These Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes will rock your socks off! They might just be the moistest cupcakes I’ve ever made! The flavors are strong, but the overall cupcake is very light. We were all eating them for breakfast!
Love lemon dessert recipes? Check out my lovely Lemon Raspberry Cookie Sandwiches or these delicious Lemon White Chocolate Gooey Bars.
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
Today is a very exciting day on the blog! It was actually just over a week ago that I hit the two year mark since first hitting publish on this blog, but today we will finally begin to celebrate! I have an awesome KitchenAid Artisan 5 Quart Mixer giveaway going on starting today, and Wednesday you’ll have to be sure to come back because I’ll have another giveaway! I’ve teamed up with some great friends who are helping me celebrate!
Ok, so I’m going to get sappy for a minute. Given that it’s a “blogiversary,” it feels like a great time to look back on the last two years. It seriously blows my mind and makes me tear up thinking about the last year, and especially the last 6 months. I had no idea when I started this blog that it would come to mean so much to me.
And it’s not just the blog itself. Yes, I love baking and making fun new recipes. I seriously love tasting and eating them – too much! And I love the photo part of it. I look back at the change in my photos over the last 2 years and I’m so happy with how far I’ve come. I think about all the fun recipes I’ve tackled and it constantly makes me want to push myself harder. And I love ALL of that.
But even more than all of that, I love you.
I love you, my readers, who read what I have to say, even when it’s total nonsense. 🙂
I love you, the bakers, who actually makes my recipes. And I love it even more when you comment or email and tell me how much you loved something. You have no idea how those comments and emails can absolutely make my day and make me want to keep going even in a moment of self-doubt.
I love you, my blog friends, who I feel so privileged to have met and be able to call my friends. You all make blogging more fun than I could’ve ever thought. I had no idea there was such a strong, supportive community out there until this past year and getting to know you all…it’s just awesome. Pure awesome.
And I love you, my family, friends and husband, who are all so supportive of me and my love for this blog. Without the support of my hubs, in particular, this blog could not exist.
So thank you for every comment, email, share, pin, tweet, recommendation that someone check out my blog, all of it! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! You ROCK! And if you enter the giveaway, I hope you win! 🙂
Well now that I’m all choked up, let’s talk cupcakes.
I made these for my mom’s birthday in July. She is a big lemon fan so I thought these would be perfect!
How to Make Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
I started with my Perfect Moist Fluffy Vanilla Cupcakes that I love so much. They are moist and fluffy, and stick to common ingredients like regular all purpose flour and regular milk. Plus, you only need one bowl. That’s my kind of recipe!
The lemon flavor of the cupcake is light and delicious, and with the lemon icing, the lemon flavor is undeniably good. Blueberries are added to the batter, and add even more moisture and deliciousness. The blueberries do sink to the bottom while the cupcakes bake. I considered trying to change that, but everyone who had them said not to. They loved the distinct way you taste lemon and blueberry separately, yet they all meld together in your mouth.
And with the blueberries, nobody felt quite so guilty having them for breakfast. Kind of like a blueberry muffin. My mom, dad and I all had them for breakfast the day after her birthday. 🙂
So I hope you help me celebrate and make these cupcakes and enter the giveaway below! Whether you do or not though, thanks for being here! I can’t wait to see what year 3 brings!
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Total Time: 33 minutes
- Yield: 12-14 Cupcakes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes will rock your socks off! They might just be the moistest cupcakes I’ve ever made! The flavors are strong, but the overall cupcake is very light. We were all eating them for breakfast!
Ingredients
CUPCAKES
- 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries
LEMON BUTTERCREAM
- 1/2 cups butter
- 1/2 cups shortening
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Instructions
Notes
Shortening can be substituted with butter.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories: 464
- Sugar: 44.5 g
- Sodium: 169.6 mg
- Fat: 25.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 58.2 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
- Cholesterol: 46.6 mg
Keywords: lemon blueberry cupcakes, blueberry cupcakes, lemon cupcakes recipe, lemon cupcakes, lemon buttercream, lemon buttercream frosting, lemon frosting
Enjoy!
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Oh my goodness! This recipe was so good! I love this website, but I got really interested when I saw this recipe. It was my twins Ivan and Bonnie’s 6th birthday and they love lemon and blueberry so I google recipes and I saw the love life and sugar one, so I clicked on it. I don’t even like lemon or blueberries and I loved these! Thank you so much!
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So glad to hear that!
Hi Lindsay!!!
Your website is lovely. I’ve tried many cupcake recipes before, but they’ve always failed. I followed the recipes to a T. And it just goes wrong! I have no idea why. They say use room temperature milk, I use room temperature milk. They say to bake for 15 minutes, I bake for exactly 15 minutes. It’s just . . . mysterious. I have no idea what I did wrong. And the cupcakes looked very ugly. I wanted to try this recipe since it’s my daughter Sarah’s bday in a week. She was very happy when I told her I was going to try this recipe. She couldn’t wait. I didn’t want to upset her by telling her it would fail again. I actually have suspected all my cupcake disaster fails were caused by the fact that I didn’t have a stand mixer. It’s true that I don’t have any mixers in my kitchen. I do it by hand. I feel it’s a waste of money. Some KitchenAid stand mixers are $400!!! I felt that a stand mixer was just a helper, not necessary. So I’ve been baking by hand. Do you suspect this is the reason? Does using stand mixers or hand mixers result in better cupcakes??? I really want to try this recipe, but I don’t want to risk it failing again. My daughter seems so happy. I REALLY don’t want to disappoint her. Could you give me some tips? Or perhaps tell my why all my cupcakes have been failing?
Thank you so much!
You don’t have to have an expensive stand mixer. A hand mixer will do the job just fine. I’ve never made a cupcake that required creaming by hand and can’t really imagine that turning out well, although some people have told me that they have done it and it turned out fine. Without knowing more about your cupcakes and what seemed wrong with them, it’s hard for me to suggest why they might have gone wrong. Did they sink? Were they too dense? etc. If you’re having consistent issues with things turning out, I’d probably suggest getting a hand mixer.
This was a great recipe! Was a hit with three generations. I don’t normally love buttercream frosting, but the lemon buttercream was truly wonderful.
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So glad you enjoyed them!
Please keep your recipes in grams.. they turn out perfect this way
Hi Lindsay, I would like to make this recipe but we dont have shortening here. What can i replace it with?
Just use additional butter.
I can’t too make this cake but I don’t have vegetable oil can I use groundnut oil?
I’m not familiar with groundnut oil. I’m sorry.
I made these cupcakes over the weekend and they are AMAZING! The lemon buttercream is the PERFECT topping to this cupcake. I loved them and will make again!! Thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Just made these and they are SO GOOD!! Seriously, so moist and delicious. Not too sweet, with the perfect balance of lemon and blueberry. Your blog is my go-to whenever I’m looking for a new cupcake recipe, you never disappoint! Thanks so much!!
I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks Arielle!