How to Make Tasty Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. Cream Cheese Frosting In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Add the confectioner's sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.

Here I've adapted red velvet cake 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 the Fourth of July if adorned with some blueberries. How to Store Red Velvet Cupcakes A real Southern classic, red velvet cake has just a hint of cocoa and a deep red crumb. True to tradition, these party-worthy cupcakes are topped with rich cream cheese frosting and are embellished with a sprinkle of toasted sugared pecans. You can have Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting using 17 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. It's of Sponge.
2. It's 60 grams of unsalted butter.
3. It's 140 grams of caster sugar.
4. It's 1 large of egg.
5. You need 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. It's 4 tbsp of red food colouring.
7. It's 1 pinch of salt.
8. It's 30 grams of unsweetened cocoa powder.
9. Prepare 225 grams of all purpose/plain flour.
10. It's 120 ml of buttermilk.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of cider vinegar.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
13. It's of Frosting.
14. It's 25 grams of salted butter.
15. Prepare 125 grams of cream cheese.
16. Prepare 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract.
17. Prepare 125 grams of confectioners/icing sugar.

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Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting step by step

1. Makes 12 cakes.
2. Preheat oven to 180°c/350°f/gas 4.
3. Line a 12 hole cupcake pan with paper cases.
4. Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until pale. Slowly add the egg until well incorporated.
5. In a seperste bowl beat the vanilla, colouring, salt and cocoa into a thick paste and beat into the butter mixture.
6. With the mixer on a slow speed, add the flour and buttermilk alternating each and begining and ending with the flour.
7. Stir the vinegar into the baking soda and fold into the mixture.
8. Leave to stand for 3 minutes.
9. Spoon the pan into the paper cases to 3/4 full.
10. Bake for 15 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
11. Cool on a wire rack.
12. To make the frosting: beat the butter and cream cheese together until there are no lumps.
13. Add the vanilla and gradually add the sugar.
14. Either use a piping bag or a spoon to decorate your cakes once cool.

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