Fresh blackberry puree is swirled into the batter of these cupcakes and used to make a buttercream to top them with. They’re beautiful cupcakes with so much blackberry flavor!
Gorgeous, plump local blackberries can be purchased at several local farms near us this time of year. While blackberries aren’t my favorite berry, I find them hard to resist when they are in season. Blackberries are an example of a fruit that when bought farm fresh is vastly superior to what’s available at the grocery store. They’re enormous and juicy and not as tart.
I find it funny how much I enjoy baking with fruits. As a child I wouldn’t eat any dessert with fruit in it except banana pudding. Fruits are also one of my favorite things to photograph. They hardly ever take a bad picture.
How To Make Blackberry Cupcakes:
- Make and easy Blackberry Sauce by blending together fresh blackberries, sugar, orange juice, and vanilla. It will be used in both the cupcake batter and the frosting.
- Mix the cupcake batter and bake the cupcakes for about 25 minutes.
- Make the Blackberry Buttercream. Frost the cupcakes.
This Blackberry Cupcake recipe has fresh blackberry puree added to the batter and the buttercream frosting. A buttermilk-based batter is a little tangy and not too sweet and is the perfect complement to the blackberries.
Try These Other Amazing Blackberry Recipes:
- Easy Skillet Blackberry Cobbler
- Blackberry Cream Pie
- Blackberry Cheesecake Icebox Pie
- Blackberry Buttermilk Loaf Cake
Blackberry Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter,, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole buttermilk
- 1/4 cup blackberry sauce (recipe follows)
Blackberry Buttercream
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup blackberry sauce
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- fresh blackberries for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar using an electric mixer until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Add vanilla and beat to combine.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Beat just until smooth.
- Gently fold in ¼ cup of Blackberry Sauce to make a swirl. Divide mixture evenly between muffin cups.
- Bake until wooden pick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cupcakes cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish cooling.
- Make Blackberry Buttercream. In a large bowl, beat butter at medium speed until smooth and creamy.
- Add blackberry sauce and 1 cup of sugar, and beat until mixed well. Add remaining sugar 1 cup at a time and beat until thick and fluffy.
- Spread Blackberry Buttercream on cupcakes (use a pastry bag if desired). Top with a blackberry. Store in refrigerator.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Blackberry Sauce
- 1 ¼ cups fresh blackberries
- 2 heaping tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until very smooth. (Can be made ahead and refrigerated.)
Source: adapted from Taste of the South
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? I am blackberry obsessed and these look absolutely incredible!! I want to devour all of them rightthissecond!
Oh my gosh – I’m a HUGE fan of blackberries! These look amazing! And, the photography? Girl…that is top notch! LOVE.
These look delicious 🙂
Thanks Matt!
Baking with fruit is so much fun! They are incredibly versatile! I love local blackberries too and these cupcakes would be a huge hit with me 🙂
Thanks Laura! It’s hard to go wrong when baking with in season fruit. It’s already so delicious 🙂
Such pretty cupcakes! I enjoy eating blackberries when they are in season too and love the sound of the blackberry sauce and buttercream. These sound amazing and look delicious!
Thanks Kelly!
These cupcakes sounds delicious and they look absolutely adorable! Swoon!
Thanks Anne!
I love blackberries and I never would have thought of making cupcakes with them. I need to try these soon because they look amazing!
Thanks Ashley! If you love blackberries, you will love them in cupcakes!
Those look so good!!! I love blackberries and have never heard of blackberry cupcakes before!
I didn’t realize that you like blackberries so much.
Mmmm these are gorgeous!! I definitely don’t bake with blackberries enough, so I need to make these!
Thanks Rachel! I don’t much think to bake with blackberries either. They are definitely the overlooked berry 🙂
I just made blackberry cupcakes, too! Love it. Yours are so pretty!
Thanks Becky!