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"Raise The Flag" Cupcakes

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Tools:

• Standard Muffin Pan
• Spatula
• Patriotic Cupcake and Cookie Stencils

Ingredients:

• Assorted Patriotic Sprinkles, Colored Sugars, Party Picks, Icing Decorations
• Favorite cake mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• Buttercream Icing

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 12 2-1/2 inch muffin pan cups with paper baking cup liners.

In large bowl, combine cake mix, water, eggs and oil; beat with electric mixer 2 minutes. Spoon into baking cups. Bake 18 to 20 minutes. Cool completely before icing and decorating.

Note: For extra pizzazz, add 2 to 3 tablespoons of patriotic sprinkles to your cake batter. You see color bursts when you eat the cupcakes!

To decorate: Using a spatula or butter knife, ice cupcakes with Buttercream Icing. Or, create an icing swirl using a decorating bag fitted with a star tip, such as Wilton 1M.

To top with sprinkle mix, place sprinkles on cupcake immediately after icing.

To stencil, place stencil over cupcake, sprinkle with cake sparkles, colored sugars or spray with food color spray.

Add picks or icing decorations to either spatula or swirl-iced cupcakes as desired.

Each Cupcake Serves 1.