Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Servings: 14-15
Time: 3 Hours
Difficulty: Medium
Moist, fluffy succulent red velvet cupcakes with tangy cream cheese frosting

Ingredients
For Cupcakes
Maida (flour) – 160 gm
Cocoa powder – 10 gm
Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Cornflour – 30 gm
Unsalted butter – 60 gm (at room temperature)
Granulated sugar – 200 gm
Eggs – 2 nos. (separate egg whites and yolks)
Vegetable oil – 120 ml
White vinegar – 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Buttermilk – 120 ml
Food color red – 1 tsp (or as required to get the color)
Paper or Silicone cupcake molds – 14 nos
Fresh / Canned Red Cherries – 14 nos
For Frosting
Cream cheese – 200 gm
Unsalted butter – 115 gm (at room temperature)
Powdered sugar – 300 gm
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Directions
Pre-heat oven at 175ºC
Sift maida, corn flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside
In a medium bowl, whisk egg whites on high speed until soft peaks are formed. Keep it aside
In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar using hand mixer on high speed till butter looks light and fluffy
Add oil and beat for another 2-3 minutes
Add 2 eggs, vanilla essence and beat on medium / high speed until combined
Beat in vinegar and food color, mix well
Add maida mixture to butter-sugar mixture in three additions alternating with buttermilk. Mix with hand mixer after each addition just until combined
Fold in whipped egg whites in the above batter with spatula. Don’t overmix
Spoon the cup cake batter in the molds upto 2/3 full
Bake cupcakes for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted at the center of the cupcake comes out clean
Once baked, allow the cupcakes to cool completely on wire rack before frosting
For Cream Cheese Frosting
While cupcakes are getting baked and cooled, prepare cream cheese frosting
In a separate bowl beat cream cheese and butter together on high speed until fluffy and smooth
Add sugar and beat again on medium-high speed (if frosting is no thick enough, you may want to add little more sugar so that it becomes thicker)
Fit the piping bag with N2 nozzle, fill the piping bag with frosting
Decorate the cupcakes with big swirl of cream cheese frosting
Top it with fresh cherry



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