Let Me Love You

Hey, hey, hey! It's Style Tribe here, and yes I am alive. Winter season is literally the death of me mentally, and my fashion is always so drab during this season. Yet, I've come with a very sweet treat.

How To Make "Velvet Love," Cupcakes which are the perfect gift for your V-Day lover, yourself, or your friends. In my case, I made the batch for myself using my hand-dandy Baby Cakes Cupcake Maker, and these red velvet cupcakes came out perfectly! I did encounter a bit of difficulty with the chocolate molds I bought from my store (Michael's), but if you want to take a shot at the difficult chocolate treat to top your tasty cupcake, be my guest. I got the original recipe from Tide and Thyme, but I made a few ingredient adjustments based on me forgetting stuff and not being comfortable with the amount of food dye necessary.

"Velvet Love," Cupcake Ingredients:

*2 1/2 Flour

*1 teaspoon Baking Powder

*1 teaspoon Salt

*2 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

(I used Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa Powder)

*1 Oz. Red Food Coloring

*1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, at room temperature

*1 1/2 cups Sugar

*2 eggs

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

*1 cup Buttermilk, at room temperature

*1 teaspoon White Vinegar

*1 teaspoon Baking Soda

"Velvet Love," Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:

*8 ounces Cream Cheese

*4 ounces Unsalted Butter

*3 3/4 cups Confectioners Sugar

*1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

*1/8 teaspoon Salt

Directions for Chocolate Molds:

1. I got these two molds from Michael's:

2. You can use any type of chocolate you want for the molds. I used fancy ones!

3. Chop the chocolate into pieces to aid in melting faster.

4. Here's where my troubles started. You are supposed to put hot boiling water in a large bowl, then the smaller bowl holding the chocolates into the hot water bowl, but the chocolates didn't melt enough. So I added a bit of that boiling water to the chocolate to get it to melt completely.

5. Put the melted chocolate into the candy mold of your choice, tap the tray gently, then put the mold in the freezer for 20-30 minutes for complete hardening. BUT! My candy's were falling apart, still melted, and not hold the design on them...so my candies were a disaster!

Directions for Velvet Love Batter:

1. Plug in your Baby Cakes Cupcake Maker or Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Let the Maker heat up, or line two 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake papers.

2. In a medium bowl, put the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Mix.

3. In a small bowl, mix the food coloring and cocoa powder together, until it is smooth.

4. In a large bowl, use a mixer to beat the butter and sugar until for three minutes.

5. Add the eggs one at a time into beaten butter and sugar, being sure to mix after each egg. Then add the vanilla extract and red-cocoa mixture to the large bowl. Be sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl to completely mix the ingredients.

6. Gradually add the flour mixture into your Walker Brains (oh- I mean, the red mixture in the large bowl), and gradually add the buttermilk as well. Be sure to mix fully.

7. Add the vinegar and baking soda into the red mixture, and stir well. LOOK AT THE FIZZLE BABY!

8. Fill cupcake cups 2/3-3/4  full in Maker or pan. Bake in the oven for 20-22 minutes, rotating pans halfway through, and check if the pancakes are fully cooked by sticking a toothpick in the top. If using a maker, keep the cupcakes in for 6-7 minutes, and follow the same toothpick check method. DO NOT OVER BAKE! Let cool for 10 minutes before frosting.

Frosting Directions:

1. Cream the butter, cream cheese, and salt in a bowl with a mixer until fluffy.

2. Gradually add the sugar, then add the vanilla

3. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the frosting into a frosting sack, and prepare to decorate!

Here are the results!

The Velvet Love cupcakes were so rich and decadent in all the right ways. The frosting was sweet, light, and tasted exactly like cream cheese with a tingle of vanilla. The red velvet batter came out perfectly! The cupcake melted on my tongue, was so moist, and had minimum crumbles on my chest. These cupcakes were perfect bite sized treats. 

Even though I don't have a valentine, and this is Single Awareness Day for me, I still am sending all my love to you guys. 

YOU ARE MY VALENTINE!

I'm sorry I've been so abscent from updating, but hopefully Spring will get here faster and I can start OOTD's. Until then how about a E-Valentine?

Alt-J- Breezeblocks

HAPPY SINGLE AWARENESS DAY (...and Valentine's Day if you must have someone who loves you and cuddles you and...*rant rant*)!

Love, LoneStyle Tribe