Independence Indulgences

I wanted to bring something festive and summery to the 4th of July BBQ we are going to today, and decided to make these colorful lemon cakes. I used decorative sugar to make the silhouettes of stars on the tops, and colored my batter to make red, white, and blue stripes on the inside. I like how they came out a bit psychedelic and abstract! They are super yummy too!

Here is the semi-homemade recipe:

Ingredients:
1 box of Duncan Hines Lemon Supreme cake mix
zest of 2 lemons
1 1/3 cup milk
food coloring
decorative sugar

Whip together the cake mix, zest, and milk. Use an electric whip to make the batter light and fluffy. Separate the batter into three parts, and dye one part red and one part blue. Spoon in the blue, red, and white batter into your cupcake cups, and be careful not to mix the layers. Make an aluminum foil star stencil, and lightly rub some oil on it so that it doesn't stick to the batter. Place the star on each cake, and sprinkle the decorative sugar around it. Be careful when lifting up the piece of foil (see below). Bake at 350°F for ~18minutes. Enjoy!