Red Velvet Cupcake

I love the name of Red Velvet. It sound decadent. Many recipes use plenty of food coloring while the recipe that i used was from RecipeGirl.com which called for only 2 Tbsp red food coloring. The cupcakes were fluffy & moist and nice frosting with buttercream.

Ingredients :

3 cups all - purpose flour
2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp salt
3 large eggs, at room temperature
3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp red food coloring
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp vinegar

1. Preheat oven to 175。C . Line cupcake pans with paper liners.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter in medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla extract; beat intil combined. One at a time, add eggs; beat on medium speed after each.

Bet in food coloring on low.

4. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to egg mixture; beat on low medium after each just until combined. Stir together baking soda and vinegar. Add to batter; beat just until combined.

5. Fill cupcake liners two - thirds full. Bake 15 to 17 minutes, or until toothpick inserted centers comes out clean. Remove pans from the oven and cool for 10 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack.

Vanilla Buttercream Icing:

1 cup krimwell
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp milk, at room temperature
454g icing sugar

In a large mixing bowl beat the krimwell,vanilla extract, milk and icing sugar until smooth.

Decorate red velvet cupcakes with ribbon rose and leaves. Great for festive occasion like valentine's day,wedding day and birthday.