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Red Velvet Cupcake
at home.

Name: Red Velvet Cupcake — home recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 150 g unsalted butter, softened; 150 g caster sugar; 3 large eggs; 140 g plain flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 30 ml buttermilk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 120 g unsalted butter, softened, for frosting; 220 g icing sugar, for frosting; 15 ml milk, for frosting; 10 g cocoa powder; Red food colouring, according to its label; 80 g cream cheese, for frosting

A dozen little cakes with a generous frosting finish.

ALLOW45 min + 0 hr coolingMAKES12 cupcakes

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ONE SWEET STEP AT A TIME

Let’s make it.

Get ready

Heat a conventional oven to 175°C. Place paper cases in a 12-hole muffin tin. Mix the flour and baking powder together.

Make the red velvet batter

Beat butter and sugar until pale. Mix in the eggs one at a time, vanilla and a small amount of red colouring. Fold in flour, cocoa, baking powder and buttermilk.

Bake evenly

Divide between the cases, filling each about two-thirds full. Bake for 18–22 minutes until springy and a skewer comes out clean.

Cool completely

Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then move to a rack. Allow at least 40 minutes before frosting.

Cream cheese frosting

Beat the frosting butter with icing sugar until smooth, then briefly mix in 80 g cream cheese. Add frosting milk only if needed. Do not overbeat the cream cheese frosting.

Finish

Spoon or pipe over fully cooled cupcakes. Refrigerate until serving.

A helpful little detail

A chilled cream cheese frosting is easier to handle. Add the cream cheese last and mix briefly.

Keeping it lovely

Keep covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days; bring to room temperature briefly before serving.

Allergens

Wheat, milk and eggs. Check all flavour additions for nuts and soy. Always check your own ingredient labels.

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A little care.
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Before your Red Velvet Cupcake.

Read the complete method, measure your ingredients and check the equipment before you start.

When it is ready.

A chilled cream cheese frosting is easier to handle. Add the cream cheese last and mix briefly.

A little for later.

Keep covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days; bring to room temperature briefly before serving.

YOUR KITCHEN NOTES

Before the
first bite.

Check your ingredients.

Wheat, milk and eggs. Check all flavour additions for nuts and soy. Check the packaging of every ingredient you use.

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Red Velvet Cupcake is also on the Crave menu for PKR 300. Availability is confirmed by the team.

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