Ingredients
Method
Blueberry Pie Filling
- In a saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, spices, and zest, and slowly add the water. Mix in the blueberries and lemon juice.
- Cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly but gently so as to not crush the berries. Remove from heat and stir in the butter.
Fill the Cupcakes
- Use a knife to cut a cone out of the center of each cupcake.
- Cut the top off of the cone.
- Fill the hole with blueberry filling.
- Replace the "lid".
Patriotic Swirl Frosting
- Paint the inside of your pastry bag with red and blue food coloring before putting your plain colored frosting into it. It doesn't matter if your painting is perfect; it will look great when it's piped out.
- Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes.
Piped Forget-Me-Nots
- Use a 101 tip if you have one. Hold the wide end of the tip out from the center of the flower and move the tip in a slight oval motion while piping the frosting out, then ease up on the pressure, return to center, and gently lift up at the end.
- Repeat for 4 more petals, holding the cupcake in your hand and gently rotating it to place each petal slightly overlapping the previous one.
- Once you have all five petals, pipe a small yellow dot in the center. A zip-top bag with the corner cut off works fine.
Marshmallow Forget-Me-Nots
- Cut mini marshmallows diagonally. Cut straight down; do not move the knife back and forth or you will be left with small balls of marshmallow instead of the petal shape.
- Press the cut edge gently in blue sugar.
- Arrange as five petals, pipe a yellow dot in the center, and voila!
Nutrition
Notes
The blueberry pie filling makes enough for about 48 cupcakes; halve it for 24.
The cone method of filling works for pretty much any filling, especially with a dense cake that would not take kindly to piping a filling inside, or with a lumpy filling like this one.
Use a stiffer frosting for the flowers so they hold their shape. Real forget-me-nots are tiny, about half the size of a dime; a larger tip like a 104 will make bigger flowers.
Save some white frosting for under the flowers if you want them to stand out. Gloves are a good idea with this much red food coloring.
The red velvet cupcakes and mascarpone frosting are Hallee's recipes, posted separately on the blog.