Red Velvet Cupcakes

The cream cheese icing goes really well with these cupcakes. Or if you're not a fan, just use regular buttercream.


Ingredients:

• 60g butter
• 1 egg
• 150g caster sugar
• 10g cocoa
• 10ml red food colouring
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 120ml buttermilk
• 150g plain flour
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 ½ tsp white wine vinegar

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Cream the butter, sugar and egg until light and fluffy.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa powder, food colouring and vanilla. Once mixed add to the creamed mixture.
4. Mix carefully until combined and then add half the buttermilk. Mix further and add half the flour and the baking powder. Mix thoroughly before adding the remainder of the buttermilk and flour and mixing further.
5. Add the white wine vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix thoroughly.
6. Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases and bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 mins or until the cupcakes spring back slightly when touched.
7. Allow the cupcakes to cool slightly before turning out onto a wire cooling rack.

Cream Cheese Icing

• 300g icing sugar
• 50g butter
• 125g cream cheese

1. Cream the icing sugar, butter and cream cheese together until well mixed. Continue beating until light and fluffy.
2. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes.