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Frosted lemon blueberry cupcakes decorated with fresh blueberries and lemon slices, ready to serve.

Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes

Bright, fluffy lemon blueberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Fresh lemon zest and juicy blueberries create the perfect spring dessert.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Course: Dessert, Snack, Baking
Cuisine: American, Spring-Inspired
Calories: 290
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour _ Spoon & level
  • 1 cup Fresh blueberries _ Tossed in flour
  • ½ cup Unsalted butter _ Room temperature
  • 1 cup Granulated sugar
  • 2 large Eggs _ Room temperature
  • ½ cup Buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon zest _ Freshly grated
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
Frosting
  • 8 oz Cream cheese _ Softened
  • ½ cup Unsalted butter _ Softened
  • 3 cups Powdered sugar _ Sifted
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon juice _ Fresh
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Equipment

  • 1 Muffin tin (12-cup) (Standard size)
  • 12 Paper liners (For cupcakes)
  • 1 Electric mixer (Hand or stand)
  • 2–3 Mixing bowls (Large and medium)
  • 1 Fine grater/microplane (For lemon zest)
  • 1 wire cooling rack (For even cooling)
  • 1 Rubber spatula (For folding blueberries)
  • 1 Ice cream scoop (For even batter portions)

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven, prepare tin, zest lemons, coat berries
    A muffin tin filled with golden cupcakes topped with blueberries, flour, and sugar dusting.
  2. Cream butter sugar, add eggs, mix in lemon and vanilla
    Fresh blueberries being placed into raw cupcake batter in a muffin tin, dusted with flour.
  3. Fold in flour-coated blueberries gently into batter
    Chocolate cupcakes being frosted with a piping bag, showing swirls of chocolate and vanilla frosting.
  4. Bake until golden, then cool completely on rack
    A blue bowl with creamy, whipped cupcake batter mixed smooth with a wooden spoon.
  5. Beat cream cheese butter with sugar, lemon, and zest
    A mixing bowl filled with butter and sugar being creamed together with flour around, eggs, and a lemon on the counter.

Nutrition

Serving: 90gCalories: 290kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 160mgPotassium: 85mgFiber: 1gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 450IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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