GORGEOUS RED VELVET CUPCAKES

Recipe for Red Velvet cupcakes (yields 8 cupcakes)

Red Velvet cupcakes are the most gorgeous cupcakes I have ever come across. I can bribe my daughter with these. Only the look of these cupcakes is enough to fall for it and I assure you that they taste amazing. They are perfectly moist and not very sweet. I am always successful in impressing my guests with these deep wine coloured goodies. You will be more than satisfied after baking these cupcakes.

Ingredients

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder (sifted)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 50 gm unsalted butter (softened)
• 100 gm sugar
• ½ tbsp red food colour
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup buttermilk (curd and water in 1:1 ratio)
• 1 tsp vinegar

For Icing

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 8 paper liners
• chocolate chips or chocolate vermicelli (for decoration)

How to make 

Preheat the oven at 180^oC. Line the muffin tin with paper liners.

Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.

Cream the butter in a mixing bowl. Add sugar and beat well (with a balloon whisk or an electric beater) till you get a soft mixture.

Now add the food colour and essence and beat again.

Add 1 tbsp of the sifted dry ingredients to the above mixture. Beat well. Now add the egg and beat again followed by rest of the dry ingredients.

Finally, add the buttermilk and vinegar and mix well. Divide equally and pour the batter in the paper liners such that it fills three quarters of the paper liner.

Bake at 180^oC for 20 minutes. Let them cool on the wire rack.

For icing

Beat the cream at high speed with an electric beater till it forms soft peaks.

Once the cupcakes are completely cooled top them with dollops of the snowy cream and sparkle some chocolate chips on top.

When you will these cupcakes, you will feel like a celebrity baker. I am sure you may not feel any need to go to a high end bakery to satisfy your kid’s urge.

Tips

• For butter milk curd and water to be mixed in 1:1 ratio.
• I have used the liquid food colour in this recipe. It mixes evenly with the batter.
• I have used whipping cream for icing. You may even do a cream cheese icing.
• It goes very well with these cupcakes.

Cream cheese icing

• 100 gm butter
• 100 gm cream cheese
• 200 gm sugar

Mix well. Leave in the refrigerator for a while before using.