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NATURAL RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH BEETROOT PUREE RECIPE
Recipe Source - here
Makes - 12 medium cupcakes
Prep time - 10 minutes
Bake time - 25 mins
Ingredients
3/4 cup freshly puréed beets (boiled until tender, then puréed)
1/3 cup oil (I used refined)
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup regular milk
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPE
Ingredients
4 tbsp unsalted butter
1 block cream cheese (190g-I used britannia)
1 cup icing sugar
a splash of vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Mix the beet purée and oil until incorporated.Add sugar, vanilla extract.
- In a bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Alternate adding the flour mixture and milk until incorporated into the batter.
- Divide among cupcake liners, filling them 3/4 full, and bake for 20-25 minutes (for regular sized cupcakes) until a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean when poked in the middle.
- To make the cream cheese icing, whip together all ingredients (add the icing sugar 1/2 cup at a time until it reaches your desired consistency)
- Pipe onto cupcakes as desired. The beetroot may discolour the frosting if left for too long, so if you are piping this ahead of time, do not do so more than 24 hours ahead of time.
- Keep the cupcakes in the fridge and let sit at room temp at least 30 minutes before serving.
Cooks Wisdom
Tip 1
These cupcakes are dence and fudgy so reduce the sugar in icing accordingly.
Tip 2
You can even make the same recipe for a regular cake and cover with creamcheese
Tip 3
Use cream cheese when its 10% cold else the frosting can tend to curdle
Tip 4
Eat the cupcakes in a days time and if you plan to make them ahead I strongly recommend to pipe the icing only few hours before serving as the colour of cupcakes can stain the frosting.
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