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Blackberry Lime Cupcakes

3/23/2016

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Prepare to drool.
These might just be the most mouth watering cupcakes that I have EVER made.
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Blackberry Lime Cupcakes!!!  Do I really need to say anything else?
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Blackberry Lime Cupcakes
For blackberry jam
  • 1⅓ cups blackberries
  • ½ cups sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
For Cupcakes
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • zest of a lime
  • 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • ½ cup buttermilk, room temperature
 
For the blackberry jam: Combine berries and sugar in saucepan.  Bring to boil.  Reduce heat to simmer and continue to cook until berries break down. 

Use a wooden spoon to push berries through a fine mesh strainer to remove seeds.
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Whisk cornstarch into strained mixture and bring to a boil.  Continue to boil for 2 minutes until thick and syrupy.  Remove from heat and allow to cool.  (Jam will continue to thicken as it cools.)
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For cake:  Beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy.
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Beat in eggs, lime juice and vanilla.
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Mix in dry ingredients and lime zest, alternating with buttermilk.





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Scoop batter into prepared cupcake pan.
Place a spoonful of cooled jam in the center of each cupcake and use a knife to swirl.
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Bake 24 minutes at 350.  (For jumbo cupcakes.)
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Frost with lime buttercream.  Drizzle with more blackberry jam. 
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I don't think that I've ever written so little on a blog post but these cupcakes are so good - they've left me speechless.  (Well - almost.)  These are something that you're just going to have to try for yourself.  Enjoy!!

Ciao!
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5 Comments
Janice Shanks link
5/11/2018 01:17:54 am

How much lime juice for the cake? While reading the instructions the recipe calls for lime juice but the list of ingredients does not say lime juice, only vanilla.

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Amy Davis link
5/11/2018 06:20:29 am

I used the juice from the 1 lime that I zested in this recipe. Thank you for catching my error - sometimes I get so excited about posting a recipe that I overlook key ingredients. Good luck and enjoy the cupcakes.

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Moraima Marrero
5/11/2018 05:09:42 pm

Hi, What frosting did you use? Thank you

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Amy link
5/13/2018 09:18:46 pm

I used a swiss meringue buttercream to frost these cupcakes. You can find the blog post with the recipe for the frosting here: https://www.mystoryinrecipes.com/blog-posts/swiss-meringue-buttercream
Good luck and thanks for stopping by the blog.

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Rachel Pegram
5/23/2018 11:50:30 am

Does this recipe only make six cupcakes?

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