Over the last few weeks its been that time of year when the hedgerows have become abundant with blackberries. I love using them in pies and crumbles but it is also nice to bake with them a different way, especially in warmer weather as it was at the end of August.
A couple of weeks ago I made some blackberry cupcakes to take to a birthday tea party which made a nice change from the more common strawberry cupcakes you see in the summer. I actually added some blackberries to the batter to make purple cakes once they were cooked.
Blackberry Cupcakes
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Author: Jenny Paulin
Cuisine: desserts
Serves: 18
Ingredients
- *CAKES*
- 150g unsalted butter
- 150g self raising flour
- 150g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 50g blackberries
- *DECORATION*
- 300ml double cream
- enough blackberries to place 1 on each cupcake
- white chocolate curls
- 1-2 tbsp elderflower cordial (optional)
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
- Line approx 18 cake trays with paper cases
- Cream together the butter and sugar for a few minutes until pale and creamy
- Add the eggs and a spoonful of the flour (to avoid curdling) and beat togther until light and airy
- Add the balckberries and beat well to break them down and turn the batter purple
- Fold in the flour until combined
- Divide the cake batter between your paper cases - it makes approx 18
- Place in the oven and bake for about 15-20 minutes until cooked all the way through
- Remove and allow to cool thoroughly
- Meanwhile whip the cream (and elderflower cordial if using) until thick being careful not to over beat and make it too rigid
- Place in a piping bag and then top each cooled cupcake with the cream
- Decorate with a blackberry and some white chocolate curls/gratings
Lovely and light and easy to eat!
Oh Jenny these look delicious and what a great idea, I never would have thought of doing this. We have tons of Blackberries and the girls are picking more every day, I’m feeling a bit crumbled out.
I am really going to try these over the weekend. My baking can be a bit dodgy, I’m no Mary Berry that’s for sure, but I’ll give them a go. I even have elderflower cordial that I made myself over the summer 🙂
Ooh these sound lovely…and so pretty!
They look really nice! I don’t think I’ve ever had a blackberry cupcake before!
yummy xx
Oh I did white chocolate and fruit cupcakes too! Mine were with pear though. I’m not a huge fan of blackberries, but I do think that they look very pretty topping the buttercream like that.
I’m also loving the photography!
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Delish! Love the use of blackberries around at this time of year xx
These look lovely. I tried to do Blackberry cupcakes last year but they didn’t come out right at all 🙁
Your photos are amazing too xx
Those look gorgeous! I made blackberry muffins recently, love fresh fruit in cakes! Commenting from my other blog (aka Multi Layer Mummy *waving*) x
These are such little pretties, I’m in love! We had specially made cupcakes for Alexander’s christening along with his epic cake and we are still eating them now days later…once we want cupcakes in our lives again, I’m making these! Thanks so much for linking to #tastytuesdays
They look lovely Jenny. I love using fruit in cakes…makes me feel less guilty!! x
You are ACE at cakes. That is all.
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