These buttery-soft blueberry cream cupcakes are bursting with juicy blueberries and pure vanilla taste, and are topped with a fluffy cloud of lemony whipped cream cheese frosting. These cupcakes are an ideal deal with for spring and summer time when blueberries are in season.
I initially printed this recipe in 2014 and have since added new pictures and extra useful success ideas. I additionally made some small enhancements to the recipe, that are mirrored within the printable recipe beneath.
In case you’re in search of a blueberry and vanilla-forward cupcake recipe, with a touch of lemon, and an enormous fluffy cloud of whipped frosting on high, you’ve landed in the suitable place.
This new-and-improved cupcake batter is similar to my strawberry shortcake cupcakes model. (Have you ever tried these earlier than? Since you MUST!)
Seize These Elements
Right here’s What You Want & Why:
- Flour: All-purpose flour is the bottom of this cupcake batter.
- Baking Powder + Baking Soda: These leavening brokers give the cupcakes raise. See the video explaining the distinction between baking powder and baking soda.
- Salt: Taste enhancer/sweetness balancer.
- Melted Butter: Utilizing melted butter as a substitute of softened butter means you don’t want a mixer to make these splendidly delicate cupcakes. I additionally respect that you could actually style that buttery taste, one thing you don’t all the time get in a cupcake recipe utilizing oil or creamed butter. That’s why I take advantage of melted butter in snickerdoodle cupcakes, too.
- Egg Whites: Utilizing simply the whites of the eggs makes for the lightest, fluffiest vanilla cake crumb… one thing you’ll additionally get pleasure from in my favourite white cake recipe.
- Bitter Cream: This retains the cupcakes moist. Plain yogurt works as a high quality substitute.
- Milk: Complete milk makes for the perfect style and texture, however lower-fat or nondairy can work in a pinch.
- Vanilla Bean + Extract: Apart from blueberries, vanilla is the principle taste in these cupcakes, so I like to recommend utilizing the pure sort right here, for the very best taste. You’ll additionally want the seeds scraped from 1/2 of a vanilla bean (–> that is my most well-liked selection). As an alternative of utilizing each, contemplate subbing in vanilla bean paste.
- Blueberries: I strongly encourage you to make use of recent blueberries; I discover frozen weighs down the batter and the cupcakes come out fairly dense.
Make Blueberry Cream Cupcakes
The method for making these cupcakes is easy. Whisk collectively dry elements, whisk collectively moist elements, after which mix the 2. You don’t want a mixer for this batter! Gently fold within the blueberries.
You’ll have sufficient batter for 15 cupcakes, so line an ordinary 12-cup muffin pan after which a second one with 3 extra cupcake liners. Fill the liners simply 2/3 of the best way full. Don’t attempt to match all of the batter into 12 cups—the cupcakes will spill over the perimeters when baking. (Baker’s Tip: In case you serve a dozen cupcakes, nobody may have any concept there have been 3 further cupcakes that one way or the other went lacking… that may be our little secret.)
These cupcakes take nearly 20 to 22 minutes to bake. Make sure that they’re utterly cool earlier than you frost them. Which brings us to this…
Lemon Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
Want I say extra?? This gentle and fluffy whipped cream cheese frosting flavored with recent lemon is just *chef’s kiss* on these blueberry cream cupcakes.
With simply the correct amount of sweetness balanced with the tangy cream cheese and zingy lemon, you’ll be in search of extra causes to make this frosting. (A couple of strategies: pistachio cupcakes, lemon raspberry cupcakes, angel meals cupcakes, strawberry cupcakes…)
Right here’s what you want:
- Heavy Cream (Chilly)
- Cream Cheese
- Confectioners’ Sugar
- Lemon Zest + Juice
- Vanilla Extract
Begin by whipping the chilly cream, identical to you do for making do-it-yourself whipped cream. Upon getting stiff peaks, switch the whipped cream to a different bowl.
Subsequent, beat the cream cheese till easy and creamy (no lumps!), then add the remainder of the elements. With a spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese combination. Go slowly—you don’t wish to deflate the whipped cream an excessive amount of.
You may pipe the whipped cream cheese frosting on the cupcakes, or just dollop and unfold it on high. I like so as to add a couple of recent blueberries and a bit sprig of recent mint for a straightforward garnish. Within the pictures, I used piping tip Ateco 808 (a big, broad spherical tip).
That’s it, you’re completed! Gentle and candy blueberry cupcakes with a fluffy cloud of cream on high. The trace of lemon is just like the sunshine chopping by means of that cloud. 😉
Comparable Recipes + Flavors
For a stronger lemon taste, contemplate these lemon blueberry cupcakes and even this lemon blueberry cake.
And in the event you love blueberry + cream + vanilla collectively, you completely make this blueberry cream cheese pie. (A favourite!)
