Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Cupcake 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.

Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth. 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 Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
2. It's 1 1/2 cup of white sugar.
3. You need 2 of eggs.
4. It's 1 cup of buttermilk.
5. It's 1 tbsp of red coloring.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
7. It's 1 tbsp of distilled white vinegar.
8. You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
9. Prepare 2 cup of cups all purpose flour.
10. Prepare 1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.

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Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting instructions

1. Preheat oven at 360°F (175 degrees C). Grease muffin pans or line with paper cups..
2. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, red food coloring and vanilla. Stir in the baking soda and vinegar..
3. Combine the cocoa powder and salt. Stir into the butter just until blended..
4. Spoon the butter into the prepared cups. Do not overfill since the mixture will rise..
5. Bake in the preheated oven 20-25 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean..
6. Cool in the pan or in a wire rack then frost with Cream Cheese Frosting..

In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a large bowl with a handheld mixer, stir together the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, and cocoa powder. Traditionally, red velvet cake/ cupcake was made using unprocessed cocoa powder, a kind that would impart red tinge to the cake and frosted with ermine (cooked flour frosting). With time the recipe evolved and started using beetroot juice to impart colour. The frosting too evolved and became cream cheese frosting. For the frosting: In the bowl of an stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment; beat cream cheese and butter on medium to high speed until light and fluffy.