Been staying home quite a lot for the weekends.
:)
I really enjoy just staying at home,
doing nothing,
and just spending time with my loved ones.
And maybe squeeze in a little time to bake some Red Velvet Cupcakes?
Hehe.
Tweeted that I'll share the recipe if it's a success.
So here it is!
Not sure if it will appeal to your taste buds,
but no harm trying if you've some free time on hand!
Baking also helps to relieve stress,
with all the whisking, mixing, folding and sifting,
minus the washing up part.
Left to right: Plain flour (aka all purpose flour),
double acting baking powder (recipe called for baking powder, but I only had this at home, so I halved the quantity which the recipe called for!),
hershey's cocoa powder.
I use SCS butter (unsalted),
which I feel gives more buttery fragrance to my bakes as compared to other brands.
White vinegar and red food colouring.
Caster sugar.
DIY buttermilk because the NTUC we went to didn't have the ready made ones.
It's really easy to make this,
I'll also share the recipe later!
:D
Ingredients list
Cupcake:
- 125g sifted plain flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
(I used 1/8 because mine is double acting)
- 57g unsalted butter, room temp
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 150g caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 120ml buttermilk***
- 1 tbsp red food colouring
- 1/2 tsp white vinegar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Frosting:
- 115g cream cheese, room temp
- 390g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 110g unsalted butter
**buttermilk substitute:
- 1 tbsp vinegar/lemon juice
- enough milk to fill 1 cup (around 236ml)
- let stand for 5 minutes
1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder.
3. In another bowl, beat butter till soft (around 1-2 mins).
Add sugar and beat for 2-3 mins.
4. Add egg and beat till incorporated.
Then add vanilla extract and beat.
5. In the measuring cup, whisk together buttermilk and food colouring.
6. With the mixer on low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternatively to butter mixture.
Beginning and ending with flour mixture being added.
7. In a small cup, mix vinegar and baking soda.
Allow mixture to fizz and quickly fold into cake batter.
It will look like this in the end, a lil curdly but it's fine!
:)
Our cute princess wants to eat the cupcakes too!
:D
8. Divide batter into separate paper cups.
Do not fill up the entire cup, fill about 1/2 cup to give room for the cake to rise.
9. Pop them in the oven and bake for 18-23 minutes!
Poking a toothpick in to test whether it's ready to get out of the oven!
While waiting for the cupcakes to cool,
prepare the frosting!
:D
- Sift sugar and set aside.
- Beat cream cheese till creamy.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Add sugar in batches, beating well.
-Frost awayyyyyy!
It's really easy to make this,
I'll also share the recipe later!
:D
Ingredients list
Cupcake:
- 125g sifted plain flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
(I used 1/8 because mine is double acting)
- 57g unsalted butter, room temp
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 150g caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 120ml buttermilk***
- 1 tbsp red food colouring
- 1/2 tsp white vinegar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Frosting:
- 115g cream cheese, room temp
- 390g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 110g unsalted butter
**buttermilk substitute:
- 1 tbsp vinegar/lemon juice
- enough milk to fill 1 cup (around 236ml)
- let stand for 5 minutes
1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder.
3. In another bowl, beat butter till soft (around 1-2 mins).
Add sugar and beat for 2-3 mins.
4. Add egg and beat till incorporated.
Then add vanilla extract and beat.
5. In the measuring cup, whisk together buttermilk and food colouring.
6. With the mixer on low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternatively to butter mixture.
Beginning and ending with flour mixture being added.
7. In a small cup, mix vinegar and baking soda.
Allow mixture to fizz and quickly fold into cake batter.
It will look like this in the end, a lil curdly but it's fine!
:)
Our cute princess wants to eat the cupcakes too!
:D
8. Divide batter into separate paper cups.
Do not fill up the entire cup, fill about 1/2 cup to give room for the cake to rise.
9. Pop them in the oven and bake for 18-23 minutes!
Poking a toothpick in to test whether it's ready to get out of the oven!
While waiting for the cupcakes to cool,
prepare the frosting!
:D
- Sift sugar and set aside.
- Beat cream cheese till creamy.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Add sugar in batches, beating well.
-Frost awayyyyyy!
Hehehe.
Sense of achievement!
