Anyone have a tried and tested recipe for red velvet cupcakes? I tried one from better homes but it was quite sweet and didn’t taste very red velvety.
Also any of you bakers out there; when I tried to cream butter and sugar together, the butter kept seperating no matter how much i mixed it so the batter was a little granuly from the sugar. The butter was at room temperature and I used finely granulated sugar. How can you ensure that the butter and sugar mix well together?
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No recipe, sorry. But isn't the cake itself just chocolate cake with red food colouring?
It's the cream cheese frosting that makes them different.
You should be using butter and icing sugar for the frosting.
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Yes, I have a recipe that is tried and tested. They turned out great. It’s the vinegar that makes this cake unique.
Use icing sugar with cream cheese for the topping. You can use 2 cups of icing sugar and a whole bar of Philadephia Cream Cheese OR use half a bar of cream cheese and 1/4 (softened unsalted) butter.
I actually use Martha Stewart’s recipe. You can find it here:
Red Velvet Cupcakes - Martha Stewart Recipes
I think I posted pictures before when I made them …
Personally, I don’t like working with cream cheese icing cause it melts in your hands. You need to keep a little bit in your piping bag and keep refilling it otherwise it will melt. Remember to keep your icing in the fridge.
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@stoppit: yeh i believe thats what they're supposed to be but they don't taste quite chocolate cakey always, they taste more rich and buttery usually i think. And the cream cheese frosting came out quite good actually it was the cupcakes themselves actually. The recipe I used only had like 2 teaspoons of cocoa too so that could be it as well.
@mehnaz: thanks for the recipe, I will definitely try it. Do you also know what food colouring is best to use? I bought some random red food colouring by mccormicks or something and put 2 teaspoons in per the recipe but they came out more pinkish than red. I didn't want to add too much because i've heard too much food colour can affect the flavour. So maybe there's a better quality food colouring?
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Mccormicks have a recipe on their website. Never tried them, but has good reviews.
How about the cake mixes.. I've seen red velvet on shelves. Are they good? Duncan Hines has cake & cupcake mix. Was thinking to try it out.
Have u tried red velvet cake mix?
If not, do u still suggest it to someone?
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I so agree here about the cream cheese icing being too soft. It's not at all fun working with it.
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OH my God! my bad! i thought your thread was about Gappans Redvelvet [RV] and Cupcake 
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I love RV cakes, and my friend said to me recently why have Red velvet when you can have chocolate cupcakes. But its not the same thing at all. Red velvet cupcakes have more moisture in them compared to other cupcakes and the texture is also different. They have only a little coco but more food colouring and I guess the key difference form other cupcakes is the buttermilk. The cheese frosting is made from cream cheese and icing sugar. The only downside with cheese frosting is that you can't make pretty designs with it.
Will post my RV recipe later on, never had any problems with it.x
No recipe, sorry. But isn't the cake itself just chocolate cake with red food colouring?
It's the cream cheese frosting that makes them different.
You should be using butter and icing sugar for the frosting.
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anyone ever tried making cream cheese icing with 99% fat free cream cheese? I'm considering doing that for a friend of mine who has weight issues and is on a diet but I still want her to try some.
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I never use cake mixes (too many preservatives). Try making everything from scratch. Your cake will turn out much better than cake mixes.
I use gel paste for the red colouring. I got it from McCall's .... they have a variety of red shades. I used 'Chinese Red'.
Making designs with cream cheese icing IS doable - it's just incredibly frustrating cause the icing keeps melting in your hands.
I have used 'Light' cream cheese before and it works just as well as the regular cream cheese. The key is in the consistency and flavour. You can always add more icing sugar and a dab of vinegar to icing.
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Mehnaz agreed boxed cake mixes are like 1% ingredients and the rest of the stuff is all phosphates and esthers.
I don't think we have McCall's where I live but I'll check Michaels they'll probably have some Wilton red gel colouring.
What does the vinegar do to the icing? I've not seen that before. With the full fat cream cheese I'll sometimes add milk to help with the consistency, it usually works well.
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OMG!!! really 
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Cakes i make with mixes are very moist and soft. I think betty crockers, super moist ones. But didn’t know they aren’t good
Please post some cake recipes, which makes them super moist. From scratch mine usually turn out dryish…and eventually hard.
i’ll try this red velvet recipe of martha stewarts.
Are joy of baking recipes any good?
