Red velvet Cupcakes
Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are just incredible! Soft and moist cupcakes coated with sweet and tangy taste in every bite! The velvety texture is on point and will put a smile on one's face.
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Ingredients
For cupcakes
- ½ cup fresh milk
- ½ tsp lemon juice or vinegar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil or canola oil
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 2 tsp cocoa powder or 2 tbsp if you like it more chocolatey
- 2 tsp red gel food color
- 1 cup cake flour or all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tbsp vinegar
For cream cheese frosting
- 55 grams softened butter
- 225 grams cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
Instructions
Making the cupcakes
- Prepare a 12 mold cupcake tray buy lining it with cupcake liners. Pre heat oven at 180°C/356°F.
- Make your very own buttermilk by combining ½ cup of fresh milk and ½ tsp lemon juice or vinegar. Set aside. NOTE: You can also use ½ cup ready to use buttermilk.
- In a mixing bowl Pour the vegetable oil the add the sugar. Mix with a wire whisk until well incorporated. Crack and add the egg then whisk until pale or light in color.
- Tip in the cocoa powder and mix to fully incorporate. Add red food coloring and mix again to distribute until the mixture have a deep red hue.
- Add ½ of the buttermilk that you made and mix in ⅓ of the cake flour (or in three batches) then whisk to incorporate.
- Pour the rest of the buttermilk and add another ⅓ cake flour then whisk. Add the last batch of cake flour and whisk until no traces of flour is left.
- Pour baking soda and vinegar (you'll notice it will fizzle). Mix for a couple of seconds being careful not to overbeat or you'll end up with hard cupcakes.
- Fill cupcake liners ¾ full with batter and bake for 20 - 25 minutes in the pre heated oven at 180°c/356 °F. You can also check if the cupcakes are done by inserting a clean toothpick and it comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool down in a wire rack.
Making the cheese cake frosting
- You can also do this while the cupcakes are in the oven. In another mixing bowl, Tip in softened butter and beat using a hand mixer in medium until creamy.
- Add the cream cheese, beat until well incorporated then add the powdered sugar and beat until medium to stiff peak or the frosting holds shape.
- Frost and decorate the cupcakes as you fancy. Serve and enjoy. Bon appetit!