Lemon and Blueberry Cupcakes

It is no secret that I love to bake and I spend hours of my life scrolling through the internet looking for new cake ideas. This was one of my favourite recipes from the summer. I made these cakes for my Parent's 30th Wedding Anniversary and they were a big hit. 

Ingredients:

6oz of caster sugar

6oz of margarine or butter

6oz of self raising flour

3 eggs

1 punnet of blueberries

2-3 lemons (depending how lemony you like it)

softened butter, cream cheese and icing sugar (for the frosting)

mint leaves to decorate 

Method:

pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees/ gas mark 6 and line a 12 hole cake tin with paper cases

cream together the margarine and caster sugar until light and fluffy

beat in the eggs

sift in the flour, add the zest of one lemon and two tablespoons of lemon juice

mix well until combined

fold in the blueberries slowly (leaving some to decorate) being careful not to crush them

spoon into cake cases and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown

while the cakes are cooking, prepare the frosting

I did this by eye so I don't have the exact measurements but you can find cream cheese frosting recipes easily online.

once the frosting is to the consistency you want it add lemon zest and juice to taste

remove the cakes from the oven and leave to cool

once they are completely cool pipe or spread the frosting onto them

to decorate i put a couple of blueberries on top and finished them off with a mint leaf, i love the pop of colour you get from the blue and green!