Ingredients
- RED VELVET BATTER
- 1 cup flour
- 1/8 cup coco powder
- 5 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/2 tea. salt
- 2 ta. baking powder
- 1/8 tea. red food dye
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 Tbsp. vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1/2 tea. vanilla
- CREAM CHEESE FILLING
- 4 Tbsp. cream cheese
- 2 Tbsp. butter, softened
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/8 tea. vanilla
- 3 Tbsp. melted butter + 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil for frying
- powdered sugar for dusting
Preparation
Step 1
Mix the flour, coco powder, sugar, salt and baking powder in a bowl. And then beat together buttermilk, egg, vinegar, red food coloring, vegetable oil and vanilla in another bowl.
Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold/mix with a spatula until JUST combined. Some small lumps are fine. Let it rest for 10 minutes. During the time, mix cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla together in a bowl, and beat until fluffy with a whisk.
Heat up the ebelskiver pan on medium-low heat, and melt the butter and vegetable oil together in a small pot. Have 2 wooden skewers on hand for the flipping.
Once the pan is hot, add 1/2 tea. of the melted butter into each hole and brush it all over the pan. Add the batter into each hole up to 90% full and let it cook UNTOUCHED for 20 sec. Then add a little spoonful of the bream cheese filling into the center of each hole, then "press it" a little bit to let it sink completely into the batter (add a tiny bit more batter to cover if needed). Do not TOUCH THEM now. Wait until small bubbles starts to appear on the edge and surface of the batter, then use a wooden skewer to "pres" on one side of the batter to see if it starts to move/turn easily. If it does keep pressing on one side of the batter to "tilt" the other side until the entire ebelskiver makes a full turn.
Once every ebelskiver is turned, add a bit more melted butter to each hole and adjust the ebelskivers so that they get even crispy-browning on all sides. Let the ebelskivers rest on a cooling rack while doing the next batch. The heat may need to be turned down a little bit for the next batch as the pan tends to get hotter.
Dust with powdered sugar.