Red Velvet cupcake

Red velvet cupcake is a very popular cake in many countries. It is not only a very colourful cake, but also a very yummy cake. It is usually made with frostings. The most commonly used frostings are Cream cheese or Buttercream frosting. I made this cake without any frosting. I have referred to multiple cookbooks & internet for this recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Plain Flour: 2 cups
2. Cocoa Powder: 1/4 cup
3. Caster sugar: 1 1/2 cups
4. Unsalted butter, melted: 200grams
5. Bicarbonate of Soda: 1 teaspoon
6. Eggs, lightly whisked: 2
7. Buttermilk: 1 cup
8. White vinegar: 1 tablespoon
9. Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
10. Red food colouring* : 1-2 teaspoon

Method of preparation:

• Preheat oven to 170C.
• Line the cupcake mould with paper cases.
• Sift the Plain flour, cocoa powder & bicarbonate of soda through a sieve or a sifter.
• In a bowl, add the sifted ingredients along with the caster sugar & stir well.
• In another bowl; whisk the butter, eggs, buttermilk, vinegar & vanilla extract and whisk well until everything is combined well.
• Take the bowl with the sifted ingredients. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture.
• To the above add the liquid mixture of the buttermilk, vinegar & vanilla. Stir until its combined & without any lumps. Add in the food colour.
• Scoop out the batter & pour into each paper cases in the cupcake mould.
• Bake for 20-25 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• Transfer into a wirerack to cool.

Note:

* You can also use boiled beetroot juice instead of food colour, if you want to avoid artificial colours. The idea is to give the cake a beautiful red colour.