Eggless Red Velvet cupcakes recipe#Natural Red velvet cupcake recipe

Red velvet cupcakes or cakes are unique and is in cake world for Valentines day and for Christmas too.And for us Malayalis its in the bakery after our trend setter film Pramam in which actor n actress having a slice of Red velvet cake  in the corner of a bakery and it becomes a trend in all love birds....Does any one think we are having lots of red color in those cake...Off course i'm in that list and i have been searching for a perfect natural red velvet cupcakes using Beet root puree..Please don't use the juice it won't give you the colour after baking.This was my Valentine dish for my Valentines (my sweet hubby and our cutie son).This is an eggless version and is a big hit in our house.You can either give the topping with whipping cream and sprinkles or simply have it...


Prep Time: 15 min
Baking Time :20- 25 min
Yields: 12 cupcakes
Recipe Courtesy:Yummy Tummy



Ingredients needed

1. All purpose flour - 1.5 cups
2. Sugar - 1 cup
3. Cocoa powder - 1 Tb sp
4. Baking powder - 1.5 Tsp
5. Salt - 1/4 TSp
6. Beetroot puree - 3/4 cup
7. Milk - 1/2 cup
8. Vinegar - 1 Tb sp
9. Oil - 1/2 cup
10. Vanilla essence - 1 Tsp
11. Whipped cream - as needed
12. Sprinkles - for topping

Method

• Clean and peel 1 small  beetroot and chop that into thin pieces in a chopper or slicer.Pressure cook it with lit water for 1 whistle or simply cook it in a pan.
• Keep a side and cool it and make puree in a blender.
• Seive all purpose flour with baking powder,cocoa powder and salt to a medium sized bowl.
• When the beetroot puree was cooled add vinegar,milk,oil and vanilla essence to the puree.Mix gently and a make smooth batter.
• Add dry powders part by part(add using a spoon) to the wet mixture and mix gently and forms a good cake batter.
• Pre heat oven to 325 deg F
• Arrange Muffin pan and cup cake liners.Scoop out cake batter using an ice cream scoop into each cup cake liners arranged.
• Fill 3/4 of the liner and bake for 20 - 25 min in preheated oven 
• Pipe out whipping cream and make a rosette or your favourite cup cake design and enjoy 

 This way you can enjoy natural red colour without any synthetic dyes..

Hope you all try this natural recipe.You can also make a 9" round or square cake using this recipe

I'm so sorry i will upload the preparation photos soon

Have a good day friends

Kottayam Kitchen

Riya