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Cupcakes in a Jar


Happy 4th of July!

This year we are going over to some friend's house and I'm taking dessert.  Since I'm transporting the dessert to a different location, I thought I'd make it easy on myself and put them jars.  I can just put the lid on during the journey to protect the precious dessert 



and then display them beautifully when we get there.  Smart, huh?  (Even though we are only going a few miles away)

To make these cupcakes in a jar, you'll need 1/2 pint canning jars.  The lids are a little harder to find but you can get them on amazon.com and they come in handy because I've been doing a lot of recipes in jars lately which I will eventually post.  Food in jars are so cute!  

Anyway, back to my Fourth of July dessert.  

White cake mix, divided
red food coloring
blue food coloring
vanilla buttercream frosting - recipe below
decorating sprinkles 

1.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2.  Make the cake batter following directions on the box and divide it into 3 equal parts.  Color one part red and one part blue
3.   Pour into cupcake tins and bake according to directions on box.
4.  Take out of oven and let cool.
5.  Cut the tops off the cupcake and drop into a jar.


Try to not to be too grossed out with all the food dye.


Use a pastry bag to frost a layer of frosting.


Cut the top off of the plain cupcakes.


You can also cut off the bottom if they are a little too brown.


Do the same with the last layer of red-colored cupcake.


I know it's hard to see all those cupcake tops go to waste.  Our chickens will like them.


Frost the top and decorate with sprinkles.  So easy!


I always like to make my own frosting because you really can't buy frosting that tastes as good as homemade. I make basic buttercream frosting.


Buttercream Frosting

1 stick salted butter, softened
1 box powdered sugar (16 ounces or 1 pound)
1/4 cup cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Cream butter with electric mixer. Add sugar alternately with vanilla and cream. Add additional cream until desired consistency.




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