It's citrus season, and when life gives you lemons...You make lemon blueberry cupcakes!
These lemon blueberry cupcakes are the perfect way to level up your cupcakes and taste-buds. They're sweet, tangy, and filled with the most delicious lemon curd. They're guaranteed to blow your mind. You won't even know they're missing gluten and dairy!
Made with our Amoretti® Lemon Zest Oil Extract and Blueberry Extract these cupcakes are a must have in your summer baking plans!
This recipe is fairly simple, and requires ingredients you more than likely already have in your pantry, woohoo!
Note: for this recipe you can use store bought lemon curd, or make your own DF version. Simply find any regular lemon curd recipe (or dairy-free, I know there's some out there!) and replace the butter with a dairy-free version, or keep it as is. If you make it, I suggest making it the day before you plan to bake these cupcakes so it can chill and get that thick, lemon curd consistency.
Ingredients
For the cupcake:
For the Dairy-Free Buttercream:
Directions
For the cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pan with paper liners; set aside.
- In a medium bowl or stand mixer combine oil and sugar.
- Add eggs and beat with your stand or electric mixer at medium speed for one minute. Add flour, salt, baking powder, dairy-free milk, and Amoretti® Natural Vanilla Bean Artisan. Beat at medium speed for one minute.
- Scoop batter evenly into cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the centers springs back when touched and cupcakes are very lightly browned.
- Let cool in the pan on rack for five minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan onto rack and cool completely before frosting.
For the Vegan Buttercream:
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In the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until smooth, about 2 minutes.
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Gradually add the powdered sugar, about a cup at a time, and mix starting on low speed. Gradually increase to medium, until all the powdered sugar is mixed in.
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Add 2 tablespoons of milk, Amoretti® Vanilla W.S. (2X) and Blueberry Extract and beat on medium speed until everything is combined. Scrape the bowl as needed.
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Grab your piping bag and frosting tip and place the buttercream into the bag
- Then pipe on to your cupcakes! Garnish with fresh lemon slices, blueberries, or some sprinkles, whatever your heart desires!
There you have it folks! The best GF & DF Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes you'll ever make!
