Red Velvet Cupcakes

I made red velvet cupcakes over the weekend and was happy with the end product.

Ingredients

• 140g self-raising flour
• 150g caster sugar
• 2 tbsp cocoa
• 110ml buttermilk
• Half tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp vinegar
• Half tsp vanilla extract
• 1.5 tbsp red food colouring
• 60g butter at room temperature
• 1 large egg
• Pinch of salt
  

This sort of cupcake is better to have cream cheese frosting on top

• 300g soft cheese
  
• 60g butter at room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 240g icing sugar

You can always put less icing sugar if you think it's too sweet.

Instructions for the cupcake

1) Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/gas mark 3. Line a 12-hole cup cake tin with cases.

2) Mix together the flour, cocoa, bicarb with a pinch of salt. In a separate bowl, mix the buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla and red food colouring.

3) Whisk the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Add the egg and continue mixing.

4) Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk mixture into your pale and fluffy butter mix. Mix it well with an electric mixer so that it is even.

5) Divide the mixture between the paper cases using ice cream scoop. Bake for 20 minutes, until risen and springy - Don't overcook the cupcakes.

6) Cool on a rack.

Instructions for the cheese frosting

Easy, just mix everything together with an electric mixer and chill it in the fridge until your cupcakes are ready for its frosting.

Tau Fu Fah!

As the topic says "TAU FU FAH"! Yes I made it and I'm happy to share the recipe! Proven success!!!

Recipes are taken from all over the internet.

Tau Jeong Sui "Soya Milk" Recipe

240gm soya bean (soak overnight or about 5 hours with hot water)
1800 ml water
Muslin cloth
Sieve
Sugar

1) Throw away the water used to soak the beans
2) Blend soaked soya bean with water (1800ml); half it to blend unless you have a uber huge blender
3) Squeeze all the juice out using muslin cloth and sieve (to stop any husk going into the pot)
4) Throw all the husk away
5) Boil the soya milk
6) Once it's boiling, remove the bubbles
7) Repeat step 5 & 6 up to three times
8) Add sugar to taste

Tau Fu Fah (Soya Pudding) Recipe

1 ltr of soya milk (recipe above without adding sugar)
Gula Melaka

Hardener
1/2 teaspoon Gypsum Powder (in chinese it is called sek ko fan)
1 tablespoon of corn starch
63ml of water

1) As mentioned before, boil the soya milk 3 times and remove any bubbles on the top
2) Mix the ingredients for the hardener
3) Pour the hardener into an empty pot (with lid)
4) Pour the soya milk into the hardener (make sure you pour the soya milk at about 1 feet high or more; this is so that it will mix properly)
5) Use a dishcloth to cover the pot and put the lid on top
6) Leave it for about 30 mins without opening or checking or moving the pot
7) After 30 mins, your pudding is now ready to be served
8) Add gula melaka to taste

Tau Fu Fah