Vanilla Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream
Serves
8
Total Time
1hrs
Calories
370
Classic not-too-sweet vanilla cupcakes with blackberry buttercream frosting. The buttercream is naturally a beautiful purple color and gives the cupcakes a sweet and tangy finish!
- All purpose flour
120 g (about 1 cup)
- Baking powder
10 g (about 2 teaspoons)
- Unsalted butter
175 g (about ¾ cup)room temperature
- Granulated sugar
100 g (about ½ cup)
- Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon (about 5 ml)
- Egg
2 (about 100 g)
- Blackberries
65 g (about ½ cup)
- Powdered sugar
175 g (about 1 ½ cups)
- Blackberries
as needed
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Pre-heat oven - 170°C
- 2. Line a clean muffin pan
- 3. Add all purpose flour and baking powder to a clean medium bowl
- 4. Whisk briefly and set aside
- 5. Add unsalted butter and granulated sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
- 6. Cream
- 7. Add vanilla extract to the batter
- 8. Mix in egg to the batter one by one
- 9. Transfer dry ingredients to batter
- 10. Mix until well combined
- 11. Spoon batter into muffin pan
- 12. Bake until skewer tests clean - 18 min, 170°C
- 13. Transfer onto cooling rack until completely cool
- 14. Add blackberries to a clean small bowl
- 15. Purée
- 16. Strain with sieve and set aside
- 17. Add unsalted butter and powdered sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
- 18. Mix until well combined
- 19. Transfer fruit to frosting
- 20. Mix briefly until combined
- 21. Spread frosting with cupcakes
- 22. Garnish with blackberries
METHOD
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