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Vanilla Cupcakes with Blackberry Frosting
Fluffy blackberry frosting piped high over a soft, made-from-scratch vanilla cupcake tastes like spring in your hand.
👥 24 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 40 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Mary Younkin📖 chocolatewithgrace
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
- whisk
- saucepan
- wooden spoon
- strainer
📝 Preparation Steps
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Cupcake Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 cupcake pans with 24 cupcake liners. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar on high for ⏱️ 2-3 minutes or until light in color and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, add the vanilla.
butter (softened)1 cupbutter (room temperature)1 cupeggs (room temperature)4vanilla1 teaspoon
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In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder. Alternate adding the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients with the milk in three parts, stirring just until combined and scraping down the sides as necessary.
baking powder2 teaspoonsmilk (room temperature)1 cup-4 tablespoons heavy cream or milk2
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Spoon the batter into the lined cupcake pan, dividing between all 24. Bake for ⏱️ 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool for ⏱️ 5 minutes in the pan before removing them to a wire rack. Cool completely.
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Blackberry Sauce Instructions
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Combine the blackberries, lemon juice, and water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the blackberries soften and release their juices. Use a wooden spoon to crush the blackberries and continue to cook over medium heat until the mixture coats the back of the spoon.
fresh blackberries1 cupAdditional blackberries for garnish ( if desired)lemon juice1 tablespoonwater1 tablespoon
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Remove from the heat and pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds. Press the mixture against the strainer with the wooden spoon. You should have approximately 1/4 cup of sauce. Cool completely and refrigerate until ready to use.
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Blackberry Buttercream Instructions
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Beat the softened butter in a stand mixer for ⏱️ 2-3 minutes until light in color and fluffy. Slowly add the powdered sugar, vanilla, and COLD blackberry sauce. Beat until smooth.
butter (softened)1 cupbutter (room temperature)1 cuppowdered sugar4 cupsvanilla1 teaspoon
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Slowly add 2 tablespoons of heavy cream or milk while beating constantly. Add additional cream or milk ONLY as needed to achieve a spreadable consistency. Beat the frosting on high for ⏱️ 3-4 minutes, until very fluffy.
milk (room temperature)1 cup-4 tablespoons heavy cream or milk2
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Pipe the frosting onto cooled cupcakes and garnish with blackberries if desired.
fresh blackberries1 cupAdditional blackberries for garnish ( if desired)
Nutrition Facts
calories
351 kcal
fat Content
17 g
serving Size
1 cupcake
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
37 g
sodium Content
173 mg
protein Content
3 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
69 mg
carbohydrate Content
49 g
saturated Fat Content
10 g
unsaturated Fat Content
5 g
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