Red velvet cupcakes

All time classic, red velvet cupcakes – always a win.  To get this bright red colour, you need a professional food colouring, strong enough to cover the cocoa. For extra moist cakes, beat the sugar and butter very very well.

Ingredients

for the cakes

• 250gr. self-rising flour
• 125gr. butter, room temp.
• 120ml. milk
• 200gr. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1.5tbsp cocoa powder
• 1tsp red food colouring paste

for the frosting

• 100gr. butter
• 200gr. cream cheese
• 300gr. icing sugar
• ¾tsp vanilla extract or 1/3 vanilla pod

Directions

the cakes

1. Preheat the oven, air 170 °C.
2. In a large bowl mix the butter and sugar.
3. Add the eggs, one at a time.
4. Add the milk, cocoa, vanilla and the food colouring.
5. Add the flour gradually.
6. Fill the baking cups 2/3 full and bake for 18–20 minutes. Check by inserting a toothpick in the center of a cupcake. If it comes out clean, your cupcakes are ready.
7. Wait til they cool down before decorating with the frosting.

the frosting

1. Mix the butter and cream cheese in a large bowl
2. Add the vanilla (extract or seeds).
3. Add the icing sugar gradually.