Red velvet cup cakes

Ingredients:

1 and a ¼  cup flour
¾  cup sugar
½  tsp bicarbonate of soda
½  tsp cocoa
½  tsp salt
½  cup buttermilk
1 egg
¾  cup  oil
½  tsp vinegar
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 TBlSP red food coloring

Directions:

Sift dry ingredients.

Combine liquids.

Mix dry ingredients into the wet ones.

Bake at 180 for 15-20 mins.

Icing:

Beat half a tub of cream cheese smooth. Add a ¼  tsp of vanilla essence, and a ¼  cup of sifted icing sugar and beat smooth. Gradually add 1/3  of a cup of fresh or double cream and whip till mixture is a pipable texture.

Top with a crystallized rose petal, or two