Red velvet cupcakes
(the best pinwheel tutorial here. I thought, I bet there's a pinwheel tutorial online; I googled it; I made them. (but I used pins and jewelry making plyers and twisted them around skewers.))
Hope your Independence Day was a good one!
Here are a few pix of the end of our day:
They were amazed.
I'm going to sleep well tonight!
Post Edit:
Sure, I'll post the recipes!
I used Martha's red velvet recipe and for the frosting I used America's Test Kitchen's recipe for vanilla frosting. Most of the time cream cheese frosting is used as a companion frosting for red velvet, but we have some folks who don't eat cream cheese, so I thought I'd substitute vanilla.
Quick and Rich Vanilla Frosting
Makes 3 cups
start to finish: 10 minutes
2 Tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
Stir the cream, vanilla, and salt together in a small bowl until the salt dissolves. Beat the butter with an electric mixer on med-high until smooth, 30 to 60 seconds. Reduce the speed to med-low, slowly add the confectioner's sugar, and beat until smooth, 2 to 5 minutes. Beat in the cream mixture. Increase the speed to med-high and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy, 4 to 8 minutes.
(I love my America's Test Kitchen cook book. I would highly recommend it! They give very clear instructions and lots of tips and variation ideas.)
1 comment:
Britt, please post the red velvet cupcakes and frosting recipe. :)
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