Chocolate Kraut Cupcakes Recipe

The delicious Frank’s Chocolate Kraut Cupcakes that you love all dressed up for the July 4th holiday!

Category Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep 10 mins

Cook 20 mins

Ready-in 30 mins

Yields About 24 Cupcakes

For Cake:

1 box cake mix your favorite Devil’s Food cake mix

1 cup Frank’s Kraut, drained

1 ½ cup buttermilk

1 egg

For Frosting:

2 Cans Vanilla Frosting (2 cans = about 4 cups)

3 tablespoons powdered sugar

Red or blue food coloring

For Cake:

Mix together all cake ingredients and divide batter into a 12-count cupcake tin.
Bake at 350⁰F for 15-20 minutes, (until inside is set and batter is no longer liquid in center).
Let cool.

For Frosting:

Add 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar to your vanilla frosting and whip together. Stir in desired amount of red or blue food coloring for decoration.
Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and decorate with red, white, and blue sprinkles. Add additional decorations as desired and enjoy!

Fun Facts: To keep workers fed the Chinese began fermenting shredded cabbage in rice wine, hence the birth of sauerkraut.