I used Jamie Oliver's recipe in his latest magazine (Issue 8: Feb/Mar '10). I know it's off topic but I thought that because it was Jamie still I could get away with it.
Jamie's: Red Velvet Cupcakes
- 375g plain flour
- 50g baking cocoa
- 1tsp baking soda
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 230g butter, at room temp
- 360g caster sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 250mL buttermilk
- 1tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tsp natural red food colouring (I used colouring paste)
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and fill muffin trays with cases (it says it makes 24 but I got 32 out of this recipe).
2. Combine the flour, cocoa, making powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl. Sift the mixture 3 times. (YES 3 times!!)
3. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time making sure they are mixed in well.
4. Add a quarter if the dry ingredients and 60mL of buttermilk, alternating till it's all used.
5. Mix in the vanilla and food colouring.
6. Fill the muffin cases half full of cake batter. Bake for 15-20min (test with a skewer).
7. Leave to cool for 5 min in pan and move to a cooling rack. The cupcakes must be completely cool before icing.
The icing: Beat together 130g unsalted butter and 250g full fat cream cheese until fluffy. Add 250g of icing sugar gradually and stir through 1tsp of vanilla essence. Ice and eat! delicious!
**sorry there are no pictures... they didn't last long enough for a photo to be taken :)
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