True we all love chocolate cupcakes, but for many they have been replaced by the delicious red velvet cupcakes. Their sweet taste will leave you craving for them for days and nothing you can bake is comparable with the delight they provide to your taste buds. This week You! in collaboration with Lubna Shariff, brings to the readers the recipe of the most wanted cupcakes in town...

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

‑ Flour              250 gms

Cocoa powder              2 x 15ml tbsps

Baking powder              2 tsps

Butter                   100 gms

Caster Sugar              200 gms

Red colour              1 x 15ml tbsps

Vanilla extract              2 tsps

Eggs                  2

Butter milk               175 ml

Vinegar                  1/2 tsp

Muffin tins              2 x 12

Cream cheese icing

Icing sugar              500 gms

Cream cheese              125 gms

Butter              125 gms

Red sugar               (optional to decorate)

method

Start by pre heating the oven and line the tray with paper cases

‑Now combine the flour, cocoa, and baking powder in a bowl

‑In another bowl, mix in the cream, butter, sugar, food colour and vanilla

‑Add in the dry ingredients and egg during the mixing

‑Now beat the butter milk and vinegar and divide the mixture between 24 cases

‑Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

‑Leave them to cool.

For the icing:

‑Make a smooth paste with icing sugar, cream cheese and butter.

‑Cover each cupcake with the icing, using a teaspoon or spatula.

‑Decorate with red sugar and yummy cupcakes are ready to be served.