This simple yet lush and delicious easy blueberry frosting uses real blueberries to get a super vibrant color! Naturally dairy free and perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and more!

vegan blueberry frosting on a cake

The ultimate blueberry buttercream recipe

If you’re looking for a delicious and creamy blueberry frosting, then you must try this recipe. It’s so easy with just 4 ingredients AND is perfectly smooth- no splitting buttercream here!

This is my all time favorite frosting recipe to add to my spring cakes- especially my vegan lemon blueberry cake. In fact, this frosting recipe is so good, it’s in my first cookbook

You can even swap it in for my chocolate frosting on my chocolate cake, my vanilla buttercream on this vegan vanilla cake, or even swap it in for my peanut butter frosting on this banana cake (because bananas and blueberries go so well together!). 

We’re using fresh blueberry jam (not blueberry sauce!) to create a vibrant and rich purple-pink color with a fresh blueberry flavor throughout. No artificial flavors, no blueberry powders. Just the real deal!

vegan blueberry frosting in a bowl

And plus, I’m going to go over all of the tips to help you make this blueberry frosting recipe perfectly each time, including how to properly bring your butter to room temperature and why a frosting might split (especially if you’re using a fruit spread!). 

And if you love cream cheese frosting, you can actually turn this into a blueberry cream cheese frosting too!

4 Ingredients Needed:

  • Vegan butter: I recommend a high quality vegan butter, such as Miyoko’s. It’s fantastic for frostings and vegan baking in general. You can also swap in half of the vegan butter amount for vegan cream cheese if you want a bit more of a tang! The key here is to use room temperature butter. Check out my guide for getting your butter to room temperature properly here!
  • Powdered sugar: Again, a high quality powdered sugar is key! Also make sure that you’re using organic/vegan-certified, like Florida Crystals. 
  • Blueberry jam: I recommend using homemade blueberry jam. It’s what I use to get that super pink and lovely color. Store bought blueberry jam will give you more of that purple color at times, depending on the brand. Either works, so use whichever makes most sense for you!
  • Vanilla extract: Just a touch to round out the flavor!

Step-by-Step How to Make Blueberry Frosting

Help!! My frosting is splitting!

Usually, it’s very hard to recover a split buttercream frosting. However, we can actually do some saving here if this happens to your frosting!

If you notice your blueberry frosting starts to split, you can add in another 1/2 cup- 1 cup of powdered sugar. This will help absorb the liquid in the frosting and return it to that fluffy and smooth spreadable consistency. 

frosted blueberry lemon cake

You’re just going to love this blueberry buttercream! It’s absolutely lovely on spring and summer cakes, as well as cupcakes, and cookies. Enjoy!

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vegan blueberry frosting on a cake

How To Make Blueberry Frosting with Fresh Blueberries (Dairy Free!)

  • Author: Britt Berlin
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 batch for an 8″ cake 1x
  • Category: Frosting
  • Method: No Bake
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegan

Description

This simple yet lush and delicious easy blueberry frosting uses real blueberries to get a super vibrant color! Naturally dairy free and perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and more!


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 cup (226 g) vegan butter, room temperature
  • 34 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1/2 cup blueberry jam
  • Garnishes: fresh blueberries and lemon slices

Instructions

  1. Use a hand mixer or a stand mixer with whisk attachment to make the blueberry frosting.
  2. Cream the vegan butter until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  3. Then add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time, mixing in between.
  4. Spoon in the blueberry jam, along with the vanilla, and continue mixing until combined. Note: If the frosting is looking like it could start to split, add in another cup of powdered sugar.
  5. Spread onto cakes, pipe onto cupcakes, or spoon onto cookie bars!

Notes

See blog post for tips and tricks!

Keywords: blueberry frosting, blueberry buttercream, vegan blueberry frosting