Elderly Care in Greenfield, IN

Everybody loves a cupcake, especially when it is themed to go with a special event, occasion, or celebration. This summer, make your elderly care a bit sweeter and more patriotic by whipping up a batch of these adorable red, white, and blue cupcakes for your cookout, Fourth of July celebration, picnic, or summer-themed birthday party. Even if you do not have a party or event coming up, make up a batch and serve them for a special treat after dinner. Since the recipe creates a large batch, you will have plenty left over to share with your aging parents’ elderly health care services provider during her next visit with your loved ones.

Once you get the technique for these tri-color cupcakes down you can change up the colors to go along with any celebration or holiday you want to celebrate with fun, colorful cupcakes. These are perfect for themed birthday parties, wedding or baby showers, graduation or going away to college parties, and other events during the summer, and can be carried through the fall and winter for Halloween and Christmas celebrations as well.

What You’ll Need

• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups fine sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 large egg whites
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• Red and blue gel food colors
• Large mixing bowl
• 2 medium mixing bowls
• Electric mixer or wooden spoon
• 2 medium mixing bowls
• 3 small ladles or melon ballers
• Toothpicks
• Paper cupcake pan liners
• Cupcake pans
• Your favorite frosting recipe
• Patriotic sprinkles

What to Do

• Set the oven rack into the middle position

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

• Cream butter and sugar together in the large mixing bowl until they are light, fluffy, and a consistent color

• In the medium mixing bowl, combine the baking powder, flour, and salt, and set aside

• Beat the egg whites, pure vanilla extract, and milk together in another mixing bowl. Make sure you are using only whites as yolks will make the cake yellow

• Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter and sugar and mix thoroughly

• Add 1/3 of the milk mixture and mix thoroughly

• Continue alternating flour and milk into the butter until the batter forms, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go to ensure all ingredients mix in completely

• Divide the batter equally into three bowls

• Dip a toothpick into the red gel food color and swirl it into one of the bowls of batter until you achieve the desired red color

• Repeat the process with the blue gel food color to create blue batter

• You should now have red, white, and blue batters

• Use one melon baller to distribute a scoop of blue batter into each of the paper-lined cupcake tins

• Use another melon baller to add a layer of white batter on top of the blue layers

• Use another melon baller to add a final layer of red batter on top of the white layers

• Bake the cupcakes approximately 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean

• Allow the cupcakes to cool in their pans for 10 minutes and then transfer them to wire cooling racks to cool completely

• Top with your favorite frosting and patriotic sprinkles or other decorations

The professionals at Great Care are available to talk with you and your family about all of your home care needs. Great Care is a non medical in-home care agency providing quality and affordable caregivers in Fishers, IN and the surrounding areas. Call (317) 595-9933 for more information.