch try my Vanilla Birthday Cupcake Recipe.
Have fun making these Patriotic Cupcakes and let me know if you have any questions I can answer. Share this recipe on Pinterest and Facebook and let me know how they turned out.
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