Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe

Red velvet cake has been a classic favorite for many years. Back in the older days, people used to use beet juice in order to give these cupcakes their distinct bright red color. Now-a-days just a drop or two of red food coloring does the trick and these cakes still remain one of the most popular and remarkably beautiful to make. So you can make cake…now but what about a red velvet cupcake recipe? Sound a little unorthodox?

Well, in fact cupcake versions of your favorite cakes are beginning to spread in popularity.Cupcakes are convenient, portable, and so much fun to make.

This particular red velvet cupcake recipe takes your favorite cake and turns it into something amazing… a convenient cupcake!

Yield: 36 cupcakes

Ingredients:

Cupcake-

• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 2 tablespoons baking soda
• 2 oz. red food coloring
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon salt

Cream Cheese Filling and Frosting-

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium sized bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening. In a glass measuring cup, add the vinegar to the baking soda and let it dissolve.

2) Add the following ingredients to the shortening mixture: buttermilk, vanilla, eggs, vinegar and baking soda mixture.

3) In a small bowl, mix together the red food coloring with the cocoa powder; add this to the shortening batter. Slowly mix in the cake flour and salt. Mix in the cream cheese filling (See step 5 *optional*) to create a marble effect.

4) Pour into muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full, and bake for 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

5) To create the cream cheese frosting, combine the sugar, cream cheese, egg and vanilla in a small bowl. Swirl 2/3 cup of the cream cheese filling into the red velvet cake batter. (See step 3 *optional*) Reserve the rest for the topping if you choose to swirl the frosting into the batter, otherwise frost the cooled cupcakes and then enjoy.

Once your special Red Velvet cupcakes are complete feel free to enjoy them.

These cupcakes are perfect for parties, school functions, bake sales, or special occasions. With a red velvet cake recipe, no matter how you use these cupcakes, they are sure to be a hit. If you share these with others, then my guess is that you will be a hero to your family and friends for introducing them to these fantastic sweets.

Red Velvet Cake Recipe

A good red velvet cake recipe is like a good sale.

It can sometimes be hard to find but with a bit of time and with the right amount of searching, the results can be quite magical!

Not to mention the results can be totally well worth it.

This red velvet cake is a traditional red velvet cake recipe. It is one that I bet your grandmother might have made.

It has classic ingredients, none designed to bust the budget, has easy directions, and a resulting taste which will leave you licking you lips! Yum!

Ingredients:

Cake

• 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 ounces red food coloring

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three (8 inch) round pans. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, oil, and eggs. Add food coloring and vinegar to buttermilk. Add baking soda to flour.

2) Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the sugar mixture. Mix well. Stir 1 teaspoon vanilla into batter. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Remove from oven, and cool on wire racks.

3) For the cream cheese frosting, mix together cream cheese, butter or margarine, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla. Stir in nuts. Spread over cooled cake.

This recipe is not only delicious but it is such a classic cake, especially in the southern United States, that I imagine it will soon become one of your favorites.

You too, can bake your own red velvet cake recipe and it doesn’t take a lot of work. All you need is a working kitchen, a couple hands, and a delicious red velvet cake recipe. Yum!