Berries and Cream Cupcakes Recipe (2024)

Fresh juicy berries mixed into a soft vanilla cupcake topped with creamy whipped cream cheese frosting and more fresh berries to top off these Berries and Cream Cupcakes. Delicious and perfect for summer!

Berries and Cream Cupcakes

These pretty Berries and Cream Cupcakes remind me of sunshine and fresh, ripe, and juicy berries. It is truly a dreamy, creamy, fresh dessert!

They're made with a basic fluffy vanilla cupcakes recipes mixed with fresh strawberries and blueberries, folded right in to the batter.

This cupcake recipe is a little different than most because instead of creaming together butter and sugar, you'll actually be combining butter and flour. I find the cupcakes are even more fluffy this way.

If you've never used this technique, don't worry! I've included a video and specific instructions below. It's easier than you'd think! (And after you learn it, you'll be awesome at making pie crust too!)

The berry cupcakes are then topped with this super sweet and creamy cream cheese frosting. Then more berries are nestled in on top.

They turned out so pretty. And the red, white, and blue can be festive for 4th of July or Memorial Day too.

While we wait for summer, we can enjoy a fresh, creamy, decadent treat!

Why Do You Use Cake Flour?

Cake flour is finer, lighter, softer, and contains less gluten than all-purpose flour. Because of this, it will create a finer, softer crumb in a cake.

Think about the chewiness of freshly baked bread or soft pretzel versus the light airiness in a great cake. That's because bread and pretzels are made with all-purpose and an excellent cake is made with cake flour.

Both flours have their place, but you definitely want that soft, delicate feel in your cake from cake flour.

What Kind of Berries Do You Use?

For these berries and cream cupcakes, I used fresh strawberries and blueberries. However, you can use fresh OR frozen. If you're using frozen, don't thaw!

You can also change the type of berries based on the season or sale prices. You can use all strawberries, all blueberries, or mix in some blackberries or raspberries. As long as it measures out to 1 cup, use any berries you want!

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What Does "Cut In" Mean?

No, we're not going to dance. To cut in butter with flour means to combine the butter into the flour in such a way that little lumps of the raw butter remain whole within the flour mixture. In other words, you should have little pea-sized butter clumps in your flour mixture.

This process is a technique used in making pie crust and biscuits to make them flaky. However, I learned about this technique with cupcakes from a King Arthur Flour recipe, and fell in love with the results!

So to cut the butter in you can use one of four methods:

1. Use a pastry blender. Also called a pastry cutter, and it kind of looks like it has fork tongs but it's more round. This is the method I prefer, and the one shown in the video! I also think it's the easiest.
2. Use two butter knives. For a similar effect without having to buy a new gadget, use two butter knives to swipe and criss-cross each other to literally kind of cut the butter in.
3. Use your fingers. This method is maybe the most finicky because you have to be careful to do it gently or you'll end up with more of a dough than a crumb-like mixture.
4. Use a food processor. Pulse the mixture until you have a crumb like mixture.

More Summer Berry Recipes You'll Love:

• Firecracker Cupcakes - more red, white, and blue fun! Kids LOVE these!
• Berry Cheesecake Salad - more berries and cream, but in creamy, cool salad form!
• Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes - made with fresh strawberries! We make these for birthday celebrations every year!
• Lemon Cupcakes with Blackberry Frosting - classic fresh fruity flavors!
• Berry Spritzer - cool and refreshing!