These raspberry cupcakes will take you back to summer time when you were a kid – eating raspberries by the handful, barefoot, and playing in the sunshine.
They’re so good, easy to make, and a real treat everyone is sure to love with a juicy, unexpected surprise inside. These will definitely be a favourite.
Raspberry Cupcakes
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
3/4 cup of butter – softened
1 1/2cups of sugar
2 cups of fresh raspberries – rinsed and drained – divided; see instructions
2 large eggs
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup of chocolate milk
1/3 cup of cocoa
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Nonpareils – or favorite sprinkles
For the Frosting:
1 cup mashed raspberries – pulsed in the blender
1/2 cup of sugar – for mashed berries
1/2 cup of cream
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese – softened
1 stick of butter – softened
2 cups of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Nonpareils for topping – or your favorite sprinkles
Whole raspberries for the cupcake center
Sugar for dipping berries for center of cupcakes
Whole raspberries for top of cupcakes
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cocoa, and sugar, and stir on low, just to blend ingredients. With the mixer turned off, add the butter, heavy cream, eggs, chocolate milk, and vanilla, and mix on low until all ingredients are mixed together, then mix for one minute on medium high. Turn off mixer, and remove bowl from stand, and scrape sides of bowl with a spatula, and mix in any ingredients that were not mixed with the mixer. Place 24 cupcake liners in either one 24 count cupcake pan, or 2 12 count cupcake pans, and fill 2/3 full with batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. When cupcakes are baked, remove to a wire cooling rack, and cool completely before frosting.
Rinse the raspberries in a colander under cool water, and drain on paper towels. Place 1 cup of the raspberries in the blender with 1/2 cup of sugar, and pulse until the berries are mashed. Set aside.
While cupcakes are baking and cooling, make the frosting:
In the bowl of your stand mixer, mix the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the cream, smashed raspberries and vanilla, and blend on low to medium until well blended. Turn off mixer, and add about a third of the powdered sugar, and mix on low until blended, and repeat until all powdered sugar has been added. If the frosting needs to be a little thicker, add a little more powdered sugar. If it’s a little too thick, add cream, a teaspoon at a time until you have desired consistency. Remove the mixing bowl, scrape down sides, and blend with a spatula. Cover the mixing bowl with foil, and place in the refrigerator until cupcakes are completely cooled and ready to frost.
When cupcakes are completely cool, using the corer, core the center out of the top of the cupcake, and lay the cored out piece next to the cupcake. Place a whole raspberry, dipped in sugar, in the center of the cupcake. Place the cored out piece of cupcake back in the cupcake, pressing down slightly. Repeat until all cupcakes have a sugar coated raspberry in the center.
Remove the icing from the refrigerator, and place icing in a pastry bag with the large star tip, and swirl icing on top of cupcakes forming to a peak. Top with a raspberry, and sprinkle with Nonpareils, or your favorite sprinkles. Serve immediately, or place cupcakes in a cupcake container in a single layer, and place in the refrigerator until time to serve. Cupcakes should be kept in the refrigerator, and will keep for up to 6 days. Enjoy!
Raspberry Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 3/4 cup of butter - softened
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 2 cups of fresh raspberries - rinsed and drained - divided; see instructions
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup of chocolate milk
- 1/3 cup of cocoa
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- Nonpareils - or favorite sprinkles
For the Frosting:
- 1 cup mashed raspberries - pulsed in the blender
- 1/2 cup of sugar - for mashed berries
- 1/2 cup of cream
- 1 8 ounce package of cream cheese - softened
- 1 stick of butter - softened
- 2 cups of powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- Nonpareils for topping - or your favorite sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cocoa, and sugar, and stir on low, just to blend ingredients. With the mixer turned off, add the butter, heavy cream, eggs, chocolate milk, and vanilla, and mix on low until all ingredients are mixed together, then mix for one minute on medium high. Turn off mixer, and remove bowl from stand, and scrape sides of bowl with a spatula, and mix in any ingredients that were not mixed with the mixer. Place 24 cupcake liners in either one 24 count cupcake pan, or 2 12 count cupcake pans, and fill 2/3 full with batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. When cupcakes are baked, remove to a wire cooling rack, and cool completely before frosting.
- Rinse the raspberries in a colander under cool water, and drain on paper towels. Place 1 cup of the raspberries in the blender with 1/2 cup of sugar, and pulse until the berries are mashed. Set aside.
- While cupcakes are baking and cooling, make the frosting:
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, mix the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the cream, smashed raspberries and vanilla, and blend on low to medium until well blended. Turn off mixer, and add about a third of the powdered sugar, and mix on low until blended, and repeat until all powdered sugar has been added. If the frosting needs to be a little thicker, add a little more powdered sugar. If it's a little too thick, add cream, a teaspoon at a time until you have desired consistency. Remove the mixing bowl, scrape down sides, and blend with a spatula. Cover the mixing bowl with foil, and place in the refrigerator until cupcakes are completely cooled and ready to frost.
- When cupcakes are completely cool, using the corer, core the center out of the top of the cupcake, and lay the cored out piece next to the cupcake. Place a whole raspberry, dipped in sugar, in the center of the cupcake. Place the cored out piece of cupcake back in the cupcake, pressing down slightly. Repeat until all cupcakes have a sugar coated raspberry in the center.
- Remove the icing from the refrigerator, and place icing in a pastry bag with the large star tip, and swirl icing on top of cupcakes forming to a peak. Top with a raspberry, and sprinkle with Nonpareils, or your favorite sprinkles. Serve immediately, or place cupcakes in a cupcake container in a single layer, and place in the refrigerator until time to serve. Cupcakes should be kept in the refrigerator, and will keep for up to 6 days. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!