Red Velvet Cup Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1/2 cups plain flour

2 cups sugar

1 tble spn cocoa

1 tspn salt

1 tspn baking soda

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups oil

1 cup buttermilk*

1 tble spn vinegar

1 tspn vanilla

2oz red food colouring**

Preheat oven 180 (I set mine to 170 fan)

Place patty pans into a patty tin

Place in a medium bowl eggs, oil, buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla and food colouring.

Whisk lightly

Place in a different mixing bowl flour, sugar, cocoa, salt and baking soda

Mix well to combine

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix on medium-high speed for about a minute until completely combined, scraping the sides if necessary

Spoon into patty pans and drop the pan on the counter a few times to release any air bubbles

Bake for 15-20mins until a toothpick inserted comes out clean

When cool frost with Cream Cheese Frosting YUM!

* Add 1 tble spn of white vinegar to a cup of milk and let stand for 10min to make buttermilk (note this is extra to the 1 tble spn of vinegar in the actual recipe)

** I did not use 2oz of food colouring, more like 1/4-1/2 oz of normal (liquid) food colouring and then about 1/4 tspn of gel food colouring

Recipe from bakerella.com

Cup Cakes

125g butter, room temperature

1 cup white sugar

1 ¼ cups self raising flour

2 eggs

½ cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla paste or vanilla

Pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 180c

Grease and flour tin



Place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl

Beat for ten minutes or until smooth

Put a spoonful of mixture between prepared patty tins

Bake for 10-12 min or until cakes spring back to the touch

Remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Cooked by Devon

Recipe from MasterChef Australia