Blueberry Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting

Okay, so you all should be really proud of us!!! We FINALLY got together and made something!! Unfortunately, we discovered we were quite out of practice! Ok. Confession time. We forgot the eggs. BUT, we remembered just in time, so it did not affect our cupcakes! Another thing we discovered is that Brooke is queen of Zest Virginia! NO KIDDING! That girl can zest some lemons!! On that note, Andrea was shunned from Zest Virginia, seeing as she can't zest a lemon to save her life... While squeezing the lemons, Andrea dropped her lemon in the juice 3 times, and we quickly realized that Andrea was incapable of doing that either... It was SO bad, Andrea and lemons shouldn't even go in the same sentence. Nevertheless, the cupcakes turned out fabulous! We hope that you will try them! :)

~Bon Appetite!

P.S. Happy Spring!

Cupcake Recipe:

1 stick unsalted butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/3 cup milk

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups blueberry (fresh or frozen)

1. Preheat the oven to 350*F. Insert liners into a medium cupcake pan

2. With an electric mixer on medium speed, cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until fluffy about 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs to the creamed mixture and beat well.

3. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

4. Beat portions of dry ingredients into creamed mixture, alternating with milk. Mix for 3 minutes. Mix in vanilla.

5. With spatula fold in blueberries.

6.Fill cupcake liners 1/2 to 3/4 full with batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of cupcakes come out clean.

7. Cool cupcakes in the pan.

Frosting Recipe:

4 cups powdered sugar

1 stick unsalted butter

3 tbs. lemon zest *see story above!

1/2 cup lemon juice freshly squeezed
few drops of yellow food coloring (optional)

1. In a large bowl cream together the sugar and butter with an electric mixer until smooth. Mix in the lemon juice, lemon zest, and food coloring until spreading consistency is achieved.

Castella, Krystina. Crazy About Cupcakes.