Blackberry Cupcakes with Lemon Glaze

Oh my goodness. I am really not lying when I say that these cupcakes are amazing. I am so in love that all I want for my birthday is stuff to make these again. (Just kidding on that being all I want for my birthday. lol.) These are definitely my new favorite. They are so moist and sweet. I think they would also go great with my favorite cream cheese frosting. (of course, I think everything goes great with cream cheese frosting.)

So here is this awesome recipe for you to enjoy.

Blackberry Cupcakes with Lemon Glaze
modified from this recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
12 tbsp unsalted butter at room temperature
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup milk
1 cup blackberry puree


Preheat your oven to 350 F. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners and set aside.

In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.

In an electric mixer cream together the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, continuing to mix.

In a second bowl, whisk together the milk, vanilla and blackberry puree. Add half of the dry ingredients to the electric mixer bowl and mix until just combined. Add the milk/blackberry mixer and continue to mix. Finally add the rest of the dry ingredients until just incorporated.

Divide the batter evenly into the cupcake tin and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.


Blackberry Puree:
Puree 12 oz. blackberries together with 2 tbsp sugar and a splash of water. Strain through a fine mesh sieve and discard the seeds. This should make about 1 cup but you may have to fiddle with it a little.

Lemon Glaze

Ingredients:
2 lemons
2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

Mix together with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour over cooled cupcakes.