Blue Cheese Cupcakes

I used to eat blueberries a lot when I was a child. I would eat them straight out of the freezer. My fingers would turn dark purple from its juices. I loved its icey texture and sweet and tart flavors. Blueberries are a simple fruit. They really don't have a whole lot of flavor and aren't neccesarily the most appealing lookwise as other fruits. But they are very good for you. To this day I still eat a lot of blueberries. Every morningI put a bunch in my oatmeal. They are also very good with yogurt. This past weekend I decided to try making cupcakes with blueberries as the star component. I didn't want to make a blueberry muffin. I saw someone on tv make a blueberry tart last week, so I thought to incorporate that somehow into my cupcake. Here is what resulted: It is a vanilla cupcake with a blueberry pie filling, and cream cheese frosting. I colored the frosting with a few drops of blue food coloring just for fun. It helped to make the look of it more whimsical. The addition of the multi colored sprinkles is always fun as well. To be honest, the taste of the cupcakes while delicious, weren't how I envisioned them to be. The cupcake's cake part was too intense. To me, it just tasted like a Blueberry Muffin. Perhaps next time I will try using a white cupcake recipe. Enjoy!


Blue Cheese Cupcakes

Martha Stewart Vanilla Cupcake Recipe
Martha Stewart Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Blueberry Pie Filling:
fresh blueberries
water
pinch of salt few tablespoons of sugar
Cornstarch slurry: cornstarch & water mixed together
lemon juice

Bring the blueberries and a little bit of water to a boil.
Add the sugar and salt and stir.
Add lemon juice and stir. Add slurry and stir.
Let Simmer for a minute or two until thickened.

The amounts of water, sugar and lemon juice are really dependant on how sweet you'd like the filling to be, the lemon juice brings out the blueberry flavor (kind of brightens or freshens the mixture), and the water not only helps the blueberries to cook, but help to make a sauce.