This blueberry cupcake is so striking, people will take notice. The special magic ingredient is freeze dried blueberries!
Ingredients
For cupcakes:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
- 4 large eggs
- 1.2 oz (34 grams) freeze dried blueberries, pulverized in a mini food processor
- 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/2 cup pureed fresh blueberries
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For frosting:
- 1 cup of butter, softened
- 8 oz of cream cheese, softened
- 1.2 oz (34 grams) freeze dried blueberries, pulverized in a mini food processor
- 3-5 cups of confectioners sugar
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake tins with liners.
- Mix together flour. baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large measuring cup or bowl, mix together buttermilk, blueberry puree and vanilla extract. Set aside until needed.
- Using an electric mixer, beat butter, granulated sugar, and lemon zest in a mixing bowl until pale, about 2 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in pulverized blueberries.
- Mix in flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two batches of buttermilk mixture.
- Mix until just combined, scraping down bowl as needed. (I like to mix the last bit by hand using a spatula to make sure I get all the stuff at the bottom.)
- Scoop batter into cupcake tins.
- Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 21 to 24 minutes.
- Allow cupcakes to cool in tins for 10 minutes, and then remove cupcakes and place them on a cooling rack.
Frosting:
- In a large mixing bowl, mix butter until it is softened and uniform.
- Add cream cheese and beat together until it is uniform.
- Add pulverized blueberries.
- Add 3 cups of sugar to the mixture and mix.
- Add more sugar if necessary.
- Mix again until mixture is creamy and spreadable.
- Add more sugar if necessary, otherwise prepare to frost cake.
