These Blueberry Maple Cupcakes are the cupcake equivalent of blueberry pancakes. Topped with a creamy frosting that tastes just like maple syrup.
Birthdays (and Blogiversaries) always call for cake or cupcakes to celebrate. These Blueberry Maple Cupcakes are extra special and unique. They taste like the cupcake version of blueberry pancakes. The texture of the cupcake is a little more like a muffin than a cupcakes and it’s filled with beautiful, sweet blueberries. The frosting is to die for. Definitely one of my favorite frosting recipes. I like to really pile it on the cupcakes. It has the perfect texture- creamy, thick, and smooth, plus an incredible maple syrup flavor from some maple flavoring. If you don’t have maple flavoring, you will not regret purchasing some for this recipe. You could probably sub pure maple syrup but you will not get the intense maple flavor. 
Blueberry Maple Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg white
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
Maple Buttercream
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temp
- 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- extra blueberries to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pans with liners (12).
- Using mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
- On low-speed add eggs and egg white and beat until fully mixed in.
- In a medium bowl sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg together. (Instead of sifting, you can run a whisk through the ingredients. Essentially accomplishes the same thing- aeration and removal of clumps- without making a mess.)
- Mix sour cream, milk, and vanilla together.
- Add 1/3 of dry ingredients to mixer, then 1/2 of wet. Followed by another 1/3 of dry. Finish with remaining wet and dry ingredients. Careful not to overmix.
- Fold in blueberries and fill muffin liners 3/4 full. Bake 18-20 minutes or until very tops are fully cooked.
- To make frosting, beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Add maple flavoring and sugar and beat until smooth.
- Cool cupcakes before frosting. Use a pastry bag fitted with a large star and swirl around the outer part of cupcake and gradually come inwards with each swirl. Or just slather it on there.
- Decorate with blueberries.
Nutrition
Recipe Source: adapted from Your Cup of Cake q
I *need* to make these but we’re out of blueberries #cries
You should submit this to Alpine Fresh’s recipe contest. This is a winner for sure!!!
http://www.alpinefresh.com/#!recipe-contest/c19q4
I am making your bbq pulled pork spaghetti tonight!! Looks so good! PS. Those cupcakes look delicious!!
Thank you Kelly! I hope you enjoy the bbq spaghetti!
These look delightful!
My son loves blueberries, so I have to try these cupcakes – next I would love to try the red white and blue fruit salad.
I’d like to try the Chocolate Heart of Darkness Cakes.
I’m going to close my eyes and dream of these cupcakes! In love with the taste of blueberry and maple! YUM!
Yep. I have just witnessed blueberry pancakes in cupcake form. I am not sure how to process this other than to fervently wish for one and hope it appears in front of me as I type this comment…
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it’ll appear eventually, right?? 😉
Beautiful cupcakes!
Thank you 🙂
I would love to make these delicious cupcakes…gorgeous!
The cupcakes are next on my to make list!
hummng bird cake looks yumy
These cupcakes have my mouth watering. Amazing! Pinned!
Yum! These cupcakes look amazing! I love the blueberry maple combination. Pinning
Maple and blueberries remind me of pancakes, and I know I’d love these cupcakes with those flavors! These cupcakes look so moist and I’m loving how high those frosting swirls are! 🙂
They look so happy and handsome! Wonderful muffins!
ela h.
Happy Birthday to Mel! These gorgeous cupcakes look like the perfect way to celebrate such an occasion! 🙂
These cupcakes are so beautiful Christin… Very interesting combination of blueberry and maple syrup.. love it.. 🙂
The Skinny Meatloaf Cupcakes with Mashed Potato looks really good. Might try that one 🙂
Wow gorgeous cupcakes! I just love maple anything. Perfectly frosted too!
I’ve just had my breakfast, but you are so making me wish I had one of these for ‘dessert’! Haha! I don’t think I’ve ever seen maple and blueberries combined before, but I bet they are a match made in heaven. Plus, I’m always impressed by people who have learned to frost muffins properly with the swirly frosting on top. Got to try that! 😉
I am loving these cupcakes!!! And that you are so adorably sweet to co-host a giveaway for Melanie’s Blogiversary! I feel like since there are blueberries and maple these cupcakes almost count as an acceptable breakfast!
I am plan on trying the red velvet cake, it looks wonderful!
I would love to try the blueberry coconut sparkler!
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These cupcakes look incredible Christin! The frosting look so dreamy and I love how high you piled it on! The maple and blueberry combination sounds amazing plus any time I can have cupcakes for breakfast is always a good day 🙂
I just fried up a package of maple bacon yesterday. I wonder how some crumbles of that would taste in the frosting. I’m going to have to try that. These look gorgeous in the photos!
Thank you Lula! I bet maple bacon would taste wonderful in the frosting. Now I wish I had tried that. 🙂
Maple butter cream.. looks and sounds really good 🙂 these cupcakes are just beautiful 🙂
Planning to try out the hummingbird cake 🙂
Your recipes here are delish! Thk you for this giveaway too!
The blueberry maple cupcakes look delish!
Gorgeous!
I really want to try your Pumpkin-White Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Oh yum!
Perfect for breakfast. 😉 Thanks for the giveaway too!
How much fun! And what a great giveaway! I definitely plan on trying these cupcakes!
You sold me with the picture. The frosting tops are so jaunty with the blueberries nestled in it’s folds. Sweet. Nice mix of spices for the cake part.
i’d like one for breakfast!
I’d love to try one of your cakes, I have my eye on the hummingbird cake for my daughter’s august birthday
We go blueberry picking every summer. I’ll put this on the list of things to make with my haul!
This recipe looks great, I would love to try it out.
These cupcakes are too cute and I love the flavors you used!! A cupcake that tastes like blueberry pancakes!? So cool!
These cupcakes look amazing! Love the flavours! Perfect breakfast cupcake recipe, for sure! 🙂
I love the idea of blueberry and maple! Nothing better than blueberry pancakes with maple syrup, so I bet these taste amazing! Love all the frosting you put on them. Have a great weekend!
I think I’m going to try your Red Beans and Rice recipe. I love beans and rice and finding a new recipe for them gets me excited! 🙂
What beautiful cupcakes, Christin! Adding maple in these is a brilliant idea…definitely sets these apart from regular ‘ole cupcakes. Pinned!
I plan on trying your Southern Style green beans…love bacon!