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Wave The Flag Cupcakes

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

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. 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
  3. Spoon batter into 24 (2½-inch) aluminum or paper lined muffin cups
  4. Evenly divide 1 cup of blueberries onto tops of batter – Do Not Stir
  5. Bake cupcakes following package directions
  6. Remove to a wire rack and cool completely

Topping

  1. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until smooth
  2. Spoon onto cooled cupcakes
  3. Spread to the edges
  4. Unroll fruit snack and, with a sharp knife, cut into strips 1⁄8-inch wide by 2-inch long.
  5. On half of each cupcake, arrange strips, trimming each to fit
  6. 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

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