Raspberries, double cream and rosé wine make these rosé cupcakes irresistible.
These rosé cupcakes by celeb baker Lily Vanilli have a deep red sponge infused with cocoa powder and fresh raspberries. Top with a whipped cream, drizzle with a rosé rhubarb coulis, a whole strawberry and serve. This cupcake recipe gives you the perfect excuse to pop open a bottle of crisp, cool rosé wine.
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 115g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 280g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2tbsp red liquid food colouring
- 325g plain flour, sifted
- 30g cocoa powder, sifted
- 250ml buttermilk
- 1tbsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1tbsp cider vinegar
- 7 raspberries
For decorating:
- 150g double cream, whipped
- Pink rose petals (to decorate)
- Strawberries (to decorate)
- Toasted pecans, cooled & brushed with edible gold lustre dust (to decorate)
For the coulis:
- 80g rhubarb, chopped into small pieces
- 125ml Gallo Family Vineyards Summer Rosé
- 30g light brown sugar
You will need:
- 10 inch round cake tin, greased and lined
- A chilled bowl (large enough to hold at least double the volume of cream you are whipping)
- An electric hand whisk
WEIGHT CONVERTER
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180˚C/350˚F/Gas Mark 4.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, starting on medium and increasing to high speed – the mixture should be pale and increased in volume, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs gradually, then the food colouring, and beat until just incorporated.
- Sift together the flour and cocoa and add half to the batter, beating to incorporate evenly and ensuring you scrape down the sides. Then beat in the buttermilk & raspberries and finally the second half of the dry ingredients.
- In a small bowl, using a clean spatula or teaspoon, mix together the bicarbonate of soda and cider vinegar (it will fizz up) and fold it immediately into the batter – do not use the mixer, just fold evenly with a spatula by hand.
- Tip the mixture into your tin and level out to the edges. Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tins for 10 minutes before turning out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Whilst the cakes are cooling, pour the cream into the bowl and whip thoroughly and evenly, beginning on a medium speed.
- Ensure that you run the beaters around the edge of the bowl to keep it all evenly mixed. When the cream starts to thicken and you see the first sign of soft peaks.
- Now reduce the speed to medium-low and watch carefully, it’s almost done.
- Continue just until you have very soft peaks. Using an electric hand mixer this should take under 2 minutes.
- To make the coulis, add all ingredients to a pan over medium/high heat and heat until rhubarb has softened.
- Once soft use a hand blender to pulse until you have a thick, smooth coulis. Once cooled, use a small round cookie cutter to cut out your canapés. Transfer onto a plate or little cake cases.
- Pipe or spoon some double cream onto each case, followed by some of the coulis, a rose petal and strawberry half.
Top tips for making rosé cupcakes
If you’re not a fan of double cream, swap for classic buttercream icing instead.
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Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.
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