Cup Cake Red Velvet

Beetroot or red food coloring may be used for the color.

Cup cake red velvet.

Some red velvet cakes are much more dense but if you prefer a spongier cupcake this one is for you. In our family no one thinks it s christmas without this red velvet cake recipe. Traditional recipes do not use food coloring with the red color due to non dutched anthocyanin rich cocoa. The icing was bland and honestly tasted like flour.

In a large bowl sift together the flour sugar baking soda salt and cocoa powder. It s different than other red velvet cakes i ve tasted over the years since this one tastes only mildly chocolate and the icing is as light as snow. Historically red velvet cake was just chocolate cake tinted red from the acid in cocoa powder not from food coloring. Overall the cake was nothing special.

Sieve the flour cocoa bicarb and a pinch of fine salt into a medium bowl and mix to combine. Heat oven to 180c 160c fan gas 4. Top them off with a cream cheese frosting that s just as tasty as the red velvet cupcake itself. Beat in eggs one at a time.

Look for a non alkalized one for this old fashioned recipe. These red velvet cupcakes are easy to whip up for your next get together. This red velvet cake was definitely not what i expected. Nowadays most cocoa powders are alkalized as in stripped of acid.

With its distinct look the popular red velvet cupcake is a top contender for favorite flavor. Mix in sour cream milk food color and vanilla. These red velvet cupcakes are easy to whip up for your next get together. Lightly oil and flour three 9 by 1 1 2 inch round cake pans.

However i am willing to try it again just to make sure it was not my own fault. It could be that i have no experience with red velvet cake but with this recipe the cake was much to heavy. Completing the classic look is a coat of bright white ermine frosting cooked the old fashioned way. Red velvet cake is traditionally a red red brown crimson or scarlet colored chocolate layer cake layered with ermine icing.

I baked the first one for christmas in 1963 when i found the recipe in the newspaper and my mother kept the tradition going into the 80s. Line a cupcake tin with 12 cupcake cases and set aside. Ok you guys have been asking for it for ages and here it is the perfect red velvet cupcake recipe. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy.

Red velvet is definitely one of our biggest sellers at. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.