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    Published: Apr 15, 2019 · Modified: Jan 22, 2021 by Usha Rao

    Blackberry Lime Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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    Blackberry lime cupcakes are additive, butter free, moist cupcakes frosted with cream cheese frosting.

    Blackberry lime cupcakes frosted with cream cheese

    In this month’s recipe swap, I have to cook from Lizet’s blog.  She has a beautiful blog with wide array of bakes. It was so hard to pick one bake!! I loved the pink color blackberry cream cheese frosting and picked it for this month.

    Blackberry lime cupcakes frosted with cream cheese

    This is an easy recipe, mix dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients in another bowl, combine both and bake! But for the frosting, I would call it a muffin as the procedure is similar to muffins. Regardless, it is yummy bake and frosting is the icing on the cake!

    Blackberry lime cupcakes frosted with cream cheese

    Blackberries are very delicate and needs gentle handling. Both fresh or frozen blackberries work well in this recipe and I used frozen. Flour coat the berries and fold in at to the batter to retain the shape. Else, berries will crush if added along with dry ingredients. Since the berries crush, cupcakes will turn out dark purple. Mine were purple as I mixed berries with dry ingredients and then stirred it into wet ingredients. While stirring dry ingredients, berries got crushed and batter changes color, resulting a in purple cupcakes.

    Blackberry lime cupcakes frosted with cream cheese

    These Cupcakes are great for a snack and dessert.

    Blackberry lime cupcakes frosted with cream cheese
    Blackberry lime cupcakes frosted with cream cheese

    Blackberry Lime Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Source: Chipa by the Dozen Lizet

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    Blackberry lime cupcakes frosted with cream cheese

    Blackberry Lime Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Blackberry lime cupcakes are butter free, moist cupcakes frosted with cream cheese frosting.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Course: Breakfast, Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 cupcakes
    Calories: 457kcal

    Ingredients

    Blackberry Cupcakes

    • ½ cup Vegetable Oil
    • 2 Eggs
    • 1 tablespoon Lime Zest
    • ½ cup Milk
    • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
    • 300 grams or 2 cups All Purpose Flour
    • 200 grams or 1 cup Sugar
    • 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
    • ½ teaspoon Salt
    • 2 cups Fresh or Frozen Blackberries

    Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

    • 3 oz Cream Cheese soften
    • ¼ cup or 56.7 grams/2 oz Butter soften
    • 1 teaspoon Lime Zest opt
    • 1 tablespoon Lime Juice
    • 1 tablespoon Blackberry Juice or Lime Juice
    • 3 ½ cups or 362.5 gram Confectioners’ Sugar

    Instructions

    Blackberry Cupcakes

    • Preheat the oven to 350 F or 176C.
    • Line muffin/cupcake pan with liners.
    • In a bowl combine all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and keep side.
    • In a separate bowl take blackberries sprinkle some flour (from above step, about ½ - 1 cup) to coat the blackberries. Generously coat the berries and this will help the berries from sinking to the bottom of the cupcake tin when baking. This is an optional step and check notes below.
    • In a large bowl mix oil, eggs, lime zest, milk and vanilla.
    • Stir in the dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Then gently fold or stir in blackberries.
    • Fill lined cupcake/muffin cups with batter ⅔ way and bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Mine took 23 ½ minutes and for mini cupcakes, 17 minutes.

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • In a large bowl beat cream cheese, butter, lime zest (if using) and juice until smooth.
    • Beat in confectioners sugar.
    • Frost cupcakes and refrigerate leftover frosting upto a week.

    Notes

    • Blackberries are very soft and need to be handled with care, else will crush. So, coat blackberries with flour. If one wants to skip this step, add berries to dry ingredients. The only disadvantage of adding blackberries with dry ingredients is, berries will get crushed and batter changes to dark purple color.
    • Nutrition - Values mentioned below are approximate.  

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0g | Calories: 457kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 241mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 53g | Vitamin A: 322IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 2mg
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    1. Pavani says

      May 04, 2019 at 9:29 pm

      5 stars
      These cupcakes looks absolutely irresistible and especially with that beautiful frosting. My daughter looks cupcake very much. Will try this.

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    2. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      April 30, 2019 at 3:51 pm

      5 stars
      Blackberry would have created a beautiful color of the cupcake. My boys would love this. My blackberry plants are doing really well this year and hoping to get a good yield. I will try this for sure!

      Reply
    3. Lathiya says

      April 30, 2019 at 1:25 pm

      5 stars
      I'm so amazed of the flavor of the cupcakes..the black berry and lime sounds great with cream cheese frosting

      Reply
    4. Veena Krishnakumar says

      April 30, 2019 at 11:13 am

      The cupcakes look awesome. Love the colour of the frosting. You have framed it so well. Lovely recipe

      Reply
    5. Narmadha says

      April 24, 2019 at 5:24 am

      5 stars
      cup cakes looks stunning with blackberry. Love the pink colored cream cheese frosting.

      Reply
    6. Nayna Kanabar says

      April 19, 2019 at 2:56 pm

      Black berry and lime what a wonderful combination. These cup cakes look so droolworthy.

      Reply
    7. sasmita says

      April 18, 2019 at 9:32 am

      how beautiful these cupcakes are looking !! I am sure how flavorful they would be with the lime and blackberries. Awesome recipe !!

      Reply
    8. Chef Mireille says

      April 17, 2019 at 11:47 am

      5 stars
      I love the frosting and these cupcakes must be so fruity and delicious with the blackberries inside.

      Reply
    9. Jagruti Dhanecha says

      April 17, 2019 at 6:47 am

      If my girl sees thee cupcakes, she would be after me until I bake some for her. Such a fresh and gorgeous flavours here.

      Reply
    10. Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says

      April 17, 2019 at 12:30 am

      I would have loved to see how the cupcakes looked like inside with the lovely shade... 🙂 We rarely get blackberries here and they are pretty expensive too... Love the pink color of the frosting that has come by so naturally...

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        April 17, 2019 at 9:40 am

        Agree, I should have a taken a picture of cup cupcake. Maybe next time.

        Reply
    11. Shalini says

      April 16, 2019 at 12:17 pm

      These cupcakes look lovely! Nice recipe..

      Reply
    12. The Girl Next Door says

      April 16, 2019 at 6:46 am

      Oh, my! These cupcakes look like something straight out of a fairytale. 🙂 So pretty! I can imagine just how flavourful they would be, with the lime and blackberries going in. Awesome recipe, very well executed by you.

      Reply
    13. Lizet Flores de Bowen says

      April 15, 2019 at 7:49 pm

      5 stars
      Thanks for making my recipe! they look delicious 🙂

      Reply

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