Red Velvet Cupcake

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For the Easter long weekend, we thought of making a cake. However, after flipping through the pages of our recipe books, we ended up craving… uhm, I meant making cupcakes instead. Interestingly enough, we also decided to use the recipe for Red Velvet Cake from America’s Test Kitchen again (yes, we love it that much).

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One thing I want to point out when making this recipe — use natural cocoa powder so the cake would have proper rise and colour; do not substitute with Dutch-processed cocoa. You should be able to find natural cocoa powder in any specialty grocery or organic stores.

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According to America’s Test Kitchen, this recipe yields 24 cupcakes but we only got 21 out of it. Perhaps it was because we switched between using a greased 1/4-cup measure to a small ice cream scoop to portion the batter into each cup of the muffin tins. We found using the ice cream scoop was a lot easier and faster than the measuring cup. Just don’t forget to spray the inside and outside of the scoop with oil.

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Bake the cupcakes on the upper-middle and lower-middle racks in a 350-degree oven until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with a few crumbs attached, 15 to 20 minutes, switching and rotating the tins halfway through baking.

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Let the cupcakes pool in the tins for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

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You can get the recipe for Red Velvet Cake in this previous post. As for the frosting, you can use any store-bought icing but of course, nothing beats a homemade frosting or buttercream icing. It’s fairly easy to make and there’s a lot of recipes available out there.

For decorating the cupcakes, we bought these cute Easter-themed candy sprinkles. We also got some edible silver balls for added bling.

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I must agree with fellow blogger Mark of FreshMess — the most fun part of making cupcakes is actually decorating them!

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And here’s a group picture. Say cupcakes!

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We’ll definitely be making this again but perhaps next time with chocolate ganache. Mmm…

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2 Comments

  1. Posted April 25, 2011 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    These cupcakes look delicious and the decorations look great! I have yet to try making red velvet cupcakes but it’s definitely on my list.

    • Ernskie
      Posted April 25, 2011 at 4:00 pm | Permalink

      Thanks Mark! We should really try making some more cupcakes. I guess it’s all the rage… again!

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