Feel like you're in the mood for cake, but can't make a full sized one? We've got you covered with a recipe for some rich and zesty blueberry cupcakes. These cupcakes are made with some lemon flavoured cake with fresh blueberries incorporated into them and frosted with some delicious cream cheese frosting. Try out this simple recipe and up your cupcake game.
Cupcakes are generally a basic portioned cake made with flour, sugar, butter, eggs and a leavener. The recipe for a muffin was first discovered in a 19th century American cookbook, but the term cupcake essentially came into use as recently as the last decade of the 20th century. Fresh Blueberries inside a muffin provide it with the perfect amount of moisture and sweetness, plus the tangy cream cheese frosting helps to balance out the flavour.
A cupcake recipe as simple and clear as this one is something you can't scroll away from without trying. Blueberry cupcakes are one of the most fancy and superior versions of a cake one can make and the cream cheese frosting on top takes it to a whole new level of taste and looks.
1) Start by preheating your oven to 180 degree celsius. In a large bowl add the caster sugar and softened butter and start to cream them together. After creaming the butter and sugar, add the whole eggs, one at a time and whisk them thoroughly.
2) Keep whipping the batter while adding lemon juice and extract, slowly pour in the buttermilk into the batter and also add the lemon zest.
3) In a separate bowl, mix the flour with baking powder and salt and also toss your fresh blueberries into it. Add the flour slowly into the batter and keep incorporating it, till it forms a thick batter
4) Line your non-stick cupcake tray with cupcake liners. Divide the batter evenly in the cupcake liners using an ice cream scooper, top them with some more fresh blueberries and then bake them in a preheated 180 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
5) While the cupcakes are baking, prepare your cream cheese frosting. For this you'll add your cream cheese and butter in a bowl with vanilla extract and whip them all together.
6) While whipping the frosting, add the icing sugar into it and incorporate it thoroughly.
7) Once your cupcakes are baked, let them cool down and then pipe your cream cheese frosting on top of it and optionally garnish with a fresh blueberry.
Expert Tips
Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly to get a better end result.
Don't overmix the flour with the wet ingredients or it might get dense.
Make sure to pipe the frosting on cooled down muffins or it might melt.
Start by preheating your oven to 180 degree celsius. In a large bowl add the caster sugar and softened butter and start to cream them together. After creaming the butter and sugar, add the whole eggs, one at a time and whisk them thoroughly.
Keep whipping the batter while adding lemon juice and extract, slowly pour in the buttermilk into the batter and also add the lemon zest.
In a separate bowl mix the flour with baking powder and salt and also toss your fresh blueberries into it. Add the flour slowly into the batter and keep incorporating it, till it forms a thick batter.
Line your non-stick cupcake tray with cupcake liners. Divide the batter evenly in the cupcake liners using an ice cream scooper, top them with some more fresh blueberries and then bake them in a preheated 180 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
While the cupcakes are baking, prepare your cream cheese frosting. For this you'll add your cream cheese and butter in a bowl with vanilla extract and whip them all together
While whipping the frosting, add the icing sugar into it and incorporate it thoroughly.
Once your cupcakes are baked, let them cool down and then pipe your cream cheese frosting on top of it and optionally garnish with a fresh blueberry.
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