There’s nothing more patriotic than a red, white, and blue cupcake, especially when it’s topped with an American flag. This easy recipe is perfect for Memorial Day celebrations or any other patriotic event.

Really cute patriotic American Flag cupcakes don’t get much easier than this! Flag cupcakes are a great dessert for any Memorial day, 4th of July BBQ, or party!

Big kids can even help with this one too!

How to make Easy American Flag Cupcakes:

Bake cupcakes per recipe and cool completely and gather your ingredients.

Use the blue frosting to pipe star shapes in a square in the top left portion of the cupcake as shown below using a star tip like the Wilton 18 Star tip.

Then alternate using the red and white frosting to pipe the stripes, beginning with red.

Continuing until the cupcake is covered.

Place white sprinkle stars in the blue section. Repeat for each cupcake!

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Sheri

Easy American Flag Cupcakes

5 from 1 vote

There's nothing more patriotic than a red, white, and blue cupcake, especially when it's topped with an American flag. This easy recipe is perfect for Memorial Day celebrations or any other patriotic event.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Servings: 10

Course: Dessert, Kid Friendly

Cuisine: American

Calories: 192

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix + additional ingredients per instructions OR your favorite recipe
Frosting One canister or homemade
Wilton 18 Star tip
White star sprinkles
Food dye

Equipment

Muffin Pan
Piping Bags

Method

Bake cupcakes per recipe and cool completely
Split the frosting into three bowls and dye one bowl red, leave one white, and one blue. Add each to a separate piping bag.
Use the blue frosting to pipe star shapes in a square in the top left portion of the cupcake as shown.
Then alternate using the red and white frosting to pipe the stripes, beginning with red.
Place white sprinkle stars in the blue section.
Enjoy!