Berry Cupcakes so delicious we had to eat them with a spoon!!
The berries were spectacular at the farmer's market on Sunday. I loaded up on blueberries, raspberries, and big juicy blackberries. We ate a lot Sunday night and Monday morning, but looking at all of those boxes of juicy berries I started thinking we may not be able to eat them all before they went bad. That's when I got inspired to make a batch of fresh berry cupcakes.
I decided to make cupcakes in each berry flavor. The blueberries were firm but some of the raspberries and blackberries had started to soften. I sorted them first because I knew I would want to have the firmest ones for garnishing the cupcakes.
I made a batch of my favorite cupcakes using a doctored cake mix idea from our books Hello, Cupcake! and What's New, Cupcake? (Duncan Hines Yellow Supreme, adding 4 eggs in place of the 3 called for and a cup of buttermilk in place of the water called for. Leave the oil per the instructions). This makes a nice firm batch of cupcakes which is just what I needed to soak up the juice from my berries.
I put a small amount of batter in the bottom of each paper liner (notice they were a snazzy raspberry color with polka dots), then added either three big berries, raspberry or blackberry, or five blueberries to each and finished filling the cup to 2/3 full. I popped them in the oven at 350 F for about 20 minutes. While they were baking I made a frosting using half and half Duncan Hines Creamy Homestyle Vanilla Frosting and Marshmallow Fluff right out of the jar. Staying with my berry theme, I added a big hand-full of fresh raspberries and beat the mixture to break up the berries and turn the frosting a soft pink color. It tasted fantastic and the combination was less sticky than Fluff and thinner than canned frosting; perfect because I planned to use it to fill the cupcakes.
My friend Laura had given me a cupcake corer for my birthday and I hadn't tried it yet. I usually use a serrated knife to cut a hole in the tops of the cupcakes for filling, but I thought now might be a perfect opportunity to test the new corer.
When the cupcakes came out of the oven I let them cool. Then I used the corer to saw into the cake (see the little teeth in the photo) and pop a small plug from the top of each cupcake. The corer did a good job of making perfectly uniform holes in the cupcakes, something that is hard to do by hand with a knife. Once I pulled out the plugs I could peak right inside the cupcakes and see that the fruit had cooked down and become nice and juicy. I put my raspberry frosting in a ziplock bag, pressed out the excess air, sealed it, and snipped a corner from the bag. I placed the cut corner of the bag into each hole and filled with frosting, letting a small amount pool on top of the cupcakes. To garnish, I added a fresh berry on top to match the insides of each cupcake.
The best part of course was when we broke into them. The buttermilk and extra egg had made them firm, cakey, and delicious, yet they were soaked with juicy fruit in the center that ran together with the marshmallow fluff frosting. They were so delicious we had to eat them with a spoon!
Happy cupcaking!
Alan
Hello Cupcake!!~
I love your book! I got a copy of it for Christmas, it’s AMAZING! I recently came upon your cupcake site and it literally made my mouth water! Awesome job in celebrate all things cupcakes, and I love that you feature such creative stuff!
Our most recent episode of Hungry in Brooklyn demonstrates a unique recipe: Caffeine Cupcakes using Cocoa, Coffee, and Cola. Here's a link to the video:
Caffeine Cupcakes - Hungry in Brooklyn: http://www.youtube.com/hungryinbrooklyn#p/a/u/0/8bRGA5vw8jg
I figured this might be of interest to you and your readers! Let me know if you need any more information or other links - the written recipe can be found at hungryinbrooklyn.com. Thanks so much for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Best,
Tiffany
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yum
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WOW! Looks very tasty
//Sweden
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These look UNREAL! I want one right now sooo bad. Berries, especially raspberries, are my weakness in life. I think I'm gonna try make them they look so delicious!
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berry cupcakes.....great for a tea party for girls.
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Hi , my name is Mackenzie and i'm am only 14 and i have been working on making the cupcakes for your What's New Cupcake!book and have been doing really good! just wanted to say thanks and keep making amazing cupcakes
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