Berry Filled Cupcakes with Strawberry and Blueberry Marble Frosting
These cupcakes are stuffed with an easy strawberry and blueberry filling and topped with a beautiful strawberry and blueberry swirled cream cheese frosting.
*You will add some blueberry and some strawberry filling from above
Instructions
*You can make berry fillings ahead of time or right before starting the cupcakes. If making berries ahead of time, place the fillings in separate jars with a lid and keep in the fridge until ready to use.*
In a small sauce pot, over medium heat, combine blueberries, lemon juice, and sugar. Cover and bring to simmer. Take off the lid and let the berries simmer for 7-10 minutes, stirring often.
Follow the same process for strawberries. In a small sauce pot, over medium heat, combine strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar. Cover and bring to simmer. Take off the lid and let the berries simmer for 7-10 minutes, stirring often.
Puree strawberries and blueberries (separately). Transfer into two separate small jars and set aside until ready to use.
Cupcakes:
Follow package instruction to prepare the cupcakes.
Let cupcakes cool completely.
Frosting:
Beat butter and cream cheese together, on medium-high speed, until smooth, about 2 minutes.
Lower the speed to low and beat in powder sugar and vanilla.
Turn up the speed back to medium-high and beat for a couple more minutes, until the frosting is light, smooth and fluffy.
Take out half the frosting.
Whisk in 1 1/2 Tbsp of blueberry filling to one half and 1 1/2 Tbsp of strawberry filling to another half.
Fill two separate piping bags with blueberry and strawberry frosting. Cut off tips about ¼ inch wide and add them, side by side into one piping bag, fitted with a frosting tip. Tie a rubber band on the end of the piping bags to keep the frosting in. (You may need to refill the piping bags a couple of times.)
Finishing cupcakes:
Using a small cookie dough scoop (or a melon baller), scoop out some of the cupcake on top and then, fill each cupcake hole with a little over a teaspoon of strawberry or blueberry filling.
Frost each cupcake with prepared blueberry/strawberry frosting.