Recipe: Perfect Red Velvet Cupcakes & Cream Cheese Topping

Red Velvet Cupcakes & Cream Cheese Topping.

You can have Red Velvet Cupcakes & Cream Cheese Topping using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cupcakes & Cream Cheese Topping

1. You need of Cupcakes.
2. It's 2 1/2 cup of cake flour.
3. It's 1 tsp of salt.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of cocoa.
5. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of oil.
6. You need 1 cup of buttermilk.
7. You need 4 of eggs.
8. It's 3 tbsp of red food colouring.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of white vinegar.
10. You need 1 1/2 cup of white sugar.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
12. You need 1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda).
13. It's of Cream Cheese Topping.
14. Prepare 100 grams of soft butter.
15. You need 1 of low fat plain cream cheese (tubs usually come in 250ml).
16. It's 2 1/2 cup of icing sugar.
17. Prepare 1 tsp of lemon juice.
18. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

Red Velvet Cupcakes & Cream Cheese Topping step by step

1. Beat eggs, oil, buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla extract and food colouring until combined..
2. Add sifted flour, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa, as well as salt and sugar..
3. Spoon mixture into cupcake holders. (Tip: use a measuring cup in order to get the cupcakes to be equal sizes, I use a 1/4 cup).
4. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes. (However every oven works slightly differently so I suggest checking on them after 15 minutes as you don't want to dry them out and 5 minutes can make a big difference).
5. Remove cupcakes from the oven and leave to cool completely before putting topping on..
6. Place all ingredients for the cream cheese topping in an electric mixer and mix until well combined. It should be an off white colour with a light and fluffy texture..
7. Put topping on cooled cupcakes and enjoy.