Stars and Stripes Cupcakes

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Stars and Stripes Cupcakes Photo
Stars and Stripes Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 42 cupcakes
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Ingredients:
42
cupcakes, any flavor

2
containers (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting

Fresh blueberries, washed and dried

Fresh strawberries, washed, dried, stemmed and halved



Preparation:
1.
Frost cupcakes with vanilla frosting.

2.
Decorate 9 cupcakes with blueberries. Decorate remaining cupcakes with strawberry half, placing strawberry halves at edge of each remaining cupcake as shown in photo.

3.
Arrange cupcakes on rectangular tray or on the table to form U.S. flag. Place blueberry-topped cupcakes in the upper left part of tray and strawberry-topped cupcakes in rows to resemble red and white stripes of flag.





This recipe appears in: Patriotic