This is one easy recipe for Red Velvet Cupcakes, this has been tried many times for special treats and has never failed to impress the young and the old alike. This recipe makes a dozen delicious mid size cupcakes.
Ingredients:
1 cup self raising flour
3/4 cup sugar
4 tablespoons of melted butter, unsalted
1 Egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoon red food coloring
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Prep a cupcake tin with cupcake liners
Mix all the dry ingredients together except sugar and set aside. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla essence until light. Add the egg, food coloring, lemon juice, buttermilk and beat well until well incorporated.
Add all the dry ingredients and fold until a smooth batter is formed. Fill the cup liners with the batter and bake for 15-20 minutes.
Take the cupcakes out of the oven and place them on a wire rack to cool, as this will prevent the cup cakes from drying out with heat from the tin.
Cream Cheese frosting:
4 tablespoons Philadelphia cream cheese
4 tablespoons butter (at room temperature)
2 cups icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
Whisk with a wire whisk all the above until soft and fluffy. Use a piping bag to pipe the frosting over the cupcakes. Sprinkle some red colored sugar over the icing.
These cupcakes are luscious and simply mouthwatering!
