Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Makes 12-15
Ingredients
- 625ml cake flour
- 30ml cocoa
- 7.5ml salt
- Sift the above dry ingredients. Set aside.
- 2 eggs
- 375ml sugar
- 375ml oil
- 250ml buttermilk
- 5ml vanilla
- 7.5ml bicarbonate
- 5ml white vinegar
- 45ml red food colouring
- For the Icing
- 125g cream cheese
- 125g unsalted butter, softened
- 500g icing sugar
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Whisk dry ingredients together. Set aside.
- Beat the eggs and sugar together until creamy.
- Add the remaining moist ingredients and beat well.
- Add the food colouring last. The mixture should be a very deep red.
- Then add the dry ingredients and beat until well mixed.
- Fill cookie cups ½ full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or a little longer if necessary.
- For the Icing
- Beat the cream cheese and unsalted butter together until softened.
- Then add the icing sugar and beat well until light and fluffy.
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