• Make the white cake mix as directed.
• Divide the batter evenly into 3 bowls.
• Add 3-5 drops of blue soft gel paste food dye to one bowl and mix well.
• Add 3-5 drops of red soft gel paste food dye to one of the remaining bowls of batter and mix well.
• Leave the remaining bowl of white batter uncolored.
• 1 standard box of cake mix will make 24 cupcakes. filled the cupcake liners with each color of cake batter and bake as directed.
• Allow cupcakes to cool completely.

To assemble the 4th of July Cupcakes in a jar

• Slice a red, a white and a blue cupcake in half. Set aside.
• Add one half of a red cupcake to the bottom of a mason jar.
• Add about 1 tablespoon cherry pie filling on top of the red cupcake half.
• Add 1- 1 ½ tablespoons Cool Whip frosting.
• Add half of a white cupcake on top of the cool whip frosting.
• Now add another layer of cool whip frosting.
• On top of the Cool Whip Frosting add about a tablespoon of blueberry pie filling.
• Add half a blue cupcake and then another layer of blueberry pie filling. If you will be transporting your 4th of July Cupcakes in a Jar to your Independence Day Celebration stop here and cover with a canning lid.
• If serving immediately top with a pretty swirl of the Cool Whip Frosting and serve.