Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Blackberry cupcakes

Blackberry cupcake
Spider cupcake
Blackberry cupcakes (makes 12 muffin size cakes)

Ingredients
125g (4.5 ounces) butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon (1/6 ounces) vanilla extract
150g (5.2 ounces) caster sugar
2 eggs
150g (5.2 ounces) self-raising flour
150g (5.2 ounces) blended blackberries
60ml (2 fluid ounces) semi-skimmed milk

Cooking instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 160-180 deg C (325-350 deg F).
  2. Line muffin tray with foil cases.
  3. Beat flour, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until the mixture turns a pale colour.
  4. Stir in the blended blackberries and mix thoroughly.
  5. Spoon mixture into cases.
  6. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
  7. Place cakes on a wire rack to cool.


Decorating the cakes
  1. Fill piping bag with vanilla butter frosting and pipe in peaks on top of the cakes.
  2. Sprinkle with black glitter and place blackberry dome on top.

Wrap cupcake wrapper around case.

Have a sweet day!
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26 comments:

  1. This is adorable and sounds yummy! Once again you have outdone yourself girlie! Kori xoxo

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  2. This recipe looks delicious! thanks for sharing! Have a great day/evening...:)

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  3. Mmmmmm these look delicious!
    love
    Alison
    x

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  4. i want this for my halloween party! it's so lovely!
    wish you a great day!
    justyna

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  5. Super creative! I got all my cupcake and baking ingredients this weekend for some holiday baking coming up. :)

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  6. Spending a rainy afternoon reading blogs. Just wanted to let you know I stopped by. Oh, how I wish there had been a good crop of blackberries this year!

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  7. I love those cupcake cases and blackberry flavour - truly irresistable!

    Nina x

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  8. that is SO COOL!!!! i love love love it :)

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  9. These are gorgeous! I soooo want to make them but I have no where to take them!

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  10. So beautiful!!!! I am in love with these. Presentation is everything...but I bet these taste yummy as well!

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  11. I've been enjoying all your hallowe'en decorating suggestions, such fab photos styling.
    Lisa x

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  12. I'm not really much of a cake eater...more of a savory person, BUT these look so delicious...and I really mean it. I think that I could eat quite a few of them. XXXX

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  13. These sound so darnded good. And I love those cutie little cupcake wrappers. Adorable.

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  14. I love these cupcakes, your colors are always so beautiful!

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  15. Aren't the colors just exquisite? Amazing.

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  16. Great looking cupcake, my daughter will approve!
    Isabelle x

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  17. Oh my goodness and YUM! Your photography just draws me in ... Lovely!

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  18. Not only do these look beautiful, they sound so good. I love the idea of blackberry cupcakes.

    Sue

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  19. Blackberries are one of my favorite fruits! These cupcakes are gorgeous.

    lululetty.blogspot.com

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  20. They look great! I love the black cases.

    Rose

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  21. Darling this looks too good to eat!! I just stopped by to see how you are doing. Longtime no visit...I missed you. I hope life is treating you marvelously.

    Love
    Duchess

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  22. You are so clever that looks so fantatsic!

    Sarah x

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  23. You must stop posting these yummy recipes!!!!

    Victoria xx

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  24. They did taste as wonderful as they looked!!!!
    A Guest

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