Red velvet cup cakes with cream cheese frosting. Classic red velvet cupcakes with a luscious cream cheese frosting. Adapted into little red cupcakes and topped with a dollop of cream cheese frosting, they make for a colorful and tasty dessert for late winter picnics and are especially sweet for Valentine's Day or for. I ended up making two batches of red velvet cupcakes to take to a handful of events with friends this weekend, and they were a definite hit!
Cook's Note. *Frost the cupcakes with a butter knife or pipe it. Red velvet cake is not meant to have a super strong chocolate flavor. I top these cupcakes with my go-to cream cheese frosting recipe. You can cook Red velvet cup cakes with cream cheese frosting using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Red velvet cup cakes with cream cheese frosting
- It’s 2 1/2 cup of flour.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
- Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of cocoa powder.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
- It’s 1 cup of butter milk room temperature.
- It’s 2 large of eggs.
- You need 2 tbsp of red food coloring.
- Prepare 1 tsp of white distilled vinegar.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanillia extract.
- Prepare 1 lb of cream cheese.
- You need 2 stick of butter.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need 4 cup of confectioners sugar.
I prefer my cream cheese frosting to have more butter than cream cheese. Cream cheese frosting tends to be a little less pipe-able/stable to work with, so I recommend any of the above if you're looking for something that will really hold its You can also cover this red velvet cake with fondant! It's perfect for that, and the bright white is gorgeous against the brilliant red cake. This red velvet cake recipe converts even red velvet skeptics.
Red velvet cup cakes with cream cheese frosting step by step
- pre heat oven 350 line 2(12- cup) muffin pans with cup cake paper.
- in mefium mixing bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. in large bowl gently beat together the oil, butter milk, eggs, food coloring, and vinegar, and vanilla with hand held mixer.
- add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet and mix until smooth and cimbined.
- divde the batter evenly among the cupcake tins about 2/3 filled. bake in oven for about 20-22minutes, turning the pan once half way throught. test the cup cakes with a toothpick for doneness. remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.
- for cream cheese frosting.
- in large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together until smooth. add the sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy..
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