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Blueberry Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Buttercream

Written by emilyc

What’s better than blueberry muffins? Blueberry cupcakes. What makes those even better? Brown sugar buttercream frosting, obviously. Recipe and image via Baking Robot.

Blueberry cupcakes

Ingredients:

(for blueberry reduction)
2 cups blueberries
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch

1. In a saucepan over medium-heat, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Cook until mixture thickens considerably and blueberries burst. Let cool completely.

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk

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emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.