Red Velvet Cupcakes

  • Clock Icon Prep 15 mins Cooking 20 mins
  • Dinner Icon Makes 12

These are such a treat – they taste just beautiful and look pretty smart too!

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Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, room temperature, separated
  • ¼ cup salted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • ½ cup auzure Canola Oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
  • 1 ⅓ cups The Healthy Baker Self Raising Flour
  • ¼ cup corn or rice flour
  • 3 teaspoon natural unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ½ teaspoon white wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon red food colouring

For the cream cheese icing

  • 250g cream cheese
  • 60g salted butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoon buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 180⁰C and line a muffin tin with paper cases.

2

Whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form then set aside.

3

In another mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, add the oil, yolks and vanilla and beat for a couple of minutes.

4

Sift together the flour, corn or rice flour and cocoa powder with a pinch of salt.

5

Add this to the butter/sugar mixture, alternating with the buttermilk until all combined.

6

Now fold in the vinegar and food colouring.

7

Fold in the egg whites very gently until just combined.

8

Divide mixture among the cupcake cases and place in the oven to bake for 20 minutes or until firm to the touch.

9

Let cupcakes cool on a wire rack while you make the frosting.

10

For the frosting, combine all ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until smooth.

11

Transfer frosting into a snap-lock plastic bag and snip one of the ends off, pipe mixture on top of the cooled cupcakes and smooth the tops with a little spoon.

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