The month of July is a crazy busy month for me. My friend Sami’s birthday is the third, then the 4th of July, then my mom’s birthday is the fifth, then me & Jay have our anniversary on the 12th. And then… my birthday is on the 30th. Yeah. INSANE. So basically I spend the entire first week baking and making treats, and the entire rest of the month eating delicious dinners & treats.
The 4th of July is a big deal to me, I’m a history buff and me & Jay recently (finally) finished watching the John Adams HBO miniseries, so the history of America is really fresh in my mind. I like to remind people that patriotism is not nationalism. Pride in my country does not mean I believe it can do no wrong or agree with all of it’s policies, nor do I believe it is beyond improvement. I love America and I’m a proud American, I’m just not always proud of my government. I often wonder if John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin & the other founding fathers would be proud of what we’ve become or horrified. Regardless, I love my country and I’m the first one to fly a flag… even if it’s on a cupcake!
I went really low-key with the cupcakes; simple vanilla with a vanilla buttercream and some fresh whole blueberries & sliced strawberries on top. No big gimmicks or anything this year. I was thinking about making three-layer cupcakes with red, white & blue layers but nixed it. Then I debated making frosting that looked like fireworks, then I nixed that too. So I ended up making these and honestly I was pretty pleased with them. Shamefully, these are my first “patriotic” cupcakes. I’ve made ones that were incidentally red, white & blue like these, but I haven’t made any on purpose. Usually, for Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day it’s always just too damn hot & I have too many other things to make, but this year I found these adorable liners and just knew I had to make some red, white & blue cupcakes. Since they’re also for my mom’s birthday… I had to do the candle thing. I was going to use them for my Military Monday tomorrow, but I found a better image to use. So these will probably pop up on another Military Monday.
I also made some panna cotta with balsamic strawberries, which is a great warm-weather dish & a favorite around here. I was going to make some more stuff, but the weather is so brutal- 95° and with the heat index it feels like over 100°- that it just didn’t happen.
Cutest patriotic liners ever? Perhaps.
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Happy (one day late) birthday Sami, aka the new Mrs. Lanza, Happy (one day early) birthday, mom… and Happy 4th of July, America. And especially this week/weekend, for Military Monday let’s really try and remember those soldiers (and cops & firemen) who can’t have a barbecue with their families, for any & every reason.
I'm Marilla. A 30-something artist, hobby baker, home canning enthusiast, gardener, DIY-er, wife, mommy of a baby boy and dog mom (to another baby boy) from New York. 
Happy 4th of July to you and yours! Your July is my August. We have close family birthdays on the 1st, 3rd, 10th, me the 17th, 19th my mom + my godson. We also have two very important ones the last week and a half in July. That’s why I love summer, it’s party season for us!!
xoxo!
-C
Thanks Chichi! <3 Happy 4th to you & your new husband 😀 Summer is awesome, although I'm partial to autumn it's definitely one of the better seasons.
These are simply put … GORGEOUS! My readers would love to see this Marilla!
xox Lyns
Thank you Lyns! I swear when I get a spare minute I will post them… and what were the other ones you wanted me to post? I forgot 😡
I have a question-I am just now noticing (duh) that you almost always have two cupcake liners on each cupcake, a plain white one and then the fancy one on the outside. I have tried this idea because, of course, there is some seepage with the liner that is right up against the cupcake and that just ruins the pretty look!
So, finally to the question part 🙂 Do you actually BAKE them with the outer liner on, or do you just plop the plain lined cupcake into the fancy liner?
Hi Dawn!
Usually, I bake them in the plain one, then put them in the fancy one. But with some liners, if the color isn’t bright or they aren’t thick enough, I bake them in one fancy liner then put them in another after they cool. 🙂 Unless I’m using really good greaseproof liners, then I don’t have to bother with any of that… but I rarely have those. I’m always drawn to the pretty liners that are really delicate and sometimes too sheer.
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