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100th Post Give Away and Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcakes

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Wow! I can’t believe as to how quickly the milestone came up. The journey of my blogging started rather unplanned in end of July. Over this period I have met lovely people and their feedback has kept me going. Without my followers and silent readers this blog would not have reached thus far. I really appreciate the love you have given to a gluten free blog. So as a way to thank you all I would like to give away this book!!! by Jess Mcloskey *my first ever giveaway*

 

 

This 145 page book has recipes for everyone from chocolate balls, brittle, tapenade, relishes, infused oil, anything you say . It also shows you how to make and wrap gift boxes. I will be posting one of the delicacy from this book when I announce the winner.

Here’s what you need to do to win this “Delicious Gifts” book.

Just leave a comment!

Simple.

Its open worldwide, even to non-bloggers who check my blog occasionally and I know them by name. If they check this post do write the email contact with the comment so that I can reach them in case they win. The giveaway is open from today until March11, 2012 at 12:00pm PST. Winner will be announced in the post on Monday, March12th. Good luck!

 

 

Now, for this milestone I would like to share gluten free red velvet cupcakes. When I bake a new recipe I search one blog ‘Joy Of baking’. This time I decided to also check my baker friends Tina and Lizzy’s blog who top in my best blog list. Tina had a ginger bread latte cupcake recipe with a special process of baking soda which I am going to use in these red cupcakes with white vinegar.

My Goodness, Lizzy has three recipes. Looking at her red velvet cupcakes I feel shy to even post these. I was very happy before baking these cupcakes but once they came out of the oven my heart sank to see the cracks and uneven top.

 

 

I felt they were unworthy of posting and was thinking to make cake balls out of them.

My daughter cheered my mood, “Mom, what are you saying? “They look fine. You take things, way to seriously, Cover it with your favorite whipped cream and post it”

What she said has a point. I was disheartened only by the look of it otherwise we totally enjoyed. They were perfectly moist and tasted just as a gluten free red cup cake should.

 

 

GLUTEN FREE RED VELVET CUPCAKES

source: Joy of baking.com

Ingredients:

135 gm White rice flour mix ( little less than 1 cup)

85 gm white granulated sugar

1/4 cup butter at room temperature

1 tbsp cocoa powder for baking

1 tbsp red colour ( McCormick)

1 egg

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp white vinegar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

Frosting:

125 ml whipping cream

2 tbsp confectioner’s sugar( optional)

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line 6 muffin tins with cupcake liners. In a bowl sift gluten free flour, salt and cocoa powder. In a hand mixer beat the butter until soft. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined. Whisk buttermilk and red food coloring. Mixing with a spatula, alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter mixture in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. In a small bowl combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow to fizz and then quickly fold into the cupcake batter. Working quickly divide the batter evenly among the 6 muffin cups and smooth the tops with a spatula. Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool the cupcakes in their pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes and then remove from pan. Let cool completely before decorating with frosting.

Whipping cream Frosting:

In a bowl of hand blender fitted with a whisk, beat cream, smooth and thick enough to pipe. Add 2 tbsp of confectioner’s sugar and beat again just to mix.

 

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  1. Congrats on your 100th post ! And your daughter’s right ! It looks really gorgeous with that frosting on top ! ;D

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  2. What a great giveaway! I love gifting food to friends and am always looking for new ideas.

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    • Thanks for visiting. This book will be great gift to extend your ideas, if you win. Good Luck!

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  3. Congratulations! How very impressive 🙂 Your blog is such a fantastic resource!

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  4. Congrats on reaching 100 posts Neetu! You have an amazing blog! I’m not sure why your cupcakes turned out the way it did but the inside sure do look good!

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  6. What a beautiful treat! I have some rice flour, and can make it for my friends. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Hi Neetu, thanks for recognising people like us.
    Your daughter is right you are unnecessarily worrying about the cupcake. If you did not post that picture I would not know.

    lovely give away. If I win I will let you know my email.

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    • You are welcome, Malti. You started visiting my blog at the time when I needed support.
      How can I forget you and couple of other visitors.

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  8. Congrats on your 100th post!! The cakes looks so lovely with the frosting.. you have a nice space.. happy to follow you.. Do visit my space in your free time.

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  9. Firstly, congrats on your blog milestones! AMazing 🙂

    And secondly, your daughter is simply amazing. Hug her for me, please? 😀

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    • Sure I will and thanks. If it was not for my daughter I would not have posted a sweet thing as my 100th.

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  10. Oh my gosh, what a great giveaway!! I hope I win!
    Those are pretty red velvet cupcakes!

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  11. Congratulations on your milestone. Keep rocking> >
    Beautiful cupcakes.

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    • Special thanks to you Deeksha. You followed me when I do not know this world of blogging.

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  12. The cupcakes look delicious for sure! Congrats on reaching the 100th post. Seeing your post I now want to try making cupcakes with rice flour. The give-away book is a handy and thoughtful gift.

