RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Recipe posted by Ilzette Feyt
Photo: Ilzette Feyt
- 2 ¾ tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons liquid red food colouring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, sifted
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon white vinegar
- For the frosting:
- 4 teaspoons salted butter, softened
- 125 g cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the cocoa powder, colouring, and vanilla and stir to make a paste. Set aside.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and mix until fluffy. Add the paste and mix until combined.
- Pour half of the flour mixture into the butter mixture and beat for 15 seconds.
- Pour half of the buttermilk into the butter mixture and beat for 15 seconds.
- Repeat with the remaining half of the flour and buttermilk.
- Add the white vinegar, baking soda, and salt into the batter and beat until just combined.
- Scoop into a pan lined with cupcake liners.
- Bake for 20 to 22 minutes at 180°C or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
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