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Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Two great Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting recipes — 100% homemade, or a box mix recipe kicked up a notch. Both irresistible!
👥 24 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 25 min⏳ Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Ali📖 gimmesomeoven
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●spatula
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
To Make Cupcakes:
2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 muffin tins with cupcake papers.
3
Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl; set aside. In a small bowl, mix food coloring and cocoa powder to form a thin paste without lumps; set aside.
baking powder1 teaspoon(2 blocks) cream cheese (not softened)1 lbsalt1 teaspooncup unsalted butter (softened)1/2
4
In a large bowl, using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about three minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then beat in vanilla and the red cocoa paste, scraping down the bowl with a spatula as you go. Add one third of the flour mixture to the butter mixture, beat well, then beat in half of the buttermilk. Beat in another third of flour mixture, then second half of buttermilk. End with the last third of the flour mixture, beat until well combined, making sure to scrape down the bowl with a spatula.
eggs (at room temperature)2(2 blocks) cream cheese (not softened)1 lbbuttermilk (at room temperature)1 cup
5
In a small bowl, mix vinegar and baking soda. (Yes, it will fizz!) Add vinegar mixture to the cake batter and stir well to combine. Fill cupcake cups with cake batter until they are about 3/4 full. (I like to use an ice-cream scoop for this!) Bake for approximately ⏱️ 20-22 minutes, rotating pans halfway through. Cupcakes are done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Check early and don’t overbake!
baking soda1 teaspoon(2 blocks) cream cheese (not softened)1 lb
6
Cool the cupcakes in their tins on a wire rack for ⏱️ 10 minutes then remove and allow to cool completely before frosting.
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To Make Frosting:
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To make the frosting, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the cream cheese and butter on medium-high speed until well combined and smooth, about ⏱️ 2-3 minutes. Mix in the vanilla extract. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until totally incorporated, increase the speed and then beat until smooth. Frost cooled cupcakes as desired.
vanilla extract1 teaspoon(2 blocks) cream cheese (not softened)1 lb. vanilla extract1 Tbsppowdered sugar (sifted)4 cups
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