Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream
We've been getting the best blackberries at Costco lately so I wanted to post the recipe for vanilla bean cupcakes with blackberry buttercream. I found this recipe at the creative loafing blog and got my vanilla beans from Marx Foods.
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
3 cups baker's sugar
3 eggs
3 egg whites
3 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 and 1/2 cups milk
1 cup vegetable oil
3 and 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean (I used one from Marx Foods)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin tins with baking cups.
In a large mixing bowl, with an electrict mixer, beat sugar and egss/whites together until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture, milk, oil, and vanilla to the eggs. Split the vanilla bean from end to end and scrape the seeds out with a knife. Add to the mix and incorporate the ingredients toegether slowly, just until batter is smooth. Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full.
Bake in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely while preparing the icing.
Blackberry Buttercream
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 8 ounce package cream cheese
5 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup seedless blackberry preserves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place the butter and cream cheese in a mixer bowl and whip together until creamy. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time. When combined, add the blackberry preserves and the vanilla and mix well.
After icing, place a blackberry on each cupcake. and enjoy!
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
3 cups baker's sugar
3 eggs
3 egg whites
3 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 and 1/2 cups milk
1 cup vegetable oil
3 and 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean (I used one from Marx Foods)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin tins with baking cups.
In a large mixing bowl, with an electrict mixer, beat sugar and egss/whites together until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture, milk, oil, and vanilla to the eggs. Split the vanilla bean from end to end and scrape the seeds out with a knife. Add to the mix and incorporate the ingredients toegether slowly, just until batter is smooth. Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full.
Bake in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely while preparing the icing.
Blackberry Buttercream
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 8 ounce package cream cheese
5 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup seedless blackberry preserves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place the butter and cream cheese in a mixer bowl and whip together until creamy. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time. When combined, add the blackberry preserves and the vanilla and mix well.
After icing, place a blackberry on each cupcake. and enjoy!
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