Showing posts with label red velvet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red velvet. Show all posts

Monday, October 25

Birthday Cupcakes!

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful person in my world - my girlfriend.  To celebrate, I made some red velvet cupcakes:


The taste was really delicious.  The only problem was the red coloring.  I used a recipe on Martha Stewart's website.  Although I used gel-paste red food coloring rather than liquid, I definitely needed some more.  I've never made red velvet anything before, and I didn't want it to be too artificial looking, so I hesitated before adding more food coloring.  I should have trusted by instincts and added another tablespoon, but otherwise, the recipe was a success.  See the process below: