Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

        This weekend I made Red velvet cupcakes for my mothers birthday. She has been wanting some red velvet so I did it for her. My hands are still dyed red. Those things require so much food coloring! But of course, Thery are delicous. So if you would like to learn how to make some Red Velvet Cupcakes, Cream Cheese Frosting, and Cupcake toppers to complete your dessert? Keep reading!

Red velvet ingredients:

2 1/2 cups flower

1/2 cup unsweetened cocao powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1(1 ounce) bottle of Wilton Food coloring2 tsp. Wilton Pure Vanilla extract (can also use imitation vanilla)

Directions for Cupcakes:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. First you will be mixing flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set to your side.
2. In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Have the electric mixer on med. speed about 3-5. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in sour cream, milk, food color, and vanilla.
3. Spoon batter into 30-36 paper-lined muffin cups, Filling each cup about 2/3 full.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick test works. (stab cupcake gently, if toothpick comes out clean then cupcakes are done.)

Next its time to make your frosting.

Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting ingredients:

1 (8ounce) apck of cream cheese

1/4 cup butter, softened

2 tblsp. sour cream

2 tsp. Wilton Pure Vanilla extract (can also use imitation vanilla)

2 (16 ounce) boxes of confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)

Directions for Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting:

(Notice if piping frosting on cupcakes as seen in photos please double amount in recipe for frosting!)

1. Beat cream cheese in mixer bowl.
2. Mix in slowly butter, sour cream, and vanilla extract. until light and fluffy
3. Gradually add confectioners sugar.
4. Beat frosting until it is at the consistency you desire.
5. (to thicken frosting add more powdered sugar/  to thin add 3 drops of milk at intervals between mixing.)

Fondant Flower ingredients:

1 tsp Wilton Vanilla Extract

2 ounces Wilton Fondant

3 dots wilton burgundy food coloring

1/4 cup confectioners sugar

Fondant Flower Directions:

1. First measure out about 2 ounces of Fondant.
2. 
   Add  1tsp vanilla extract. then nead into fondant with confectioners sugar. (use confectioners sugar like flower when rolling and kneeding dough)
3. add 2-3 drops of food coloring.
4. divide fondant in to four even parts.
5. Grab part and roll out fondant to about 1/8-1/16 of an inch thick. (thickness is your preference)
6. Get your daisy cutter the small size.
7. Cut out 3 flowers for each cupcake.
8. once finish with that portion of fondant repeat steps 5-8

I hope you enjoy!



Middle of Red velvet cupcake!



First batch of Cupcakes all done.



Fondant flower cupcake toppers and piping of frosting.