Red Velvet cup cakes were a rage sometime back,and they are still very popular in the United States. So I decided on these Red Velvet Cupcakes for the alphabet ‘R’ under A – Z Baking around the World.
These cupcakes have an interesting history. When foods were rationed during the World War II bakers used to use boiled beet juice to enhance the color and moisture of the cakes. The icing on the cakes was French style butter roux, but cream cheese frosting is what is popular now.
I have used some red food color and cocoa powder to get that red hue, and I frosted these cup cakes with Mascarpone cheese and the taste was undoubtedly awesome.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Dry Ingredients
11/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch salt
11/2 tsp cocoa powder
3/4 tsp red food colour
Wet Ingredients
1/3 cup oil
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 tbsp vinegar
3/4 cup fine sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 cup water
Method
Sieve the dry ingredients.
Beat the wet ingredients.
Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and pour them in cup cake mould.
Bake at 180 deg C for 10 -12 minutes or till done.
Check with a toothpick, it should come out clean.
Frosting
Ingredients
1/4 cup cream cheese
1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
1/4 cup butter
Icing sugar to taste
1 tsp vanilla essence
Method
Beat the cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, butter and vanilla essence till soft and fluffy.
Gradually beat in the icing sugar.
Beat till smooth.
Fill in the piping bag and frost the cup cakes.
R - Red Velvet Cup Cakes
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 11/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch salt
- 3/4 tsp red food color
Wet Ingredients
- 1/3 cup oil
- 3/4 cup butter milk
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
- 3/4 cup sugar fine
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/4 cup water
Frosting
- 1/4 cup cream cheese
- 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1/4 cup butter
- icing sugar to taste
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Notes
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Wowwing here, red velvet cupcakes looks absolutely gorgeous. That icing looks absolutely stunning. Feel like licking it.
Red velvet cupcake with Mascarpone cheese…what more to ask for! It looks beautiful and decadent Vaishali….wish i could grab atleast one
Wow! Stunning display. I have been putting off these red velvet cakes as I don’t like to to use artificial color and I am trying to change my mindset to use beet juice instead but I am a long way off 🙂
Love the mascarpone cheese topping. A perfect party cake. Very nice.
The entire cupcake looks so sinful Vaishali, wish you showed us a cross section..very nicely baked.
Thank you Valli, I don’t know how I missed out on the cross section, I have updated the post with it, do check.
Classic and delicious red velvet cupcakes. They look just perfect,
Another wonderful bake from you. That cream cheese frosting is out of the world.
One of my fav cup cakes forever.. Lovely bake!!
Beautiful looking cup cake. Next valentines day I know where to look up for a new recipe.
I love the red velvet cake but have never baked one because of all the food colors. I should try it at least once to experience the gorgeous color and the texture.