Red velvet cupcakes are one of those delicious foods displayed in the cake shop, and are one of the most ordered cakes for special occasions. It is also one of the best choices as an indulgent treat on the way home from the office, or for the whole family to share.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

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But as most people know, red velvet cupcakes are quite expensive if you buy them from a specialist cake shop, but you can save more if you bake it yourself.

Red velvet cupcake recipes comes into different version, but the most common recipe was the one that has an ingredients of two and half cup floor, one half cup of unsweetened cocoa powder, one tablespoon baking soda, one half teaspoon salt, one cup softened butter, two cups sugar, four eggs, one cup sour cream, one half cup milk, one bottle or one ounce of McCormick red food color, two teaspoons of McCormick pure vanilla extract, vanilla cream cheese frosting: one package softened cream cheese, one fourth cup softened butter, two tablespoons sour cream, two teaspoons McCormick pure vanilla extract and one box confectioner’s sugar.

The first thing that you need to do is preheat the oven to about 350 degrees Fahrenheit, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl then set aside after. The next thing that you need to do is beat the butter and sugar in large bowl with an electric mixer on a medium speed of five minutes or until it becomes light and fluffy, then beat the eggs one at a time, afterwards mix it in sour cream, milk food color and vanilla, then gradually beat in flour mixture at a lower speed until you are sure that it is fully blended, make sure not to overbeat. After that on a spoon batter into 30 papers lined muffin cups then fill each cup two third full.

Then bake it for twenty to twenty-five minutes or until toothpick is inserted into cupcake comes out clean. After baking it cool it in pans on wire rack for five minutes and then remove from pans and have it cool completely.

After that frost it with vanilla cream cheese frosting of which it comprise your beat cream cheese, softened butter, sour cream and McCormick pure vanilla extract in large bowl until it is light and fluffy and make sure to gradually beat it in confectioner’s sugar until you are sure that it is already smooth.

And there you go you can now have your red velvet cupcakes, making red velvet is quite easy as long as you all have the necessary ingredients and materials, and as soon as you became pro in making cupcakes it is then easy for you to make some adjustments with the ingredients as well as the manner of making it and who knows you can be able to formulate your own red velvet cupcake recipes.