Blue-Raspberry Cupcakes!

I love coming home and spending time with my Mama... This weekend we picked fresh raspberries from our backyard (They are growing like crazy!).... We also have a new addition to the garden this year! BLUEBERRIES! My favorite.... So I decided to make fresh raspberry cupcakes with a blueberry buttercream. These babies would be perfect for your Fourth of July barbeque! Enjoy!

Blue-Raspberry Cupcakes!

 

Ingredients

2 and 1/2 cups                       All-purpose flour
2 cups                                    Cake flour
2 and 1/4 tsp.                         Baking powder
                                               Dash of salt
1 cup                                      Unsalted butter, room temp
2 and 1/4 cup                          Sugar
6                                             Eggs, large
1 and 1/4 cup                         Whole milk
1 tbls.                                     Pure vanilla extract
2 cups                                     Fresh raspberries, divided (1 cup whole, 1 cup pureed)


Pre-heat oven to 350. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Scrape down sides of bowl and mix for a few more seconds. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with milk/vanilla until fully incorporated. Fold in raspberries. Scoop into cupcake liners and bake until done (toothpick comes out clean). 

Blueberry Buttercream

1 and 1/2 cup                         Unsalted butter, room temp
6-7 cups                                 Powdered sugar 
                                               Blueberries (whole and pureed)
                                               Blue food coloring



In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream butter until lightened. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully incorporated. Beat in pureed blueberries until mixture is pipe-able (not too liquid). Top cupcakes with buttercream and whole blueberries if desired.