I’ve made cupcakes with all sorts of icings on my cupcakes over the years. But until now, I’ve never tried this fun idea from Martha Stewart — using whipped cream as icing! :)
I’ve had this recipe bookmarked ever since I first saw Martha Stewart’s Cupcake Book (which I highly recommend to everyone!). I’m a huge fan of blueberry muffins, so assumed I would love the slightly modified recipe for cupcakes. And then who doesn’t love whipped cream?!?
But alas…as you can plainly see…someone was multitasking a bit too much in the kitchen that day, and kind of forgot to keep a close eye on the whipped cream. So sure enough — rather than having beautiful, smooth dallops to grace the top of these cupcakes, my cream went a step too far and got a little grainy. Oops! (A lesson to not text in the car or the kitchen!!) But that didn’t deter any of my friends from trying them. :)
They were delicious!!! Totally loved the cupcakes filled with the fresh blueberries (although frozen would work too). And the cool cream and extra blueberries on top were a fantastic “icing on the cake” – soooo rich and tasty. A delightful spin on “berries and cream!”
Would definitely recommend these to anyone! Just keep a close eye on your mixer while it’s whipping the cream. ;)
Blueberries & Cream Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups milk, room temperature
- 2 cups fresh blueberries, plus more for garnish
- whipped cream, homemade or store-bought
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line standard or mini muffin tins with paper liners.
- Whisk together both flours, baking powder, and salt. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla.
- Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of milk, and beating until combined after each. Fold in blueberries by hand.
- Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until pale golden, about 25 minutes for standard and 15 for mini.
- Transfer tins to wire racks to cool completely before removing cupcakes. Top with whipped cream and additional blueberries just before serving if desired. Enjoy immediately.
Notes
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Ali’s Tip:
To avoid having all of your blueberries sink to the bottom of your cupcakes (and muffins you may also make!), just toss them with a few teaspoons of flour so that they are very lightly coated!
I made these in July and they were a big hit with my friends. I’ve definitely had issues with whipped cream before though, it’s a tricky little thing!
yum! these look great- love the whipped cream frosting
I love blueberries too and neat idea with the frosting.
I love using whipped cream as icing. I just made a gigantic batch of rootbeer float cupcakes this weekend for a benefit. even better than whipped cream? stabilized whipped cream. no droopy peaks 20 minutes after putting them out.
Thanks for the tip on tossing the blueberries in flour. I always forget to do that! I don’t care how the frosting looks, I still think the muffins sound great!
i made some that look just like this for 4th of july only the cupcakes were jello cupcakes. red white and blue! delicious!
These cupcakes are gorgeous. I like the texture of the whipped cream, even though it is over beaten it looks very pretty & I am sure it tastes amazing! Such pretty photos too!
I love this idea! Sounds light & delicious! Great tip too! :)
They look good to me. The happy thing about a little bit of overwhipping is that it still tastes great.
This looks so delicious! I also love blueberry muffins and I will have to try this soon!