Fresh Berry Cupcakes

29 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CUPCAKES:
  • 2 cups Cake Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1/2 teaspoons Salt
  • 1/2 cups Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 Large Egg Yolks, At Room Temperature
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest
  • 1 cup Low-fat Buttermilk
  • 3 Large Egg Whites At Room Temperature
  • 1/4 teaspoons Cream Of Tartar
  • 1/2 cups Blueberries
  • 2/3 cups Sliced Strawberries
  • FOR THE BLUEBERRY FROSTING:
  • 1/2 cups Blueberries
  • 1/4 cups Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 1 ounce, weight Reduced-fat Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 1/4 teaspoons Lemon Zest
  • 3/4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar
  • FOR THE STRAWBERRY FROSTING:
  • 1/2 cups Sliced Strawberries
  • 1/4 cups Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 1 ounce, weight Reduced-fat Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 1/4 teaspoons Lemon Zest
  • 3/4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    For the cupcakes:
  2. 2
    Preheat oven to 350°F and line two 12-cup standard muffin pans with baking cups; coat the liners lightly with nonstick spray. Set pans aside.
  3. 3
    Whisk together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a large mixer bowl at medium speed until fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, and beat until combined; beat in vanilla and lemon zest. Reduce speed to low and add half of the flour mixture to the sugar mixture; beat just until combined. Add buttermilk; then finish by mixing in the remaining flour mixture.
  4. 4
    Using an electric hand mixer with clean and dry beaters, beat egg whites and cream of tartar in a clean bowl at high speed until stiff peaks form. Using a spatula, carefully fold egg whites into the cake batter in 2 additions.
  5. 5
    Divide half the batter evenly between the prepared cups. Place 2 or 3 blueberries in 12 baking cups; add 1 or 2 strawberry slices to remaining 12 cups. Spoon remaining batter evenly into the cups and bake for 20 minutes, until cupcakes are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  6. 6
    Remove from the oven and cool cupcakes for 2 minutes in pans on a wire rack. Then carefully remove them from pans and place them on the wire rack to cool completely.
  7. 7
    For the blueberry frosting, place berries in a food processor and puree them. Then strain the mixture into a small bowl and discard solids. Set aside.
  8. 8
    Beat butter, cream cheese, and lemon zest in a large mixer bowl on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add 2 tablespoons blueberry puree; reduce speed to low and gradually add all of the powdered sugar (3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons), beating until smooth and creamy. Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before using an offset spatula to frost the blueberry cupcakes. Store frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator up to 2 days.
  9. 9
    For the strawberry frosting, place sliced berries in a food processor and puree them. Then strain them into a small bowl and discard solids. Beat butter, cream cheese, and lemon zest in a large mixer bowl on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add 2 tablespoons strawberry puree; reduce speed to low and gradually add all of the powdered sugar (3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons), beating until smooth and creamy. Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before using an offset spatula to frost strawberry cupcakes. Store frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator up to 2 days.
  10. 10
    Cupcake recipe adapted from Cooking Light.

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