Blackberry Limeade Cupcakes – Homemade limeade flavored cupcakes topped with a sweet and delicious blackberry buttercream. These are perfect for spring and summer entertaining!
I’m officially 35 as of June 7th, and I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. What does 35 have in store for me? Who really knows that answer. I do feel more confident and excited about the future so that’s one good thing about turning a new age. I also decided that I want to have a bit more fun and let myself relax.
Blogging can become so routine and rigid if you allow it. We bloggers can lose sight of the fun that it used to be. We can start to judge whether something is a success solely based on the numbers: number of likes, number of comments, number of page views, number of followers, numbers, numbers, numbers! It is so exhausting trying to live up to expectations and requirements like that. And to tell you the truth, it isn’t what I signed up for in this biz.
BLACKBERRY LIMEADE CUPCAKES
I signed up to share my recipes and my family traditions and stories in a way that fulfilled purpose and created some happiness out here in the internet space. To lose sight of that would be to lose sight of me. I decided to get back to the fun of this whole thing. That doesn’t mean I won’t still be striving for greatness and for growth and accomplishment. It just means that I won’t feel like a failure if I don’t meet the arbitrary milestones that I don’t necessary agree with. To celebrate, I made these Blackberry Limeade Cupcakes.
I made them because they make me feel good, and I love the flavors. I didn’t decide to share them based on whether they would do well on the site or not because seriously who knows what will do well. I decided to share them because I love them. So I hope you will love them too.
COMBINATION OF BLACKBERRIES AND LIME
Blackberry Limeade Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the Limeade Cupcakes:
- 1 stick unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons grated lime zest
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/3 cup whole or coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Blackberry Buttercream:
- 3.5 cups confectioner's powdered sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 2 sticks
- 1-3 tablespoons blackberry puree add blackberries to a heavy duty blender or food processor to puree'- base amount on flavor and color you want for your buttercream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
- Optional: Blackberries for garnish
Instructions
For the Limeade Cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Add cupcake liners to muffin pan.
- In the bowl of your mixer, add butter and sugar and mix on high until well blended and fluffy.
- Turn down mixer to medium speed and add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Next, turn down mixer to low speed and add in flour, lime zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Lastly, add in lime juice, milk and vanilla extract and mix until well blended.
- Using an ice cream scooper, fill each cupcake liner 3/4 full and bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
- Place cupcake pan on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
For the Blackberry Buttercream:
- Clean your stand mixer bowl and whisk attachment. Add the confectioners' sugar and butter and mix on low speed, increasing the speed to medium-high once the sugar is fully incorporated. Continue to mix until light and fluffy.
- Add the blackberry puree, vanilla extract, and salt and beat until the mixture is puree is fully incorporated.
- Once the cupcakes have cooled completely, pipe them with the buttercream.
- Garnish with blackberries and serve.
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Hope you had a wonderful birthday J! The cupcakes look wonderful, I have to try lime and blackberry is summer… sounds delicious!
Yes its a great combo!
Blackberries and lime go so well together, I make a delicious chia drink that combines them…but I’m loving the idea of them in cupcake form. That frosting is so pretty, too. Happy Birthday!
Thank you so much!
No way you are going to be 35! You look awesome! Blackberries hold a special place in my heart, and combined with cupcakes you have pure decadence!
Aww you are the sweetest. I feel 25 so that’s good!
Happy belated birthday! 35 is a fabulous age (I’m past that now), and I hope you enjoy all it has to offer. We’re like fine wine – we get better with age! 🙂
Now that’s a great way to look at it!
Congrats to you on your one year! Make it all about fun and you will definitely continue blogging.
Beautiful cupcakes! Happy Belated Birthday! I celebrated my one-year blogging anniversary in January, and I’ve read how grueling it can be from several bloggers with the numbers game. Continue to show up and have fun; that’s where the real numbers count. 🙂 Make your day AMAZING!!
Happy (slightly belated) birthday! I think your gift to yourself of having fun with the blog again is the most valuable one you could have given yourself. And these cupcakes look phenomenal so perhaps it was a great gift to your readers too? 😉
Thank you hon. Its all about fun right?
I hope you a wonderful birthday! I’m just a year behind you and will be celebrating 34 next month. But honestly, I stopped counting at 30. You’re only as old as you think you are! These cupcakes look fantastic! I love them!
Now that’s a plan. Stop counting all together!
Happy belated birthday! I hope 35 is great for you. And pssh… who cares about milestones? I say post when you like, what you like and have fun. 🙂 And these cupcakes are gorgeous!
Its all about fun. Thanks hon!