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by Todd + Diane

This fresh blueberry frosting recipe says it all. It’s loaded with fresh blueberries for sweetness, flavor AND color. Best of all, the beautiful color of this homemade frosting with fresh blueberries is all natural.

Fresh Blueberry Frosting Recipe

Remember my last rustic berry red velvet cake recipe? Well, that was just the beginning to return to my love of baking desserts and cakes. I promised I was on a mission to work on some of my favorite cake recipes but along with that came some other duties too. One of them was to find wonderful frosting and icing recipes that I can whip up quickly, but yet have lots of flavor. And if fresh fruit is involved, I’m all over it like a baking beast.This installment of my baking adventures was ignited when I saw Zoe’s blueberry cake recipe. If you haven’t seen it, you MUST. It’s a gorgeous blueberry beast and when I say beast, I mean it’s ferociously amazing.

Video Making the Fresh Blueberry Cream Cheese Frosting:

I love it when the recipe involved a ton of fresh blueberries that give that perfect color and flavor.Well, I was instantly inspired and whipped up a version of my cream cheese frosting recipe from my red velvet cake with Zoe’s blueberry sauce. So Todd and I were in the kitchen in an instant, whipping up her blueberry sauce to add to our cream cheese base. We love the simplicity and flavor of cream cheese frosting and Zoe’s blueberry sauce was the perfect inspiration to mix it up a bit for all my future cakes and cupcakes.

All Natural Frosting

How can I tell you how much I love this fresh blueberry cream cheese frosting? There’s just no way to really express the fresh flavor and texture of this. There’s no food coloring, nor any fake flavoring. Everything you see and taste are fresh blueberries and cream cheese.

You’ll just have to make it yourself and please, promise me you will make it soon. July 4th is right around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to whip up a batch of your fav cake or cupcakes.

The flavor of the fresh blueberries really explode and if you’re gentle enough when stirring, you’ll get some nice pops of semi-whole, slightly smashed blueberries in every bite. Or if you’re a little heavy handed and break up all the blueberries, that’s ok too. What you’ll get is a fantastic color of blueberry.

-diane and todd

Fresh Blueberry Cream Cheese Frosting

Yield: 4 cups (approximately)

Prep Time: 15 minutes mins

Total Time: 15 minutes mins

This is a soft and loose frosting and loaded with flavor. Depending on how warm the room is, you might need to slightly chill the finished frosting before spreading on your cake or cupcakes. A hot summer kitchen tends to make the cream cheese and butter extra soft. It’s not the type of frosting meant to give you “peaks”.

Ingredients

2 cups fresh blueberries (300g)
3 Tablespoons sugar (45g)
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
finely grated zest from 1 medium lemon
16 ounces cream cheese (454g), softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick or 113g) , at room temperature
2 1/4 cups powdered sugar (270g)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
pinch kosher salt or sea salt

Instructions

Combine the blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, and lemon zest in a saucepan. Cook the sauce over medium heat, stirring frequently and smashing some of the blueberries as they soften. Cook until the sauce thickensand the cornstarch becomes translucent. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature (to expedite the cooling you can use an ice bath to cool it quicker- or you can make the sauce a day ahead of time if your timing allows).
In large bowl, add cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. Beat together until smooth and creamy.
Fold the blueberry sauce into the cream cheese frosting until you like the texture of the frosting. The more you mix the frosting, the less chunks of blueberry you will have in the frosting.
If needed, chill slightly and then spread frosting on your favorite cake or cupcakes. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information per Serving

Calories: 944kcal, Carbohydrates: 93g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 62g, Saturated Fat: 36g, Cholesterol: 185mg, Sodium: 369mg, Potassium: 213mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 86g, Vitamin A: 2270IU, Vitamin C: 7.2mg, Calcium: 122mg, Iron: 0.6mg

Course: Dessert, Sauce

Cuisine: Garden Recipes, Gatherings & Parties

Calories: 944

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This recipe was originally published in 2014 and updated in 2019 with a new video.

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45 comments on “Amazing Fresh Blueberry Cream Cheese Frosting”

Zhamarie — February 18, 2022 @ 10:46 am Reply

Made this recipe for birthday cupcakes and it was very good. The cream cheese frosting is great by it self, making it easy to add any fruit sauce to it.
Amazing! Thank you!!!
Linda Paganini — July 14, 2020 @ 12:40 pm Reply

I’m trying something differenI don’t have everything needed in this recipe…so, I’m using frozen mixed berries and half cream cheese and half butter. Might need to add more corn starch??? Live your idea but this was a last.minute decision on our anniversary and I’m using it atop a bananna cake?
- Linda Paganini — July 14, 2020 @ 1:27 pm Reply
  
  Just wanted to finish what I started. I made the frosting with alternate more butter less cream cheese and the frozen mixed berries…it turned out so good and NOT too sweet. I love your recipe even though I had to change a few ingredients because I didn’t have the other. Most excellent on a bananna cake.
  - — July 15, 2020 @ 10:13 pm
    
    Thanks for the feedback Linda and your different method! That’s super helpful if anyone else wants to make the same adjustments.
Lori June Wells — June 14, 2020 @ 11:25 am Reply

Yummy and beautiful! My grandson loves blueberries and asked for blueberry icing. Of course, grandma is gonna deliver! We used wild blueberries because that’s the kind we love….it turned out awesome! Thanks for the recipe!
- — June 15, 2020 @ 2:45 pm Reply
  
  Wild blueberries are the best. So glad you loved it!
Heather — January 1, 2020 @ 11:42 am Reply

This was perfect for my son’s request for “purple” frosting but without using any food coloring (and sneaking in extra fruit). I halved the recipe and it was perfect for about 18 cupcakes. I’d imagine it would be yummy with some lavender extract in lieu of the vanilla also. Will be saving this one 🙂
- Amber Cantor — April 9, 2021 @ 6:44 pm Reply
  
  Hi loved this recipe. Very yummy. Can I have info on storage please? How long does it keep for? Thanks
  Amber
Hope — June 27, 2019 @ 12:43 pm Reply

I’m going crazy over the color of this frosting. GORGEOUS! Apart from looking so good, it tastes AMAZING as well. Great job on the recipe!
Ann — June 27, 2019 @ 12:41 pm Reply

Absolutely delicious! The kids and I enjoyed making this together!
Jack william — June 26, 2019 @ 11:56 pm Reply

What a beautiful dish. The colors are so vibrant and I’m sure the taste is even more spectacular. Thanks for sharing.