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    • Thanks!
      Rice flour mix is the easiest to use in baking and it yields good result.
      Never know you might win this book.

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  13. I too cannot get enough of Tina’s and Lizzy’s baking. They sure bring out lovely desserts. I have had my share of disaster when baking but am slowly learning from my mistakes. I tend to over beat the paste/dough most of the time which leads to the cakes cracking on top.

    You did a great job by frosting the cakes on top and that makes the cake looks good. Congrats on your 100th post Bel.

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  14. WOOHOOO! Congratulations Neetu! Looking forward to you dishing out many many more delicious posts! These cupcakes are no exception. They look divine. 🙂

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    • Anuradha,I was expecting some suggestion from you. You are also in my best blog list.

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  15. Congrats on your 100th post! And love the rice flour in these cupcakes! 😀

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  16. Congratulations on your 100th post! And what a lovely post with red velvet cupcakes! They’re gorgeous & beautifully done! BTW , I’ve tried your lentil Biryani & it was AMAZINGLY YUMMY!! I never thought of using lentil for Biryani . Thanks again for sharing your amazing recipes , Balvinder. Have a lovely day! 🙂

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  17. I’ve not tried baking gluten free cakes before, so can’t help. Don’t be so harsh on yourself, I have my bad & funny moments too with gluten free baking 🙂 To me looks doesn’t count, it’s the taste that counts 🙂

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    • This was the first time something like that happened. I posted this, so that people like me should know mistakes can happen even if you bake it often.

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  19. Great giveaway, Balvinder! These cupcakes look delicious, too. How great that they are gluten free, as well. Thanks for sharing! I’m glad to have found your blog.

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  21. Those cupcakes look wonderful–I love the rosette ornamentation on top. Congrats on 100 posts!

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  23. Hooray for your 100th post!!! You do such a fabulous job with your gluten free baking…and your beautiful icing certainly masks any imperfections. And you are a dear for mentioning my blog…I am really touched by your kindness. Thank you, my friend~

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    • Lizzy, I admire your cooking and baking skills. The icing did mask the imperfection but I did not yet know why that happened?

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  25. These do look like a success, I think your daughter is right on you being too picky. I am glad that you are stepping out of your box and trying more baked goods. Thanks for citing me as one of your resources for your baking and experimenting. Congrats on 100 posts-that is a milestone. I look forward to more!
    Sweet giveaway, but due to the volume of cookbooks I have I must resist entering. However,whoever does win this book, I am sure will make great use of it.

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    • Tina, I was good when I baked with all purpose flour. My experimentation started after being gluten free.
      I will give winning chance to another person in place of you. No doubt the book will be of great use who ever wins.

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  26. Congrats on your 100th post! Mine came and went without me realizing it 🙂
    I’m in no position to tell you what went wrong considering I’m at the lowest level of baking expertise at the moment and all that I made came out with a little bit of luck to it … that’s my belief 🙂 Besides, I’ve never made anything with white rice flour mix before.
    Actually, I think they look very nice with the topping on and the inside looks perfect! A lovely color too!

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  27. Congratulations my friend 😀
    Your blog is a big hit and a wonderful achievement in itself – can’t believe this is your 100th post 😀
    Love it! And what an awesome way to celebrate 😀

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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  28. Congrats on your 100th post dear…Hope to see many more of them…

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  29. Congrats on a successful year of blogging! This is a great giveaway and your cupcakes look yummy!

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    • Sweets Thanks for visiting.
      Non bloggers have to leave contact to be entered or they will be dis qualified.

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  30. Congratulations on your 100 posts Neetu!I’m sorry for not being much of a help, not being much of a baker 🙂

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  31. Tina and Lizzy are fellow friends of mine too! I love your recipe, it sounds fantastic!

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  32. First congratulations on your 100th post…what an accomplishment!
    These red velvet cupcakes look great…like the idea of rice flour…I definitely have to try to bake with different kind of flour.
    Hope you are having a wonderful week 🙂

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  33. Congratulations on your 100th post! I am just thrilled for you! The cookbooks look delicious and I hope you have a thousand more delicious posts!

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  34. Beautiful cupcakes! Congratulations on your 100th post! Looking forward to many, many more!
    Awesome giveaway too!

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  35. Congratulations on your 100th post. That’s amazing.
    Your red velvet cupcakes look really good. Frankly, my criteria for a good cupcake, cake, cookie, pie, etc. is how does it taste? Maybe that’s because most of my baked goods look “homemade” 😉

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  36. Congrats on ur 100th post. these r just amazing. loved it….

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  37. Your daughter is right, Balvinder. They look great when they’re frosted and more importantly, they taste great! I have no idea why your cupcakes turned out the way they did. Let us know if you ever find out. Happy 100th post!

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  38. This is the post you are talking about – the disaster. It is NOT disaster at all Neetu! Congrats on the 100th post! We should try baking more often. But I have to say you bake better than me. I’ve never made cupcakes yet! 😉

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