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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
Print recipe
| 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 |
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Check out all the fabulous recipes from my team mates below ! They are yummy ! Have a safe and happy fourth !!!Let the Fireworks Begin!Main Dishes:
- Tender & Sweet Crockpot Brisket Juanita’s Cocina
- Savory Patriotic Chicken Kabobs Big Bear’s Wife
- Firecracker Salmon Rolls Comfy Cuisine
- Red, White & Blue Grilled Pizza Momma’s Meals
- Baby Back Ribs with Balsamic Peach BBQ Sauce Damn Delicious
- Bubblin’ Brown Sugar Baby Back Ribs In The Kitchen With KP
- Buttermilk Oven Fried Chicken The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Juicy Lucy’s with Blueberry Ketchup! by Pippi’s in the Kitchen Again
- Grilled Hawaiian Teriyaki Beef Mrs. Mama Hen
- Cantaloupe and Prosciutto Salad with Perfectly Grilled Chicken and Potatoes Daddy Knows Less
- Texas Smoked Brisket Doggie At The Dinner Table
- Grilled Chicken in a Blueberry BBQ Sauce Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Chicken Burgers with Curried Cabbage Slaw-Indian Soni’s Food for Thought
- Finger Foods for the Fourth Pescetarian Journal
- Grilled Pork Satays with Peanut Sauce Tora’s Real Food
Salads and Sides:
- Southwestern Corn and Black Bean Salad Supper for a Steal
- Roasted/Grilled Asparagus with Parmesan Katherine Martinelli
- Patriotic Ranch Potato Salad The Meltaways
- Roasted Red Pepper & White Bean Salad Are you hungry
- Texas-Creole Crawfish Potato Salad The Weekend gourmet
- 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
- Tomato and Mozzarella Appetizer Family Foodie
Desserts:
- Red White & Blueberry Ricotta Cupcakes Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Red Velvet Brownies Magnolia Days
- S’mores Pastries Daily Dish Recipes
- Red, White and Blue Firecracker Cupcakes Chocolate Moosey
- Caramel-filled Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream The Messy Baker
- Red/white/blue German Obstkuchen (fruit-topped cake) German Foodie
- Strawberry and Cream Cake Cupcakes and Kale Chips
- Fourth Sticks In the Kitchen with Audrey
- White Chocolate Berry Tart Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Apple Pie Beetle’s Kitchen Escapades
- Red White and Blue Coconut Rum Cake Family Spice
- Individual Red White and Blue Triffles Chelsea’s Culinary Indulgence
- 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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What great cupcakes! I like the fresh fruit in them. Give me strawberries and blueberries any day. Yum!
Renee recently posted..Red Velvet Brownies for #4thofJuly #SundaySupper
Twitter: a_kiasi
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I love that the ingredients are healthy. I use raw sugar all the time and already have that ingredient!
This is one sweet treat I’ll be happy to make!
Alaiyo Kiasi recently posted..Finger Foods for the Fourth and for #SundaySupper
These sound like they would be so light and fluffy! Delicious!
Pam recently posted..Patriotic Ranch Potato Salad for #SundaySupper and the 4th
I love the ricotta in these! These are also absolutely gorgeous!!!
Twitter: #vintagekitchen1
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I absolutely love baking with ricotta. I love that it´s in the batter and with fruit. Great recipe to try!
Paula recently posted..White Chocolate Berry Tart #SundaySupper
Lovely looking cupcakes!!lLove ricotta and can imagine the delicious taste of these
Soni recently posted..Chicken Burgers with Curried Cabbage Slaw~{Indian Inspired} #SundaySupper
Wow..from these photos, I can tell you these cupcakes are so delicious and yummy. I hope you can serve them for me. At last thanks for sharing the recipe
erwin recently posted..Philips Golite Hf3332
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says:
the cupcakes make me want to taste them, I’ll try the recipe
the combination of colors make my appetite up
These cupcakes looks super delicious and fruity. For sure children will gonna love this!
I love ricotta!! I will have to try these soon!!
Hi Sue, I love love love your cupcakes! Ricotta, berries, and yogurt, count me in…. YUMMY! Added them to my recipe app. Hope to try them next weekend
Have a great holiday!
redkathy recently posted..Roasted Red Pepper & White Bean Salad #SundaySupper
I am at work now, I am soooo hungry and I saw the pictures posted above! Now I really understand the meaning of “food porn” syntax. Thank you for such an easy, yet tasty (I bet this is incredible tasty) cupcakes recipe!
Gorgeous!! And just perfect for the 4th of July. I love all the flavors!
Katherine Martinelli recently posted..Roasted (or Grilled!) Asparagus for #SundaySupper
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Thank you, that’s very interesting information. I need to share with my friends.
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@Alaiyo is right with her comment, the ingredients are healthy and fruity, good for the children. It is something that we will all love to eat.