Declare Deliciousness on July 4th! Easy Fireworks Cupcakes Recipe.

What are YOUR plans for July 4th? A patriotic picnic? A parade of pomp and ceremony? A barbeque with your nearest and dearest? Whatever your plans are, we wish you a day of happiness, celebration, closeness and joy. Oh, and Fireworks Cupcakes of course. These are a must-have for your celebrations! I’ll let the picture speak for itself for a moment…

To make these, I used by fail-safe, fool-proof, go-to-anytime vanilla cupcakes recipe. It results in soft, fluffy vanilla sponge. Along with my ultimate butter cream icing recipe. ALWAYS a winner on the taste front! A little bit of food coloring, some innovation here and there, and the result is these firecracker cupcakes. For the firecracker, you can either be all super-crafty and make them yourself, or pop out to the store and get some pretty party poppers (small ones are best) in appropriate colors (and possibly a bit of gold or glitz) for the 4th of July theme! Up to you!

OK, time to get down to the nitty gritty and roll out the recipe!

Easy Fireworks Cupcakes Recipe for 4th of July

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• Author: Louise
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: 12-15 cupcakes 1x

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The softest vanilla sponge with the creamiest buttercream icing and a few patriotic modifications makes for the most awesome July 4th Fireworks Cupcakes ever!

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Ingredients

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For the Cupcakes:

• 1 ½ cups flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

For the icing:

• 250g icing sugar
• 125g white margarine
• 125g butter
• 2tsp vanilla essence
• 2Tbs milk

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Instructions

Cupcakes:

1. Sift dry ingredients together.
2. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and beat well until smooth and creamy.
3. Place in red paper cups into muffin tin and fill each cup 3/4 full.
4. Bake for 15 minutes at 180° C.

Icing:

1. For blue and red icing: Cream together 125g butter and 125g icing sugar.
2. Add one tablespoon of milk and 1 tsp vanilla essence and mix well.
3. For white icing: use 125g white margarine and 125g icing sugar
4. Add two tablespoons of milk and 1 tsp vanilla essence and mix well.
5. Place each color into a piping bag. I started with an entire layer of blue made with the star nozzle. Then topped that with the white and finally, a gorgeous pop of bright red on the top!

• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes

Keywords: 4th July Fireworks Cupcakes

If you happen to have some glitzy gold foil and wide straws, maybe some star stickers lying around then it’s super-easy to make these ‘firecrackers’.

Using the gold foil paper, cut into four thin strips and place one on top of the other. Then, fold in half and twist the bottom at the fold and tape in place. Wedge this base into a trimmed paper straw. Place into the centre/ off centre into the cupcake. Boom, there you have it! Hip Hip Hooray! Happy 4th of July y’all!

Don’t forget to pin to your board of amazing baking treats! Oh, and if you are planning on giving out bags of treats for the kids this July 4th, we have these lovely July 4th treat bag toppers for you. And they are free, just like the US of A!