Blueberry cupcakes with white chocolate buttercream frosting

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It was my lil one’s 3 month birthday yesterday and i have been having a lil month celeb with a cupcake and a candle. First i thought i was going to make a pink lemonade cupcake then i thought its a lil boy’s cupcake has to be blue :)
Hence the blueberry cupcake. I have reduced the amount of batter as it is just me and jason again at home, mom is back home.

Ingredients
(makes 10 small cupcakes)
Cake

Cake flour – 60gm
Sugar – 50gm
Butter – 60gm
Egg – 1 large
Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Buttermilk – 50ml
Blueberry juice (the one in the canned blueberries) – 60ml
Blueberries – 50gm
Vanilla – 1 teaspoon

White chocolate buttercream frosting

Butter – 100gm
Icing sugar – 100-120gm
Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
White chocolate – 75gm
Milk – 1 tablespoon
Blue food colour

Method

Cupcake

Initially the plan was just to add blueberry juice but then i decided to add blueberries too.

Preheat the oven to about 290 degrees celsius and line the cupcake tray with cupcake liners

Cream the butter and sugar with an electric blender.
Beat the egg white until fluffy. Add the egg white to the butter- sugar mix.
Add the baking powder, vanilla essence and beat.
Add the flour and egg yolk and beat with an electric blender.
Add the buttermilk to the batter.
Add the blueberry juice and the blueberries to the batter and beat with an electric blender. (I did not fold the blueberries in the batter as i wanted the blueberry bits in the cupcake not whole blueberries).
Fill the batter to 3/4th of the cupcake liner.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes. Check at about 18 minutes to see if they are baked.

White (blue) chocolate buttercream frosting

Melt the white chocolate in bowl by simmering it on a pan.
Cream the butter nice and soft. Add in a batch of the icing sugar and white chocolate, beat with an electric blender.
Add in more icing sugar, rest of the white chocolate, vanilla extract and the food colouring, blend it all.
Add the rest of the icing sugar.
Once the cupcakes are cooked. Frost and decorate. 🙂