Tralalalalalala RED VELVET CHEESECAKE!

Sooooo.
Let's just say that I'm a genius. :) My special friend told me that he loves the red velvet and the cheesecake I bake. Why not combine the two? I thought to myself. And that night, in my head, I sorted that idea out and now, I present to you the reality :)

My first self invented recipe ever. :)

[ Baby, I hope you're proud :) ]

Refer to the cheesecake post, follow the instructions.
Scoop a cup of the batter and keep aside aside.
Add 1 tsp Red food Coloring + 1 tbsp cocoa powder + a dash of vinegar [ optional. vinegar is just to accentuate the red color] to the batter kept aside.

Layer tin with crust.  [ This time around, I added a little bit of sugar and cocoa powder to the crust. And then I layered the bottom of the tin with the crust and put it in the oven for 10 mins at 175C, just to make sure it was nice and firm, if you're doing this, make sure the crust is completely cool before you add the batter]
First pour the red batter and then the non red batter. Take a spoon and swirl.

Bake in a water bath for an hour and 20 mins at 150C. Refrigerate. Cut. [ The water bath just sounds fancy, and when you say things like that, people actually take you seriously. It's nothing, just put some water in a baking tray and then put the cake tin onto the tray and done!]

TADAAAAAAAAAA.

Varun's not quite Red Velvet.

So! My " friend " Varun is in town for the summer for a bit, and he wanted to eat my Red Velvet Cupcakes. I mean, not my cupcakes, the ones I bake :p People who know both him and me would be able to understand why it was important to clarify.

Anyway, so disaster happened. And I realized that the bottle of red food coloring I thought I had wasn't actually food coloring but strawberry essence. WHICH btw, is my latest discovery.

So this is my not quite Red Velvet cupcakes ka recipe

1 cup maida
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 TBS strawberry essence
1 and a half tsp vinegar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp coffee powder
1/2 cup butter milk ] [1/2 cup milk + 1 tbs vinegar]
LOTS of cocoa powder to fix the damage done.

Okay very simple. Cream the butter and sugar first. And then add everything else.
Mix mix mix.
Grease a cupcake tray. Put in cupcake paper. Fill them half way through.
Bake in an oven, at 170C for 25 mins :)