Celebration Cupcakes

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 egg whites
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• Food coloring (red and blue)
• Garnishes:
• colored sprinkles

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Beat in egg whites.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in extract.
3. Divide batter into 3 bowls. Tint 1 bowl with desired amount red food coloring, and 1 bowl with desired amount blue food coloring. Layer blue, white, and red batter evenly into baking cups in 2 (12-cup) muffin pans. Bake 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
4. Frost cooled cupcakes with Fluffy White Frosting; garnish, if desired.

butter, sugar, egg whites, allpurpose, baking powder, salt, milk, almond, coloring, colored sprinkles

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/celebration-cupcakes (may not work)