Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Icing | Majha Kitchen | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

These red velvet cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting are what sweet dreams are made off.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Ingredients

2 tablespoons beetroot juice
1 cup refined flour (maida)
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter
1 cup castor sugar
2 teaspoons cochineal colour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
½ cup buttermilk
Edible colourful balls for sprinkling
Cream cheese frosting
1 cup cream cheese
¼ cup icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup whipped cream

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180̊ C.
2. Sift together flour, cocoa powder and baking powder in a bowl.
3. Cream together butter and castor sugar in a bowl using an electric beater till light.
4. Add beetroot juice, cochineal colour and vanilla essence and whisk. Add flour mixture and whisk. Add buttermilk and whisk well.
5. Fill a piping bag with the batter.
6. Place individual silicon cupcake moulds on a baking tray. Pipe out the batter into the moulds, filling ¾ of it and tap.
7. Put the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven, cool and demould.
8. To prepare cream cheese icing, combine cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl and whisk using an electric beater till smooth.
9. Add whipped cream and fold well.
10. Fill a piping fitted with a star nozzle with cream cheese icing and pipe out on top of cupcakes.
11. Sprinkle some edible colourful balls on top and serve.

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