Everyone loves picnic treats they can grab and eat, and these July 4th cupcakes also bring pyrotechnics to the plate. Each is topped with an explosive three-color swirl of icing, easily created with the Color Swirl Three-Color Coupler.
Yield: 12 cupcakes
- Favorite cupcake recipe or mix
- 4.5-pound tub White ReadyTo-Use Decorator Icing Color
Icing Colors:(mixing colors to get that perfect shade)
- Red (formula 186): 2 cups icing + 40 Red
- White: Reserve 2 cups icing Deep Blue (formula 647): 2 cups icing + 26 Blue + 8 Red + 4 Purple Bake cupcakes according to package directions in red, white and blue standard baking cups.
Tint icing following color formulas above. Prepare Color Swirl 3- Color Coupler according to package directions, filling one decorating bag each with red, white and blue icing and fitting with tip 1M. Pipe a swirl on each cooled cupcake top.