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Red Velvet Cupcakes

QimiQ Benefits

  • Creamy indulgent taste with less fat
  • 1 kg QimiQ Whip can replace up to 3 litres of fresh heavy cream
  • Baked goods remain moist for longer

Minutes

15

Difficulty

easy

Red Velvet Cupcakes
Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients

For 1000 g

  • For the cupcakes

  • 110g

    QimiQ Sauce Base

  • 178g

    All purpose flour

  • 12g

    Baking soda

  • 10g

    Cocoa powder

  • 116g

    Sugar

  • 41g

    Egg(s)

  • 120ml

    Vegetable oil

  • 110ml

    Buttermilk

  • 8.5g

    Nielsen-Massey Bourbon Vanilla Paste

  • 24g

    Red food coloring

  • 12ml

    Vinegar

  • For the chocolate topping

  • 85.5g

    QimiQ Classic, chilled

  • 85.5g

    QimiQ Whip, chilled

  • 34g

    Sugar

  • 3.4ml

    Lemon juice

  • 5g

    Vanilla extract

  • 12g

    Corn syrup, light

  • 14g

    Ghirardelli cocoa powder 15-17%

  • 5.8g

    Nonfat milk powder

  • 10g

    Dark chocolate (40-60 % cocoa), melted

Preparation

  1. Pre-heat the oven. Bake time in a silicon cup mold 18 min at 350° F.
  2. Sift the flour, baking soda and cocoa powder.
  3. Whip the sugar and eggs until frothy. Add the QimiQ Sauce Base while whisking.
  4. Add the oil slowly until fully incorporated. Add the buttermilk, vanilla, food coloring and vinegar.
  5. At slow speed add the sifted dry ingredients and mix until well blended.
  6. Fill the greased cup pans or silicon molds and bake. Allow to cool.
  7. For the chocolate topping: mix the chilled QimiQ Classic and QimiQ Whip with the sugar in a mixer at slow speed for 2 minutes and at high speed until the mixture is smooth.
  8. Add the lemon juice, vanilla and corn syrup and blend well.
  9. Mix the cocoa and milk powder and add slowly while the mixer is at slow speed. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl.
  10. Add the melted chocolate and turn the mixer to high speed. Mix until smooth and the desired volume has been reached.
  11. Fill the cream into a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes. Decorate with berries and powder sugar to serve.
Some doughy looking food

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