Sweetheart Cupcakes

Name: Sweetheart Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 100 min
Ingredients: 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix; 1.25 cups water; 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil; 3 egg whites; 8 drops red food coloring; 2 drops raspberry candy oil

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Instead of just plain white cupcakes, I took it a step further and made them special. You can change the colors for any holiday. Shades of green for St. Patrick's Day, pastel colors for Easter, red white and blue for the 4th of July. You get the picture.

Recipe by Celeste

Published on July 6, 2020

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Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

20 mins

Additional Time:

1 hr

Total Time:

1 hr 40 mins

Servings:

24

Yield:

2 dozen cupcakes

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Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 ¼ cups water
⅓ cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites
8 drops red food coloring
2 drops raspberry candy oil

Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a standard muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
Beat the cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and egg whites together on low speed for 30 seconds, then on medium for 2 minutes, until smooth. Fill cupcake liners 1/3 full with white batter; set aside.
Stir 4 drops of red food coloring into the remaining bowl of batter to make the batter pink. Stir in the raspberry oil. Pour 1/3 of pink batter into a resealable plastic bag and set aside.
Mix more food coloring into the remaining bowl of pink batter until it is an orange/red color and pour the batter into a resealable plastic bag. Cut a corner off the bag, stick the open tip into the center of each cup of white batter and squeeze in about two tablespoons of red batter.
Cut the corner off the bag with the pink batter, stick the open tip into the center of the red batter and squeeze about 1 tablespoon pink batter into each cup.
Bake the layered cupcakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.

Cook's Note:

Top cupcakes with your favorite frosting. I used Sturdy Whipped Cream Frosting from this site.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

120	Calories
5g	Fat
17g	Carbs
1g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 24
Calories 120
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 5g	7%
Saturated Fat 1g	4%
Sodium 149mg	6%
Total Carbohydrate 17g	6%
Dietary Fiber 0g	1%
Total Sugars 12g
Protein 1g
Vitamin C 0mg	1%
Calcium 42mg	3%
Iron 0mg	2%
Potassium 32mg	1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.