Wished I had more time for baking so that I can try out the many many recipes I bookmarked on my laptop!
Recipe credited to: Joy of Baking
Next item on my to-bake-list:
Pineapple tarts for CNY!
Went to visit Chinatown's night market on one of the weekday nights to get some shopping done!
Wore the Fairylights Fishtail Skirt, in a new colour!
:DD
I already have like... 3 different colours of this skirt.
Still couldn't resist keeping one more, making it my 4th.
Sorry for the spam in pictures,
really ♥ this outfit!
Lim Chee Guan.
Best Bak Kwa in my opinion!
They always have long snaking queues when it's nearer to CNY,
so I thought I'll get mine early!
The uncle who is really expert at scooping and weighing the bak kwa.
I went for the traditional kind,
the bacon version and the gold coin version doesn't really appeal to me.
I like my new year goodies to be traditional!
The already crowded night market.
Frankly speaking, nothing much to buy!
Or maybe I didn't have the mood to shop that day.
Hahah.
Outfit for today:
TTR Basic Tank and the upcoming remake of Rahrah Cheerleader Skirt!
:)))
Wearing polka dots never fails to make me happy.
Also kept this in 4 other colours/prints already,
my 5th Rahrah skirt.
As you might have guessed,
my wardrobe is in an extremely pathetic state right now.
On the cab to meet Steph,
Thom on the phone giving her directions on how to walk to the Punggol Nasi Lemak from Kovan Mrt.
Passed her some gifts which I got for her since Christmas...
And the hua kai fu gui skirt, hahaha.
Steph also passed me a gift which she was proud of getting,
(better than a paperweight) a Dior eyeshadow palette with a cute pop up mirror!
:D
Yummyyyy Nasi Lemak!
:D
And right after Nasi Lemak,
I went for my dad's birthday dinner + mini celebration for Jessie's results day!
BURPS.
Sense of achievement!
Wished I had more time for baking so that I can try out the many many recipes I bookmarked on my laptop!
Recipe credited to: Joy of Baking
Next item on my to-bake-list:
Pineapple tarts for CNY!
Went to visit Chinatown's night market on one of the weekday nights to get some shopping done!
Wore the Fairylights Fishtail Skirt, in a new colour!
:DD
I already have like... 3 different colours of this skirt.
Still couldn't resist keeping one more, making it my 4th.
Sorry for the spam in pictures,
really ♥ this outfit!
Lim Chee Guan.
Best Bak Kwa in my opinion!
They always have long snaking queues when it's nearer to CNY,
so I thought I'll get mine early!
The uncle who is really expert at scooping and weighing the bak kwa.
I went for the traditional kind,
the bacon version and the gold coin version doesn't really appeal to me.
I like my new year goodies to be traditional!
The already crowded night market.
Frankly speaking, nothing much to buy!
Or maybe I didn't have the mood to shop that day.
Hahah.
Outfit for today:
TTR Basic Tank and the upcoming remake of Rahrah Cheerleader Skirt!
:)))
Wearing polka dots never fails to make me happy.
Also kept this in 4 other colours/prints already,
my 5th Rahrah skirt.
As you might have guessed,
my wardrobe is in an extremely pathetic state right now.
On the cab to meet Steph,
Thom on the phone giving her directions on how to walk to the Punggol Nasi Lemak from Kovan Mrt.
Passed her some gifts which I got for her since Christmas...
And the hua kai fu gui skirt, hahaha.
Steph also passed me a gift which she was proud of getting,
(better than a paperweight) a Dior eyeshadow palette with a cute pop up mirror!
:D
Yummyyyy Nasi Lemak!
:D
And right after Nasi Lemak,
I went for my dad's birthday dinner + mini celebration for Jessie's results day!
BURPS.
Went to Mellben's again, my dad's pick!
:)
Family photooooo!
:D
It's been a really long time since we all ate out together,
so taking a photo is a must!
Plus the boyfriends!
Just noticed Ben's guilty look...
Because eat too much right?
HAHAHAHAHA.
Nothing beats spending some quality time with the people I love.
:)
Can I have more weekends like this?
Just noticed Ben's guilty look...
Because eat too much right?
HAHAHAHAHA.
Nothing beats spending some quality time with the people I love.
:)
Can I have more weekends like this?
