Red velvet cupcakes - valentine's special
- ¾ cup (180ml) milk
- 1 tbsp (15ml) vinegar
- ½ cup (50gms) caster sugar
- ¼ cup (60ml) oil
- ½ tsp (1.5ml) vanilla
- 2 tbsp (30gms) yogurt
- ¾ cup (180gms) flour
- 1 tbsp (7.5gms) cocoa powder
- ½ tsp (1.5gms) baking soda
- 1 tbsp (15ml) red fod color
- 1 cup (200gms) cream cheese
- ½ cup (100gms) butter
- ¼ tsp (0.75ml)vanilla essence
- 1+ ½ cup (195gms) icing sugar
- Sprinkles (to top)
- Preheat your oven at 180 degree celcius and line your cupcake tray with cupcake liners.
- In a bowl add in oil and sugar. Make sure to whisk these two really well, till the mixture becomes light and pale.
- Now add in vanilla yogurt. Mix this in as well.
- Add in red food color and buttermilk and mix that in.
- Put a large sieve over the same bowl and sift flour, cocoa powder and baking soda.
- Once sifted, mix in dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix just till there are very small flour pockets left.
- Using an ice cream scoop, fill ¾th of each cupcake liner and bake these at 180 degree celcius for 20-25 minutes.
- Let them cool down completely.
- In a bowl add in softened butter and softened cream cheese. Using an electric whisk, whip the two together for 2 minutes.
- Add in vanilla and whip again for a minute or so.
- Sift in icing sugar and whip everything for another 2 minutes or until you see the frosting hold shape.
- Transfer frosting into a piping bag with an open star and and pipe the frosting on top of the cooled cupcakes.
- Sprinkle some sprinkles for decoration and enjoy!
Recipe by Bake with Shivesh at https://bakewithshivesh.com/red-velvet-cupcakes-valentines-special/
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