Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes for Valentine!!

February!! Is Friendship and Valentine Day!! So we decided to bake something related!!

Yummy!! Yummy!! Everyone that eat it! Love it! Time to share our recipe.


Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes


Ingredients for Cake

•  250g sifted cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons (15g) of Hershey Cocoa Powder
• 113g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 300g granulated white sugar 
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla esscence

• 240ml buttermilk (can be prepared by the method below)
• 2 tablespoon red colour dye

• 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Perparing Buttermilk 

• 180 ml of Magnolia Fresh Milk 
• Half lemon (1 tablespoon) - alternative white vinegar

Let the mixture sit for 5 mins.

Oven Temperature: 175°C (Place rack in center of oven)
Time to Bake:10 minutes

Method

1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder
2.  Using Electric Mixer to beat the butter until soft (abt 1 to 2 minutes)
3. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy (abt 2 to 3 minutes)
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition
5. Scrape down the sides of bowl
6. Add vanilla esccence and beat until well mixed
7. In a cup, stir the buttermilk with the red colour dy
8. At low speed, alternally add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter mixture in 3 additons till well mixed. Beginning and ending with Flour
9. In a saucer, add baking soda to vinegar. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter.
10. Working quickly, place the batter on muffin cups and smooth the tops with the back of the spoon
11. Bake in preheated oevn for about 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cupcakes comes out clean
12. Cool the cakes in their pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes and remove from pan
13. Let cool completely before adding the frosting, topping.

Recipe adapted from: Joy of Baking

Banana Crumb Muffins

Successful attempts of Banana Muffins. And it was finished in a few days by us and had to bake another batch for friends to try. So Yummy!!

Banana Crumb Muffins

Ingredients

• 190g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 150g white sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 75g butter, melted (which you can replace with vegetable oil, if you prefer)

Oven Temperature: 190°C
Time to Bake: 15 mins to 20 mins

For the crumb topping

• 75g packed brown sugar
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp butter

Method

1. Mix Flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Sift.
2. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter. 
3. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened.
4. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
5. Preheat oven at 190°C
6. Preparing cumb topping. Using Zip Lock bag, mix together brown sugar, 2 tbsp flour and cinnamon. Cut in 1 tbsp butter until mixture mixed well. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Recipe adapted from: The Little Teochew ; All Recipe