Red Velvet Cupcakes.

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This is an adapted recipe from my hummingbird bakery recipe book.  After baking my delicious cookies earlier on in the week, I'm absolutely addicted to red velvet and I decided to try these ones. They're light and fluffy whilst still being sumptuously chocolatey. Sadly, I didn't get time to make a frosting for them and I wasn't too keen on the iconic cream cheese frosting but my book suggests to combine 300g icing sugar, 50g butter and 125g cream cheese.

Ingredients:

60g butter

150g caster sugar

1 egg

1 tbsp cocoa powder

2 tbsp red food colouring

1 tsp vanilla extract

120ml milk

150g self-raising flour

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.

2. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add in the egg and combine.

4. In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa powder, food colouring and 

vanilla extract to form a thick, dark paste.

5. Add this to the butter, sugar and egg and mix well.

6. Add half the milk followed by half of the self-raising flour, 

repeat for the other halves when smooth and combined.

7. Bake for 30 minutes. 

If you wish to make a whole red velvet cake instead of 12 individual cupcakes, simply double the quantities. Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies.

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Valentine's day is tomorrow and I made these for my music class (a weekly tradition). They are so delicious and best eaten when warm and soft. As well as being a nice treat for your one true love, these are great to eat all year round.

Ingredients:

200g plain flour

2.5 tbsp cocoa powder

1 tbsp cornstarch

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

110g butter

granulated sugar

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 tsp red food colouring

100g chocolate 

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2. Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

3. In a separate bowl, whip together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Add the egg and whisk in.

5. Mix in the vanilla, red food colouring and your choice of chocolate (I used chunks of dark chocolate).

6. Add the dry ingredients gradually and combine until smooth and dough-like.

7. Scoop tablespoon amounts onto a greased baking sheet, make sure they are well spread out as the will expand in the oven. You may wish to mould them into shapes.

8. Bake for 20 minutes.

9. Leave to cool for 5 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack. 

Happy Valentine's Day and enjoy!