Recipe: Red Velvet Cupcakes with a Cream Cheese Frosting

My son’s favorite dessert is easily anything red velvet. Red velvet cake, red velvet cupcakes, red velvet cake pops, etc. You get the idea.  Recently, he’s been doing AMAZINGLY in school so I wanted to do something to surprise him after school. I don’t need to tell you how delicious these were. Omg. My son ate 8 in one seating. Check out the recipe below!

Ingredients for cupcake batter:

• 3 cups of cake flour
• 12 tablespoons of butter, room temperature
• 2 1/4 cups of sugar
• 1 tsp of nutmeg
• 3 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons of red food coloring
• 4 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon of white vinager
• 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 1/2 cup of buttermilk

Ingredients for cream cheese frosting:

• 1 (8oz) package of cream cheese, room temperature
• 4 cups of sugar

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 350F
• In a big bowl, preferably that of a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar and using a stand mixer, mix on medium speed until fluffy. Then add the eggs one at a time making sure they’re incorporated.
• In a separate bowl mix the cocoa powder, vanilla and the food coloring and then add to the butter/sugar/egg mix and mix well.
• In a separate bowl combine the salt and the buttermilk. Measure out the flour. And both to the mixture in 2-3 parts, alternating with the cake flour and the buttermilk.
• Combine the vinegar and the baking soda and add to the batter.
• Line a cupcake can with cupcake liners and spray them with cooking spray.
• Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• While the cupcakes are baking, start making the cream cheese frosting.
• Combine the cream cheese with the sugar until incorporated and sugar has dissolved. Pour the frosting into a ziploc bag and chill until the cupcakes are done.
• Once the cupcakes are done, place them in cooling rack until they are cooled completely.
• Make a small cut to the corner of the ziploc bag and pipe it out!
• Sprinkle with decorative sugar.

Happy Baking!