Steamed Red Velvet Cupcakes

I have been helping a friend in her culinary classes recently. I decided to try on this recipe as I was inspired by the students' showcase recipe for this cupcakes . I actually didn't know much about this kind of cake.. What so special? After class, I went home, searching over the internet on this recipe ... I came across a number of this recipes ... I do not know how big the cake was going to be it how many cups would I be making based in these recipes... Because of my size of steamer... 

Anyway, I tried it out on Good Friday, hopefully  it turned out well so that I can have my friend ( the one I am helping )to try it. 

Actual recipe calls for all-purpose flour.. But I use what I have (cake flour instead) .. Thinking I have the red food coloring I started to prepare the ingredients until I realized that I ran out if the food coloring and the buttermilk. I rushed to two nearby supermarts but was not able to get them. 

Fortunately , my friend is staying next block and was lucky enough to get the main lead , that was the red food coloring . Next, I searche on web for the substitutes for buttermilk...

So here I continued .....

Ingredients :

For the cake ( makes 24 cups)

1. 2 cups cake flour 

2. 1 tsp baking powder 

3. 1 tsp baking soda 

4. 1 tsp salt

5. 1 Tbsp cocoa powder 

6. 11/2 cup sugar

7. 2 large eggs

8. 1 cup vegetable oil 

9. 1 tsp vanilla extract

10. 1 tsp apple cider vinegar

11. 1 oz. red food coloring ( I use only 11/2 tsp) 

12. 1 cup *buttermilk *

* Buttermilk- home made*

Ingredients :

 - milk (under one cup)

 - 1 Tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice

Methods :-

- place vinegar or lemon juice in a liquid measuring cup . Add enough milk to bring the liquid to one-cup line. Let it stand for 5 min.

For cream frosting :-

1. 200g cream cheese ( room temperature )

   ( I use around 175g as this bar of cream cheese was the remaining that I used from previous cake making, so I guess was around there)

2. 200g unsalted butter ( room temperature)

3. 1 tsp vanilla extract

4. 1 cup powdered sugar 

Methods :

1. Sift items no. 1 to 5 together. Whisk well.

2. With a mixer, beat sugar and eggs together in a large bowl.

3. In a separate bowl, mix oil, vinegar , red coloring and vanilla extract together. 

4. Add step 3 to step 2. Beat till well combined.

5.  Add step 1 and buttermilk to step 4, alternating flour mixture and buttermilk . For the last addition of flour, fold in gently with a spatula.

6. Scoop batter into cups to 3/4 full. 

7. Steam for 12 to 15 mins on medium heat. 

Be careful when opening the cover as droplets of water condensation might dropped into cakes .. Like mine ...

For frosting:

Method :

1. Beat butter and cream cheese until creamy. Mix in vanilla extract.

2. Mix in powdered sugar gradually , beat until well blended and smooth.

These were all frosted and decorated by my daughter... 

I had my friend to try.. I had also asked my siblings to taste.. My nephew loved it but only the frosting ... Haha. 

My brother said the texture was ok but can be done softer. To me , I think it was soft enough.. Probably need to be finer. 

Anyway, it was a first try. 

Happy trying😃