This Red, White and Blue Cupcake Bouquet recipe says "I love America" in the sweetest way. Extra-rich red velvet cupcakes topped with bakeshop-beautiful buttercream roses are guaranteed to win raves.

A dozen red roses is timeless. But its price tag is not. At Ditmars Flower Shop in Queens, where costs have soared in recent years, a bouquet is $72, up from $60 in 2019.