{"id":19,"date":"2008-01-29T21:19:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T03:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/29\/red-velvet-cupcakes\/"},"modified":"2008-01-29T21:19:51","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T03:19:51","slug":"red-velvet-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/29\/red-velvet-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Velvet Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2399.JPG\" title=\"img_2399.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2399.JPG\" alt=\"img_2399.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being from the South, I decided it was about time I tasted Red Velvet Cake, the classic, beautiful Southern dessert that I&#8217;m always seeing in cookbooks and on TV.\u00c2\u00a0 I attempted to make Red Velvet Cupcakes, after seeing <a href=\"http:\/\/cupcakeblog.com\/index.php\/2005\/10\/red-velvet-cupcakes-with-vanilla-bean-cream-cheese-frosting\/trackback\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chockylit&#8217;s recipe<\/a> on Cupcake Bakeshop.\u00c2\u00a0 I made a few adjustments to the recipe, including a decrease in the batch size to 12 cupcakes and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipezaar.com\/124413\">substitution for buttermilk<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Additionally, I used red food coloring instead of paste.\u00c2\u00a0 I clearly did not add enough, since my cupcakes only had a faint red hue.\u00c2\u00a0 But really, the redness is just a novelty and adds nothing to the flavor, so I suppose you could omit it completely.\u00c2\u00a0 The cupcakes turned out with an excellent texture and a light cocoa flavor.\u00c2\u00a0 They were good, but I&#8217;m not sure that I&#8217;ve become a Red Velvet devotee.\u00c2\u00a0 Not the recipe&#8217;s fault though.\u00c2\u00a0 I just think they look a lot prettier than they taste, and there are plenty of more chocolate-y cupcake and cake flavors I prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Red Velvet Cake is typically served with Cream Cheese Frosting, but Nathan doesn&#8217;t like Cream Cheese Frosting.\u00c2\u00a0 I made half with Cream Cheese Frosting and half with Portsmouth Frosting from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fannie-Farmer-Baking-Book\/dp\/0517148293\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1201661014&amp;sr=1-1\">The Fannie Farmer Baking Book<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The Portsmouth Frosting is a relatively simple vanilla buttercream, which can also be used as a filling for a layer cake (even better if combined with chopped nuts).<\/p>\n<h4>Portsmouth Frosting<\/h4>\n<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fannie-Farmer-Baking-Book\/dp\/0517148293\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1201661644&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\">The Fannie Farmer Baking Book<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Makes 1 1\/4 cups.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 tablespoons butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract or rum<\/li>\n<li>3 cups confectioners&#8217; sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<p>Combine the butter, cream, and vanilla or rum in a mixing bowl.\u00c2\u00a0 Slowly beat in the sugar until the frosting is thick, smooth, and spreadable.\u00c2\u00a0 If too thick to spread, add droplets more cream; if too thin, beat in a little more sugar.\u00c2\u00a0 You will have enough to fill and frost an 8-inch two-layer cake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/29\/red-velvet-cupcakes\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being from the South, I decided it was about time I tasted Red Velvet Cake, the classic, beautiful Southern dessert that I&#8217;m always seeing in cookbooks and on TV.\u00c2\u00a0 I attempted to make Red Velvet Cupcakes, after seeing Chockylit&#8217;s recipe on Cupcake Bakeshop.\u00c2\u00a0 I made a few adjustments to the recipe, including a decrease in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cupcakes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}