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Over the weekend my dear friend Lauren Fowler had a beautiful birthday picnic in Kalk Bay. I decided to celebrate her special day with the exploration of Red Velvet Cupcakes. Though not as red as I had hoped, the cupcakes were both delicious and beautifully textured. I am going to try to find a recipe resulting in more red and less brown baked goods, but in the mean time this recipe is well worth the effort and produces beautiful cocoa cupcakes that are not too sweet, and the perfect balance between moist and dry.

To make one batch of cupcakes with cream cheese frosting you will need:

Cupcakes:

2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsweetened (preferably light and unprocessed) cocoa powder
125ml beet juice
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
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