You can make your own cupcakes, following the recipe below, or you can start with supermarket cupcakes as long as they have white frosting. If you use store-bought cupcakes, all you need to purchase for decoration are a pint of blueberries for every dozen cupcakes, and red "fruit leather" to make the stripes.
Old Glory Cupcakes -- Makes 24 cupcakes
3 cups blueberries, washed and divided
1 (18- to 19-oz.) pkg. yellow cake mix
1/3 cup applesauce
3 egg whites
1 (8 oz.) pkg. reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 roll red-colored rolled fruit leather (from a 4.5 oz. box)
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cake mix with applesauce, egg whites and 1 1/4 cups water for 30 seconds on low speed, then 2 minutes on medium speed.
Spoon batter into 24 (2-inch) aluminum or paper lined muffin cups; evenly divide about 1 cup of blueberries on top of batter; do not stir.
Bake cupcakes following package directions; remove to a wire rack and cool completely.
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 inches long.
On half of each cupcake, arrange strips, as shown, trimming each to fit with clean scissors.
Arrange remaining 2 cups blueberries on the frosting on other halves of the cupcakes, about 10 blueberries per cupcake.
(This recipe is from Celebrate with Style, a good website for finding affordable and fun ideas for entertaining.)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Come to the Library on the 3rd of July
Yes, the library is open on Friday July 3, from 10 am - 5 pm... so come in and get some ideas for your Independence Day cookout. We have lots of books on grilling, on summer desserts, and on entertaining a crowd. You could also check out a few books on the American Revolution if you want to impress your friends and family with a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Here's a colorful but easy idea for dessert: Old Glory Cupcakes. 
You can make your own cupcakes, following the recipe below, or you can start with supermarket cupcakes as long as they have white frosting. If you use store-bought cupcakes, all you need to purchase for decoration are a pint of blueberries for every dozen cupcakes, and red "fruit leather" to make the stripes.
Old Glory Cupcakes -- Makes 24 cupcakes
3 cups blueberries, washed and divided
1 (18- to 19-oz.) pkg. yellow cake mix
1/3 cup applesauce
3 egg whites
1 (8 oz.) pkg. reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 roll red-colored rolled fruit leather (from a 4.5 oz. box)
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cake mix with applesauce, egg whites and 1 1/4 cups water for 30 seconds on low speed, then 2 minutes on medium speed.
Spoon batter into 24 (2-inch) aluminum or paper lined muffin cups; evenly divide about 1 cup of blueberries on top of batter; do not stir.
Bake cupcakes following package directions; remove to a wire rack and cool completely.
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 inches long.
On half of each cupcake, arrange strips, as shown, trimming each to fit with clean scissors.
Arrange remaining 2 cups blueberries on the frosting on other halves of the cupcakes, about 10 blueberries per cupcake.
(This recipe is from Celebrate with Style, a good website for finding affordable and fun ideas for entertaining.)
You can make your own cupcakes, following the recipe below, or you can start with supermarket cupcakes as long as they have white frosting. If you use store-bought cupcakes, all you need to purchase for decoration are a pint of blueberries for every dozen cupcakes, and red "fruit leather" to make the stripes.
Old Glory Cupcakes -- Makes 24 cupcakes
3 cups blueberries, washed and divided
1 (18- to 19-oz.) pkg. yellow cake mix
1/3 cup applesauce
3 egg whites
1 (8 oz.) pkg. reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 roll red-colored rolled fruit leather (from a 4.5 oz. box)
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cake mix with applesauce, egg whites and 1 1/4 cups water for 30 seconds on low speed, then 2 minutes on medium speed.
Spoon batter into 24 (2-inch) aluminum or paper lined muffin cups; evenly divide about 1 cup of blueberries on top of batter; do not stir.
Bake cupcakes following package directions; remove to a wire rack and cool completely.
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 inches long.
On half of each cupcake, arrange strips, as shown, trimming each to fit with clean scissors.
Arrange remaining 2 cups blueberries on the frosting on other halves of the cupcakes, about 10 blueberries per cupcake.
(This recipe is from Celebrate with Style, a good website for finding affordable and fun ideas for entertaining.)
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