Looking for cupcake recipe from scratch? Try these moist red velvet cupcake recipe. The gorgeous red color makes it a treat for eyes and a perfect cupcake for your romantic dates during Valentine.
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These eggless homemade red velvet cupcakes are my favorite. This super moist red velvet cupcake recipe is topped with cream cheese frosting. The slight hint of chocolate creates a buzz for kids of all ages.
Make these homemade red velvet cupcake recipe with cream cheese frosting and become a superstar in your next get-together. Game?
Let’s make the delicious red velvet cupcake
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To make Cupcake
Preheat the oven to 180 °C for 10 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, sieve All-purpose flour, powdered sugar, Cocoa powder, salt, Baking powder, and baking soda together. This helps in even mixing of all the ingredients.
In another bowl take milk. Add vinegar to it and keep it aside for 5 minutes. The milk will curdle during this resting time and results in buttermilk. Add the good quality of food grade edible color to the buttermilk.
Whisk buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla essence well. Now start adding dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
You can use a spatula or electric whisker to mix the ingredients.
Prepare a smooth and lumps free batter. Pour the batter into muffin molds.
Bake these muffins at 180 °C for 15 minutes in a preheated oven or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Once baked, take these muffins out and let them cool.
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For Cream Cheese Frosting
In an electric mixer beat the cream cheese until smooth. Start adding powdered sugar and cream it after every addition of sugar. Add vanilla extract and cream again. Continue to add sugar and creaming it until you get pearly sheen and gooey but separable consistency.
Fill it into a piping bag and use any nozzle for the frosting.
Your Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are ready to serve.
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Homemade Red Velvet Cupcake
The moist red velvet cupcake recipe is always a show stopper for any get-together. The classic red color and the velvety feel makes this cupcake recipe as one of the most demanded homemade cupcake recipes. Learn how to make homemade red velvet cupcake recipe from scratch.
Ingredients
For CupCake
- 1-1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 tbs Cocoa Powder
- 1 tsp Red Color (Tomato Red)
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 cup Milk Lukewarm
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 1/3 cup Butter
- 1-1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1/4 tsp Salt (a pinch)
For Cream Cheese Frosting
- 200 gm Cream Cheese
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract (Pure)
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2/3 cup Whipping Cream (Cold and heavy)
Instructions
For Cupcake
- Preheat the oven at 180 °C for 10 minutes.
- In a mixing bowl sieve all the dry ingredients together – all-purpose flour (maida), sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Mix them well.
- Mix the milk with vinegar and keep aside for 5 minutes. The milk will curdle to form buttermilk. Now add color to this mix.
- Separately whisk the wet ingredients - prepared buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla essence.
- Add it to the dry ingredients and mix well with a spatula or with electric beater till there are no lumps.
- Now pour the batter in a cupcake mould and bake at 180 °C for about 15 minutes or until done.
- Remove and cool.
For Cream Cheese Frosting
- In an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Begin adding powdered sugar, creaming thoroughly after each addition.
- Mix Vanilla extract in the cream.
- Continue adding powdered sugar until frosting has a pearly sheen and thick, gooey yet spreadable consistency.
Notes
- Red food colouring will stain your hands, clothes and mouth, so use caution when handling.
- You must use a brand of heavy cream that whips very easily to stiff peaks.
- If the cream you are using don’t form the stiff peaks easily, whip the cream separately till it forms the stiff peaks and then fold with cream cheese.
