Red velvet pops

Name: Red velvet pops
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, softened; 30 g/1¼ oz/scant ¼ cup cream cheese; 20 wooden skewers; 20 mini marshmallows (optional); 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 1 egg; 45 g/1¾ oz/scant ½ cup self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted; 15 g/½ oz unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted, plus extra for dusting; 15 ml/1 tbsp buttermilk; a few drops of red food colouring gel; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups icing (confectioners’) sugar; 50 g/2 oz white chocolate, melted and cooled

Preparation info

Makes
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Red velvet cake is an all-time American classic. Dainty cupcakes are coloured red and flavoured with cocoa to give them their distinctive look and taste. Each cupcake is topped with a swirl of cream cheese icing which has a lovely sharpness to complement the sweet sponge cake.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, softened
50

Americas
United States
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin (pan). To make the cakes, cream the butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy, then beat in the egg.
Sift the flour and cocoa powder together in a separate bowl, then