Blueberries are good any time of the year, and maple syrup was a great compliment.
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- Finished cupcakes with label
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- Before baking
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- Before baking #2
Maple Syrup and Blueberry Cupcakes
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Author: Harry Jennerway
Serves: 8
Ingredients
Maple Syrup Cupcakes
- 150g (3/4c) castor sugar
- 170g (1/2c) unsalted butter
- 125ml (1/2c) sour cream / plain yogurt
- 2 eggs
- 150g (1½c) flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 65ml (1/4c) maple syrup/honey
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Seeds from 2 vanilla pods
Blueberry Sauce Filling
- 75ml (1/3c) water
- 100g (1/2c) sugar
- 350g (2c) blueberries
- 1 Tbsp corn starch
Maple Syrup Frosting
- 1 batch of Maple Syrup Cream Cheese Frosting
Directions
Maple Syrup Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F, line muffin cases.
- Whisk 150g sugar, 170g butter 125ml sour cream until smooth. Add 2 eggs in one at a time, beating after each.
- Mix 150g WW self-raising flour, ½tsp baking soda, 1tsp baking powder, and dash of salt.
- In a small bowl mix 65ml maple syrup, 2tbsp vanilla extract, and seeds from 2 vanilla pods.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until completely incorporated.
- Add the honey mixture, beat until smooth.
- Add in the remaining flour mixture and mix until incorporated.
- Fill cases to ⅔ and bake for 18-20 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Blueberry Sauce Filling
- Melt 75ml water and 100g sugar in a pan.
- Add 175g blueberries, and stir/heat until blueberries start to burst.
- Add remaining blueberries and continue stirring and heating until they burst.
- Sprinkle 1tbsp corn starch over the blueberry mixture and continue stirring and heating until it is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Assembly
- Scoop out the middle of each cake with an apple corer or knife once they're fully cooled.
- Fill with a teaspoon or so of filling and place the cut section back.
- Frost with maple syrup cream cheese frosting
I made a custom label for these, available on http://marmalabel.com
Maple Syrup Custom Label – PSD Source.
