Ingredients
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18 1/4 ounces white cake mix
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1 cup water (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
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1/3 cup oil (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
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3 eggs (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
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1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
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1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
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red white and blue candy sprinkles
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1/2 teaspoon blue food coloring
Instructions
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions.
- In a small bowl, combine 1 1/3 cups batter with blue food coloring. In another small bowl, combine red food coloring with 1 1/3 cups batter. Leave the remaining batter plain.
- Fill paper-lined muffin tins with 2 tablespoons red batter, 2 tablespoons plain batter, and 2 tablespoons blue batter. Do not swirl batter, leave it layered.
- Bake at 350ºF for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a cupcake comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan and then remove cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Frost with vanilla frosting and decorate with sprinkles.