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.