Sinfully Berrilicious Tarts

It's a sin to eat only one.

All right, I'll admit it, I'm not a baker.  My sister, on the other hand, is an amazing baker and she loves to pass the time, especially during those cold Midwest winter months, baking cookies, cakes, breads, pies, etc.  Personally, I'd rather have a very large very heavy brick dropped on my head several times over.  Basically, what I'm saying is that when The Hungry Vegan Bear bakes it's gonna be quick, easy, and sinfully delicious.

Tools

plastic spoon

bowls

cupcake tin

knife

fork 

spoon 

chopping board

Berry Mixture
1 lime
fresh strawberries
fresh blackberries

After washing the strawberries and blackberries, slice the strawberries in a large bowl and follow this with squeezing a lime over the berries and stir the mix until the lime juice is coating all of the berries.  I like to leave the berries in the refrigerator overnight to soak up a bit of that lime juice to give them a real zing.

Lime juice and lemon juice are great to preserve your berries/fruits.  Also, I like to keep the discolor at bay, so I use a plastic spoon to stir the concoction.

Cream Cheese Mix
1 container of Trader Joe's vegan cream cheese*
1c. powdered sugar
1 Tbsp margarine
1/4 tsp Trader Joe's bourbon vanilla extract*
3 lavender ends

Take a medium bowl and drop in the cup of powdered sugar, add cream cheese, margarine, and the bourbon vanilla extract.  Chop the 3 lavender buds and add into the mix.  Then stir the glaze with a fork and spoon until the mixture is smooth and creamy.  (Yes, go ahead and use a hand mixer, but by using a hand mixer you should feel guilty for not using your own muscles.)

Fillo Dough
Preheat the oven to 325˚F.  Cut the fillo dough into squares and tuck into the cupcake tin mould.  Repeat this step until each mould contains a fillo cup.  Once the oven is preheated, then bake the cups for 10-13 minutes until golden brown.

Once the fillo dough cups are done, add a dollop of the cream cheese mix to the bottom of the cup.  Take the berry filling and spoon the mixture on top.

*I used the vegan cream cheese from Trader Joe's.  The color is not as white as Tofutti, but it tastes the same.  Also, the bourbon vanilla extract is from Trader Joe's, but, again, you can use another brand, if you prefer.