These red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting can be prepared in half an hour. Perfect if you have an unexpected visitor or want to surprise your loved one.
Beat 1 Egg with a mixer on maximum speed while adding 5 tbsp Sugar (spoon-by-spoon) until it gets fluffy.
1 Egg, 5 tbsp Sugar
Then, add 6 tbsp Canola or sunflower oil1 tbsp Liquid red food coloring, 4 tbsp Milk, ½ tbsp Baking powder, and 6 tbsp Cake Flour. When everything is combined, pour the batter into the muffin cups, filling them 2/3 so they don’t spill when we bake them.
6 tbsp Canola or sunflower oil, 1 tbsp Liquid red food coloring, 4 tbsp Milk, ½ tbsp Baking powder, 6 tbsp Cake Flour
Chop 1.25 oz White chocolate and put a few chips on top of every muffin.
1.25 oz White chocolate
Put the filled muffin cups in a muffin rack or a baking tray. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 C / 375 F for about 20 minutes, depending on the oven.
While the cupcakes are cooling down, start with the cream cheese frosting.
Melt ¾ cup White chocolate couverture in a bain-marie, microwave, or using a tempering device, and let it cool until it is just lukewarm (about 68 °F / 20 °C). Stir again and again so that the chocolate does not become solid.
¾ cup White chocolate couverture
Meanwhile, beat ¼ tbsp Butter until fluffy, then add ¾ cup Cream cheese and mix well. Finally, add the lukewarm white chocolate and stir in.
¼ tbsp Butter, ¾ cup Cream cheese
Pour the cream into a pastry bag with a star-shaped nozzle and pipe it on the cupcakes.