Red White & Blueberry Ricotta CupCakes #SundaySupper

My Sunday Supper team is going with a “Fourth of July” theme this week. I thought this might be a good time to make my ” Red White & Blueberry Cupcakes”  All natural ! Red for strawberries, Blue for blueberries and White for ricotta or cream cheese icing.  Creamy ricotta cheese blended with flour and fresh strawberries make the base for this cup cake.Ricotta cheese makes this a healthy high protein cupcake and adds a boost of calcium as well!  There’s more fruit than flour in this batter LOL 🙂 Top this with a ” melt in mouth” homemade cream cheese icing, some fresh strawberries and blueberries and you have a perfectly healthy excuse to eat cupcakes by the dozen !!  My homemade icing is super easy to make. Just blend some cream cheese with fresh butter and a little brown sugar to get a soft, fluffy whipped frosting. The only problem with this frosting is that it’s difficult to ice with. You can just put a dollop on the cake. I made mini cupcakes on request from my youngest who wanted them for her birthday ! It was difficult to put a strawberry on as you can see 🙂 ! You can make regular sized cupcakes which are easier to decorate. Either way, mini cupcakes or regular, these guilt free, healthy cupcakes are a heavenly mouthful !

Making it Diabetic Friendly :

Substitute the sugar for agave nectar to make this diabetic friendly. The protein in the ricotta cheese will help prevent  sugar spikes making this a perfectly safe diabetic cupcake 🙂 !!!

Red White & Blueberry Ricotta Cupcakes

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Serves	16 full size or 24 mini
Dietary	Diabetic
Meal type	Dessert
Misc	Child Friendly

Ingredients

• 2 cups Ricotta cheese
• 2 cups All purpose flour
• 1 cup yogurt
• 6 teaspoons Raw sugar or brown sugar
• 2 cups Strawberries
• 1 cup Blueberries
• 8oz Cream Cheese
• 1 stick Butter
• 2 Eggs

Note

Substitute the sugar with agave nectar to make this cupcake diabetic friendly

Directions

	Chop strawberries into small pieces Mix ricotta with flour, eggs, 1/2 stick butter and 4 tsp of sugar. Blend for 4 minutes Gently blend in strawberries to flour mixture Pour into cupcake baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes Blend 8 ounces of cream cheese with 1/2 stick of butter and 2 tsp brown sugar till smooth Top cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and decorate with berries

Check out all the fabulous recipes from my team mates below ! They are yummy ! Have a safe and happy fourth !!!

Let the Fireworks Begin!

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• Tender & Sweet Crockpot Brisket Juanita’s Cocina
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• Southwestern Corn and Black Bean Salad Supper for a Steal
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• Spicy Italian Peppers in Sauce What Smells so Good?
• Sangria Fruit Salad Cindy’s Recipes and Writings 
• Stuffed Black Olive Cookistry
• Mexican Quinoa Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing Dinners Dishes and Desserts 
• Low Fat Pasta Salad Basic and Delicious 
•  Bean Salad with Pickled Vegetables Diabetic Foodie
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• Red White & Blueberry Ricotta Cupcakes Sue’s Nutrition Buzz 
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• Mini Carrot Cakes Mama’s Blissful Bites 
• Plum and Apple Pies Cositas Bonitas
• Red White and Blue Triffle Cravings of a Lunatic

Fabulous Pairings by Martin from ENOFYLZ

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