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Red velvet cupcakes not only look luscious – they taste  it too! Try this red velvet cupcakes recipe and find out for yourself!

Makes 12

Ingredients

Cakes

  • ½ cup (90g) canned sliced beetroot drained
  • 3 egg whites
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 teaspoon red food colouring
  • 3 tablespoons Nutella® spread
  • 2 tablespoons (30g) Flora Light margarine melted
  • ½ cup skim milk
  • 1¾ cups self-raising flour
  • 12 cupcake paper cases

Topping

  • 2 tablespoons icing sugar sifted
  • 90g light cream cheese 50% less fat (Select®)

Red sprinkles

  • 2-3 drops red food colouring
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180ºC fan forced.
  2. Cakes: Place beetroot into a small bowl and blend until fine using a stick blender. Leave to one side.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites and sugar for 1 minute using an electric beater.
  4. Add beetroot, essence, red colouring, nutella, melted margarine and milk and beat until well-combined using a wooden spoon.
  5. Sift flour into wet mix and gently fold using a wooden spoon. DO NOT BEAT as this will make the cupcakes tough. The less the mixture is moved, the lighter the cupcake.
  6. Place each cupcake case into a 12-cup muffin pan. Spoon an even amount of mixture into each case.
  7. Bake 15-20 minutes or until firm to touch in centre. Remove cupcakes onto a wire rack to cool.
  8. Topping: In a small mixing bowl place sifted icing sugar and cream cheese, beating together until blended. Refrigerate until required. Either pipe or spoon equal amounts of topping in centre of each cupcake.
  9. Sugar sprinkles: Stir red colouring into white sugar and mix until blended. Put topping and sugar sprinkles on cupcakes just before serving.

Variation

To make Red Velvet Cake, use a round 20cm cake tin coated with cooking spray. Bake 180ºC fan forced  35-40 minutes or until cooked to touch in centre. Turn onto a wire rack to cool. Then either ice with topping or make pink icing.

*Suitable to be frozen.

**Dietitian’s tip: Red cupcakes look fantastic, however, they are an occasional food as they contain very little nutritional value.

 

  • Dont you just love the vibrant colour

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  • Red velvet cupcakes can be made very natural and healthy.

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  • I know red means stop but with these it will be green light all the way

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  • Whilst these look so red, I know when I bite into them they are going to taste so divine.

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  • WOW these really are a lovely bright red…go down so well for Valentines Day. thanks.

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  • Thank you for this recipe. I am not much of a cook yet I am definitely going to try these as my grandkids will love them .xxx

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  • What kind of icing to cupcake blasphemy is happening in that photo?!

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  • Just lovely! If you or your family are allergic or sensitive to the red food colouring, you can substitute with beetroot juice. It just won’t come out as brilliantly coloured.

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  • My friend made these for her wedding – went over very well.

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  • Beautiful cup cakes l would be proud to make,thanks!

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  • Wow. I love this recipe. Will have to give it a go

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  • These look lovely.

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  • I’ve enjoyed a few of these, but never made them myself. I’m really surprised by the ingredients including beetroot and nutella. Probably not my fave cupcake, but if someone’s making them!!

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  • Beautiful colour. And with Nutella! My favorite!!

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  • omg…look at the red lovelies….. fabulous..love them

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