Red Velvet and Seafoam



A co-worker requested I make red velvet cupcakes for his birthday. And here they are. :)
I have made red velvet cupcakes three times now so I wanted to try doing things a little different. I used a cake recipe from Cheryl at Cupcake Bakeshop instead of the one from Vanilla Garlic at Simply Recipes I used last time. AND, for the next time, I think I will make up my own recipe to have a deeper red color and a moister cupcake overall. Some say beets juice works really well.

Then, because my Seanie says, "Cupcakes need filling, they're just better that way. " LOL.
- I filled the cupcake with chocolate custard.


For the frosting. . . I made a new and different one called "Seafoam Frosting" from Michelle at Big Black Dogs, which turned out a little runnier than I would have liked and was not tangy or thick and gooey enough to satify my cream cheese frosting cravings.
With that said, I really, really liked the frosting and it ended up going well with the red velvet cake. It had a very light roasted coffee taste, which was the brown sugar, and was very light and smooth with a pretty shimmer. I will use it in the future for other baking projects-I Just don't think it was the absolute PERFECT match for red velvet.

As far as reviews go, everyone commented on the chocolate pudding in the middle and the nice flavor in the frosting.

THE END!
P.S. Oh yeah, and I just remebered that June is my Second Blogoversary. Yay for me! It's seems like it's been longer. Is that good or bad? Haha.