I’ve been meaning to try these eye catching shocking red goodies for months, but wasn’t able to find buttermilk in Barcelona. Researching in the internet I found a way to substitute it with a milk and white vinegar mix and also found out that the red velvet cakes were a signature from the Waldorf Hotel in NY in the 1920’s. I have to go and try them there… Oh, I miss New York

Red velvet cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese frosting
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Ingredients:
*300g all purpose flour
*3/4 teaspoon salt
*1 teaspoon baking powder
*2 tablespoons cocoa powder (unsweetened)
*ca 20g liquid red food colour, or dry red food colour mixed with a hint of water (use enough colour to make them really, really red)
*300g white sugar
*120g butter, softened
*2 eggs
*1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
*240ml buttermilk, (you can also add 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar to 240ml milk and let stand for 10min)
*1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
*1 teaspoon baking powder
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Preheat the oven @ 175ºC and line ca 24 muffin cups with white muffin papers:
In a bowl mix flour, salt and 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
In another small bowl mix the cocoa powder with the red food colour until it forms a thin paste.
In a large bowl beat the softened butter with the sugar until fluffy and add the eggs one by one.
Mix well with a mixer and add the red cocoa paste and vanilla extract, mix until well combined.
Add alternately 1/2 of the flour mix and 1/2 of the buttermilk, until the whole 300g flour and 240ml buttermilk is well combined with the paste.
In a small separate bowl mix 1 tablespoon of vinegar with 1 tablespoon of baking powder and add the fizzing mix to the batter.
Mix everything until weel combined and fill in the ca 24 paper cups until there 3/4 full.
Bake the red muffins for ca 20min – don’t forget to do the toothpick test after ca 18min, as you might need less time. Let the muffins cool well before frosting….

Vanilla cream cheese frosting
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Ingredients:
*400g Cream cheese
*120g butter, softened
*250g powdered sugar
*1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
* a hint of salt
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Mix the cream cheese with the mixer and add the softened butter, mix until creamy.
Slowly stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and beat until fluffy.
Frost the cupcakes and decorate with your favourite red topping.
Mine is from “bake it pretty”…
Enjoy

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