Hey am back :)
We had a great holiday, thanks a lot for your wishes. More about the holiday in the next post. I thought I will just drop in and say hi.
Hope you all had a wonderful Xmas with your loved ones. We celebrated Xmas in Bahrain itself with our friends.
Btw, I made this red velvet cupcake on Xmas day. Jose was asking me for a long time to make this and is there a more apt time than Xmas for these red beauties :)? I got the recipe from Shaheen's blog, “The Purple Foodie”. You can see the recipe here. I followed the recipe exactly and it sure is a keeper :). Thanks Shaheen.
We wish you and your loved ones a very happy & blessed new year!! May the Almighty shower abundant blessings on you and your family in the coming year!!
Check out the Red Velvet Cupcake made by Josphine, based on the above recipe. Thanks again dear :)
Have fun and take care…
God Bless!!
Amazing how i nailed it being my first baking attempt. Thank Maria. Ur a savior. The recipe was spot on and loved how it turned out.
Hey Anju, thank you so much for leaving a comment here :)
I was actually looking out for your red velvet cupcakes in the fb msg box, but I couldnt find it there…
Hope you get to bake so many wonderful goodies this Xmas season.
Happy baking :)
I sort of exited Fb for a while. So here is the cupcake pic! In love with this Bakemode. Cant wait to try more from the list.
Anju, I was wondering what happened and for a min I went crazy thinking how come I cant see the msg :)
Anyways thank you for sharing the pic here..
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria .. What is the substitute of egg in this red velvet cupcake ?
Hi Priyanka,
I havent tried an eggless version of this yet. May be you can substitute it with yogurt and see..
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria .. What is the substitute of egg in this red velvet cupcake ?
Hi Maria, tried the Red Velvet Cake, it was good but I could get a peculiar taste not sure whether it was the taste of the colour or the Soda. Pls advise. Image attached. Rgds
Hi Mohini,
hhmm, it can come from the colour I think. Because when I used a particular brand of colour, I had a synthetic taste. Btw, I didnt get the pics dear.. can you please email me?
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria,
I baked a red velvet cake yesterday, just the cake.. without frosting. It was perfect.. and velvety.. and beautiful.. and RED.. :D
Thank you for giving us all these sure hit recipes.
I am planning to make it again for my husbands birthday, this time with the cream cheese frosting. I am planning to frost it the day before. In that case, should i keep it in fridge? If I do so, wont the cake becomes too hard? Please help as I want to make it this on wednesday evening.. Than you soo much dear.. :)
Hi Rose,
Thanks a bunch dear :) Just for a day, I think it’s ok to keep it at room temp, unless you are living in a very humid/hot place.
Happy b’day to your husband in advance! Have fun baking :)
Cheers
Maria
Thanks Maria..
Was the cream cheese frosting too sweet?
Also do you think if we can pipe shell borders with this frosting? This looks softer than the butter cream frosting. Thats why I asked..
Hi Rose,
The frosting isnt too sweet, the cream cheese has a slight saltiness, so it will cut out the sugar to a limit. Yes it’s softer than butter cream, but if you adjust the qty of ingredients to get a stiffer consistency, you can pipe it out…
Cheers
Maria
Hi! Maria jst wntd to knw for the above recipe of Red Velvet Cake, shld i beat curds with water and mk it into a thin consistency like butter milk or beat directly. Thks!
Hi Mohini,
If you are using yogurt, no need to add water, just whisk it well and use it.
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria just registered on your site im very interested in the red velvet cake recipe tried to get it but could not suceed.if you could please send me the one you have mentioned about .
Hi Deadra,
Thanks for registering with us. Please check out this link: http://purplefoodie.com/red-velvet-cupcake-recipe/
Cheers
Maria
I tried Red Velvet Cake.. It came out very well..Only difference is, i baked for 5 more minutes ..Its yummy to have with vanilla ice cream..hihi..I was searching for a good recipe of the same. Before i have tried twice..big failure..now m happy.. thank you Maria..
Hi Vinaya,
Good to know that this recipe worked well for you. Thank you so much for the comment :)
Cheers
Hi Maria, how are you dear ?
I made a Red Velvet Cake (not a cupcake) last week from the site http://www.joyofbaking.com. I am very sad to say that it does not work out well. The cake becomes very hard. In that video, they told us to keep the cake in the fridge overnight or couple hours. I think because of that the cake gets harder. What is your opinion about keeping the cake in the fridge ? One more doubt dear, what is the difference between baking powder and baking soda ?
Hi Indhu,
I’m so sorry dear for the delayed reply. Missed your comment somehow :(
There are some cake which needs to be refrigerated. But for such cakes, you need to apply sugar syrup to make sure that they remain moist. Did you use sugar syrup for this cake?
You can see the difference between BP & BS here:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-baking-soda-and-baking-powder.htm
Wow they look delicious…I’m definitely going to make an effort !!!
Came here to tell u that u’ve been awarded:-))
hi maria,the cup cakes look watering.happy new year.by the way can u come with kappa and green chutney.?
Hi Maria,
I love your and Annita’s blog. Can you tell us, how is Annita doing? She’s not been updating the blog. Please convey my love and regards to her and tell her, we are eagerly waiting for her receipes.
Thanks a ton.
Bye and Take Care.
Anitha
Hi Anitha,
Annita is busy with her second baby presently :). I will pass on your regards to her.
Cheers
Maria
Thanks Maria. No Problem. Let Annita settle down.
Was only anxious to know since its more than a year :-)
Take care
Anitha
hey maria…i am new to this website……..lovely recipes thx…….keep it up in the coming new year as well.
The cupcakes looks mouth watering…
Wish you and Jose a wonderful new year !!
My best wishes. Let there be many more recipes to come :D
Hey Maria!!
I tried the cream cheese topping today and its just awesome! Thanks alot for sharing!!
Cheers to the New Year!!
Looks cute and pretty….Happy new year to uuuuuu dear…
Hi,
The cup-cakes looks so brilliant. They are just apt for the season with their wonderful red. Thanks for sharing.
Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year.