Red Velvet Cupcakes

18/5/2014 was my younger brother-in-law biggest day in his life~ he is getting married. So i gave him something special for his wedding~the red-velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

Group A

• 5 cups of self-rising flour    5 杯自发粉
• 4 table spoons of cocoa powder    4 汤匙可可粉
• 2 tea spoons of soda bicarbonat    2 茶匙苏打粉

Group B

• 3 1/3 cup of custard sugar    3 1/3 杯砂糖 
• 1 cup of butter    1  杯牛油
• 2 tea spoons of vanilla essence    2 茶匙香草精
• 2 cups of butter milk (or replace with 2 cups of milk + 2 table spoons of vinegar/lemon extract, prepare 5 minutes earlier before use)    2 杯白脱牛奶/酪奶 (可以2 杯牛奶加2 汤匙醋/柠檬汁，请预早5 分钟准备)
• 4 eggs    4 颗蛋
• 4 table spoons of red coloring    4 汤匙红色素
• 2 tea spoons of vinegar    2 茶匙醋

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 450g of cream cheese    450 克奶油乳酪
• 54g of butter    54 克牛油 
• 1 4/5 table spoon of lemon extract    1 4/5 汤匙柠檬汁
• 1 4/5 table spoon of vanilla essence    1 4/5 汤匙香草精
• 1 4/5 table spoon of milk    1 4/5 汤匙牛奶
• 200g of icing sugar    200 克糖粉

 Steps 

 Cake 

1. Sift the Group A 3 times.     Group A粉类过筛3回。
2. Beat the butter and 1/3 of sugar.  When the sugar dissolved, add another 1/3 of sugar and beat. Add the balance when the sugar dissolved. Beat the mixture until all of the sugar dissolved and turn to whitish.    把牛油和1/3砂糖搅匀至糖溶化。加入另1/3糖继续搅溶，再加入最后1/3糖继续搅打至糖完全溶化和转白。
3. Crack an egg and pour into the butter mixture. Let the egg blended fully before add the following eggs. Repeat until all the eggs added in.    打入一颗蛋搅匀后，继续打入第二颗蛋搅匀。打入第三颗蛋继续搅拌。
4. Add the red-coloring and vanilla essence. Beat the mixture till light and fluffy.    加入红色素和香草精。继续搅拌面糊直到变轻盈膨胀。
5. **Fold-in 1/3 of the Group A into batter. Then follow by 1/3 of butter milk**. Repeat the part **  2 times for the balance Group A and butter milk.     一边转盘一边划十字拌入1/3粉类，接着1/3酪奶。 重复以上步骤直到所有粉类和酪奶拌入均匀。
6. Finally add the vinegar. Stir the batter gently to avoid the lumps remain in your cake.     最后加入醋。轻轻搅拌至面糊没块状为止。
7. Pour the batter into paper baking cups.    把面糊倒入纸杯。
8. Bake the cakes at 180°C for 15 minutes, or until fully-cooked.    放入烘炉以180°C烘15分钟，或完全熟透。 

Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Put all the Cream cheese frosting's ingredients into the mixing bowl.    把cream cheese frosting材料倒入盘里。 
2. Beat the ingredients till light and fluffy.    搅拌所有材料至呈轻盈膨胀的状态，即是裱花用的奶油。

Final Touch-up

1. Piping the cream cheese frosting on top of every cupcake.    把奶油挤在蛋糕上。