Bramble Cupcakes
Lemon cupcakes with blackberry gin buttercream inspired by the Bramble cocktail.
Prep Time 25 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 55 minutes mins
Lemon Cupcakes
- ½ cup Butter (1 stick)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1½ cup Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 2 large Eggs
- 1½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- ½ cup Milk
- ⅓ cup Lemon Juice
- 1½ Tbsp Lemon zest
Blackberry Buttercream
- 1 cup Butter (2 sticks)
- 1 lb Confectioner's sugar (5 cups)
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 Tbsp Heavy Cream
- 2 tsp Lemon zest
- 2 Tbsp Boozy Blackberry Puree (recipe below)
For the Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 F degrees and line a cupcake pan with paper liners
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside
In a mixing bowl, using a handheld or stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix until well combined,
Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix on low speed.
Slowly add the milk, lemon juice and lemon zest. Stop mixing once combined.
Fill paper liner to ⅔ and bake in the oven for 17-19 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean
Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let rest 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
For the Blackberry Buttercream:
With handheld mixer or stand mixer, beat butter until light and creamy
Add confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, heavy cream, zest and blackberry puree, with the mixer on low speed.
Once combined, increase to high speed and whip for about 3 minutes until fluffy.
Assembly:
Soak blackberries in your spirit of choice for 20 minutes (Optional)
Pipe frosting on cupcakes
Garnish each cupcake with a blackberry and a quarter sliced lemon
Keyword blackberry, gin, lemon