Red Velvet Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream

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These fluffy, moist red velvet cupcakes are deliciously chocolatey, and extra decadent with that chocolate buttercream icing.

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Ingredients

  • Red velvet cupcakes
  • 1 cup (150g) plain flour
  • 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
  • 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1¼ cup (275g) caster sugar
  • 1½ cups (375ml) buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon red food colouring
  • 2 eggs, beaten lightly
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ⅔ cup (160ml) vegetable oil
  • chocolate sprinkles and red sugar pearls, to decorate
  • Chocolate buttercream
  • 200 g dark chocolate, chopped finely
  • 250 g butter, softened
  • 500 g icing sugar mixture, sifted
  • ⅓ cup (80ml) milk (at room temperature)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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