Festive Canada Day Cupcakes Recipe (2024)

Canada Day is almost upon us and I don’t know about you, but I feel like celebrating beyond the traditional festivities. This year, why not spread cheer with decadent and cheerful Canada Day cupcakes that make for a sweet interlude between the planned activities and will be a hit with everyone?

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Canada Day In The Nation’s Capital

My family loves the military drills and the changing of the guard events. The cultural displays and performers are always appreciated and enjoyed as a part of our family traditions and we can’t forget wrapping up the day with the glorious fireworks displays. In between these events there is always a lot of walking and visiting with friends too. Trust me when I tell you Canada Day in the Nation’s Capital can be quite the affair. With so much going on, these Canada Day cupcakes are just what is needed.

Fancy Canada Day Cupcakes

These look quite fancy; swirls of colour and an awesome topper totally make this treat stand out from the crowd. They are perfect for such a time of celebration and community. After so much action, these glorious cupcakes make for an epic dessert or just a sweet way to say Happy Canada Day to your neighbours and friends. You can use a homemade cake recipe, which is provided below, or use a white cake mix.

Easy Red and White Frosting Swirl

The swirls of colour in this recipe should not intimidate you. It is so easy to create this effect with some food colouring, layering the batter and giving it a gentle swirl. While this is a little more work than just spooning in batter, it is really worth the few moments of extra effort it takes.

You can find more Canada Day ideas here. Reader favourites include Canada Red Velvet Cake Pops and Canada Day Maple Leaf Cookies.

Festive Canada Day Cupcakes Recipe

If you are celebrating Canada Day at home with your family and friends, you can create Canada Daycrafts ormake these Canada Day cupcakes for dessert. You better make 2 batches as they won’t last for long!

Canada Day Cupcake Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 egg whites
• 2 eggs
• 2 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Redgel food colouring

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How To Make The Canada Day Cupcakes

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcakepan with paper liners.

Step 2: Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.

Step 3: Beat butter on high for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla extractto the butter until well combined. Add egg whites, one at a time, mixing after each. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each.

Step 4: Add 1/3 cupflour mixture to the wet mixture followed by adding 1/3 cup of the buttermilk;add 1/3 cup flour mixture again then add 1/3 cup buttermilk mix on low-speed, add 1/3 cup of flour and add the rest of 1/3 cup of buttermilk mix in low-speed until thoroughly blended.

Step 5: Divide the batter into two bowls. Add red gel food colouring toone bowl and stir well. Thesecond bowlremains white.

Step 6: Begin by spooning in some of the red batter then add the white on top of the red. Continue with the a spoon of the red again then the white all around the individuallined cupcake tins. The batter will spread out in the cupcake tin but continue to layer the batter with the red then the white. The battershould reach 2/3rd of the top of thelined cupcake holders.

Step 7: Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an insertedtoothpick comes out clean.

Step 8: Cool for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack until fully cooled

Canada Day Cupcakes Frosting

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3 cup powder sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• Redgel food colouring

How To Make The Frosting

Step 1: Beat the softened butter on its own until smooth. Add vanilla extract. Add powder sugar with heavy cream into the creamed butter until it becomes a smooth and thick texture. If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, ifthe frosting is too thin, add more powdered sugar.

Step 2: Take a spoonful of the frosting and hold the spoon upside down. If the frosting drops off the spoon, add more powdered sugar.

Step 3: Divide the frosting into two bowls. One bowl addseveral reddrops of gel food colouring and stir well. The second bowl remains white.

Step 4: Scoop individual colours of the frosting, one at a time, into a pastry bag. Start with thered frosting, second add the white frosting. Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip. Test it out before applying the frosting to the cupcakes.The frosting should come out in a mixture of the red and white.

Step 5: Frost the cupcakes bystarting on theedges of thebaked cupcakes and with the frosting work towards the centre of the cupcake.

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