Description
These buttery-soft blueberry cream cupcakes are bursting with juicy blueberries and pure vanilla taste, and are topped with a fluffy cloud of lemony whipped cream cheese frosting. These cupcakes are an ideal deal with for spring and summer time when blueberries are in season.
Cupcakes
Whipped Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners. This recipe yields about 15 cupcakes, so line a second muffin pan with 3 cupcake liners, or bake in batches.
- In a big bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt collectively. Put aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the melted butter and sugar collectively. Combination will likely be gritty. Whisk within the egg whites, bitter cream, milk, and vanilla extract till mixed.
- Pour the moist elements into the dry elements and whisk till the batter is totally mixed. Batter ought to be creamy and largely easy; a couple of small lumps are OK. With a spatula, gently fold within the blueberries.
- Pour/spoon the batter into the liners, filling solely 2/3 full to keep away from spilling over the perimeters. It is best to have sufficient batter for 15 cupcakes.
- Bake for 20–22 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear.
- Take away cupcakes from the oven and permit them to chill within the pan for 10 minutes, after which switch to a wire rack to chill utterly. Cupcakes should be utterly cooled earlier than topping.
- Make the frosting: In a big bowl utilizing a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whip the heavy cream on medium-high velocity till stiff peaks type, about 3–4 minutes. In case you unintentionally over-whip the cream, and it appears curdled and heavy, pour in a bit bit extra chilly heavy cream, and fold it in gently by hand with a spatula till it smooths out. Switch the whipped cream to a medium bowl.
- In the identical bowl used for the whipped cream (no want to clean it), beat the cream cheese on medium-high velocity till easy and creamy. Scrape down the perimeters of the bowl as wanted. Add the confectioners’ sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla extract and beat till easy, about 2 minutes. Add the whipped cream to the cream cheese combination and gently fold along with a spatula simply till mixed. Don’t overmix.
- Frost cooled cupcakes. You should utilize a piping bag and tip to pipe the frosting on, or unfold it on with an icing spatula or knife. I used piping tip Ateco 808. Garnish cupcakes with recent blueberries and/or mint, if desired.
- Serve instantly or retailer within the fridge till able to serve. Cowl and retailer leftover cupcakes within the fridge for as much as 5 days. I like to recommend a cupcake provider for storing and transporting embellished cupcakes.
Notes
- Make Forward & Freezing Directions: Bake the cupcakes 1 day prematurely. Hold cupcakes coated tightly at room temperature and fill/frost the day of serving. You may make the whipped cream cheese frosting and retailer it coated within the fridge for as much as 1 day earlier than utilizing. Unfrosted cupcakes might be frozen for as much as 3 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge and convey to room temperature earlier than frosting and serving.
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): 12-count Muffin Pan | Cupcake Liners | Vanilla Bean | Glass Mixing Bowls | Whisk | Cooling Rack | Electrical Mixer (Handheld or Stand Mixer) | Citrus Zester | Citrus Juicer | Small Icing Spatula or Piping Bag (Reusable or Disposable) + Piping Tip (I used piping tip Ateco 808) | Cupcake Service
- Replace in 2025: This recipe was initially printed in 2014. Over time, I made some refined enhancements. In case you favor to make it the outdated approach, cut back the baking powder to 1/2 teaspoon, use 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar and 1/2 cup gentle brown sugar, use 1 giant egg as a substitute of two egg whites, and add 2 teaspoons lemon zest. The unique recipe known as for cream cheese frosting.
- Can I Use Frozen Blueberries? For finest outcomes, I strongly advocate utilizing recent. In case you determine to make use of frozen, don’t thaw and count on the cupcakes to style dense.
- Egg Whites: It’s finest to make use of solely egg whites on this cupcake recipe as a result of they may be sure that the crumb will not be weighed down by the fats in egg yolks. If wanted, you should use 1 full egg as a substitute. Bear in mind the feel of the cupcake will change.
- Bitter Cream & Complete Milk: Bitter cream and entire milk are strongly really helpful for the perfect style and texture. If wanted, plain yogurt (both Greek or common) works as a substitute of bitter cream. Identical goes with a lower-fat milk (I don’t advocate nonfat). Nondairy milk works in a pinch. You may substitute each the entire milk and bitter cream with buttermilk (1 cup/240ml) if wanted.
- Vanilla: I take advantage of a mixture of pure vanilla extract and vanilla bean on this batter. You may, after all use vanilla bean paste as a substitute of utilizing each. I like to recommend 2 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste.
- You should definitely try my 10 ideas for baking the BEST cupcakes earlier than you start.
- Cream Cheese: Ensure you are utilizing brick cream cheese and never cream cheese unfold. Bricks of cream cheese are sometimes 8 ounces (226g) every, so that you want 1 and 1/2 bricks.
