Just in time to celebrate Independence Day are these blue, white and red treats!
Wave The Flag Cupcakes
- 1 package yellow cake mix (18-19 ounce mix size)
- 1/3 cup applesauce
- 3 egg whites
- 3 cups fresh blueberries
- 1 package reduced-fat cream cheese (softened)
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tspn vanilla extract
- 1 roll rolled fruit snack (red, (look for 4.5 oz total weight box))
Making the cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- In a large mixing bowl, beat cake mix with applesauce, egg whites and 1-¼ cups water for 30 seconds on low speed, then 2 minutes on medium speed
- Spoon batter into 24 (2½-inch) aluminum or paper lined muffin cups
- Evenly divide 1 cup of blueberries onto tops of batter – Do Not Stir
- Bake cupcakes following package directions
- Remove to a wire rack and cool completely
Topping
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until smooth
- Spoon onto cooled cupcakes
- Spread to the edges
- Unroll fruit snack and, with a sharp knife, cut into strips 1⁄8-inch wide by 2-inch long.
- On half of each cupcake, arrange strips, trimming each to fit
- Arrange remaining 2 cups blueberries on the frosting on other halves of the cupcakes, about 10 blueberries per cupcake
Recipe Courtesy of the US Highbush Blueberry Council – www.blueberrycouncil.org