Red, White and Blue Flag Cupcakes

So....Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day.....all holidays that spark parties, bbqs and covered dish affairs.  I'm always stuck on what to bring.....don't want something that's high maintenance, needs an outlet, needs refrigeration, might get ruined on the way there, etc.  So between a bit of inspiration from Pinterest and a bit of creativity on my own, I give you "boxed cupcake flag".

I did this with the itty bitty cupcake wrappers (the kind that a box of cake mix yields 75 cupcakes....but you could do with mini cakes or regular cakes...just adjust your transportation method and batter/frosting amount :)

I used a good old box of white cake mix (and left it white)...i usually have a hankering to dye it with food coloring...and you can...but I didn't this time!  I then just used a jar of white frosting (I did dye this...you have to....it's kinda the focus).  You only need a bit of blue so don't divide it into 1/3's....just eyeball it...you're smart enough to figure it out ;)

I had my handy dandy Wilton jar-o-sprinkles in red, white, and blue so I decide to top off the display with them but you don't neeed to. ( I buy baking decorating things after holidays when they are super cheap and store them.  Sprinkles and cupcake wrappers never go bad and they really set off a plain jane cake.  Plus, most time they include solid colors which work for brithdays, etc.  I have valentine, patriotic,  easter, fall, halloween, and holday wilton caddies and well as a boatload of regular jars....)

If you don't have a large enough tupperware/cake carrier, you could use a box lid and cover it in aluminum foil or wrapping paper (then you don't even have to worry about bringing it home!)

Enjoy! :)