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If you're planning a Memorial Day cookout, cupcakes would be a perfect dessert — easy to serve, easy to eat, and easy to make. This page outlines how to make Memorial Day cupcakes that will wow your guests.
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Introduction
- Memorial Day is a traditional time to gather with friends and family to kick off summer in the United States. Decorating cupcakes with the colors of the holiday will produce a dessert that can travel well to a cookout, and enhance the appearance of the dessert table as well.
Step 1: How to Make Memorial Day Cupcakes
- A simple cupcake, topped with white frosting, and decorated with red and blue sprinkles will give your guests a taste of Memorial Day.
What You'll Need for Memorial Day Cupcakes
- Unfrosted cupcakes
- White frosting
- A pastry bag, or sealable bag with the corner cut off, to pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes
- A large, flat work surface to use while decorating
- Red and blue sprinkles
Step 2: Memorial Day Cupcake Tips
- Improvise with frosting and decorations, keeping in mind the colors of the season are red, white, and blue.
- Use food coloring to tint some of the frosting blue and some red.
- Consider using red velvet cupcakes as a base.
- Red white and blue jelly beans can top the cupcakes.
- Purchase miniature flags to decorate the cupcakes.
- Top frosted cupcakes with white coconut, then add a layer of blueberries and raspberries. Finish the cupcakes with a drizzle of melted white chocolate for an elegant Memorial Day Cupcake.
Step 3: Memorial Day Cupcake Ideas and Recipes
- If you'd like to make a fancier Memorial Day cupcake, here are some links to inspire you.
- Martha Stewart: Flag Cupcakes
- Wilton: Bursting Into Air Cupcakes
- MyRecipes: Memorial Day Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cupcake Recipes: Low Sugar Cupcakes (May 27, 2007)
- The Cupcakery: Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting (May 26, 2008)
- Cupcake Project: All American BBQ Cupcakes: Smoky Chocolate Cupcakes... (May 21, 2008)
- Cupcakes Take The Cake: Memorial Day Cupcakes (May 30, 2006)
