Hi guys!
Who doesn’t love Red Velvet Cupcakes? In 2014, I made some Red Velvets but with a mascarpone-cream frosting. Now I made them with their ‘signature’ cream cheese butter frosting. I didn’t really know what to expect since I never manage to make delicious buttercream frostings. They just taste too much like butter…
But these Red Velvets with their original frosting are AMAZING! I don’t think I’ll ever make my ‘old’ frosting again. I had to keep myself from eating the frosting before putting it on my cupcakes 😮 Is that bad?
I know it sounds silly but I’m in love with these ‘original’ Red Velvet Cupcakes 😉
What we need:
Cupcakes
- 235 g self-raising flour
- 15 g cocoa powder
- 250 g sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 270 g soft unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 eggs
- 3 tablespoons of buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon of red food colouring (powder or paste)
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Cupcake wrappers
- Cupcake trays
Frosting
- 150 g soft unsalted butter at room temperature
- 240 g cream cheese
- 840 g icing sugar
- Piping tip
- Piping bag



How to:
Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven at 180°C.
- Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt in your mixer.
- Add the butter and the eggs.
- Mix until the batter is smooth.
- Combine buttermilk, food colouring and vanilla extract and poor it in the batter.
- Mix until the batter gets a nice red colour.
- Finish the batter by hand because you don’t want to overmix it.
- Place the cupcake wrappers in the cupcake trays.
- Fill the cupcake wrappers for 2/3th and bake them for about 22 minutes.
Frosting
- Put butter, cream cheese and half of the icing sugar in the mixer.
- Mix on minimum speed until it combines, then mix at medium to high speed.
- Add the other half of the icing sugar.
- Mix until the frosting gets stiff and pale. Don’t make it too stiff though.
- Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting them.
- Put the piping tip in your piping bag and frost! 😀
I’ve also found a new YouTube channel to share with you because I absolutely LOVE Jemma from the London based bakery Crumbs and Doillies. (I HAVE to get to London soon..) She made these Red Velvets and her video is just awesome! I hope you enjoy 😀
Have a delicious day ❤
xxx Sarah
Find me on:
Cute cupcakes! Yum and utterly delicious.
LikeLike
Thank you so much 🙂
LikeLike
Oh I love red velvet cake. Your cupcakes are just beautiful, you decorated them so nicely the little flowers are so cute; Thank you so much for bringing them to the party,
LikeLiked by 1 person
Awww thanks so much ^^
LikeLike
I won’t judge you about the frosting, Sarah! 😛 These looks perfect to me and oh so yummy! 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you ^^ Wish I could send you one through the screen :p
LikeLike
I love red velvet, these cupcake look amazing! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🙂
LikeLike
Red velvet are a definite favorite of mine and I love that you made these with the classic cream cheese frosting along with the marscapone a few months back. They look delicious and almost too pretty to eat! Thanks for sharing this with us on #SHINEbloghop this week; we’re so glad you were able to join us 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so much 🙂
LikeLike
Those are so cute and I bet really delicious!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you! Oh they are ^^ You would love them 🙂
LikeLike
I love red velvet and I adore your little roses on top! So pretty!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Jade! Happy you like them ^^
LikeLike
These look perfectly moist and delicious
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks so much!
LikeLike
This looks beyond delicious! I wish I had a dozen right now!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🙂 I wish so too 😉
LikeLike
I remember the first time I tasted red velvet! These look so delicious! 🙂
Cathy
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Cathy 😀
LikeLike
Red velvet cup cakes are my ultimate favoritiest (yeah, I just made up that word) cupcake. I put a box of pudding in mine and then for the frosting I make a cream cheese frosting but then throw some whipped topping in it. It is fantastic.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hmm pudding sounds great 😀 Hahahaha I should remember that word you made up! :p
LikeLiked by 1 person
I always love the look of red velvet cupcakes and cream cheese frosting is delicious! These turned out beautifully!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks so much!
LikeLike
Your red velvet cupcakes look absolutely gorgeous. I love the little roses on top – nice touch:)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Aww thank you Lily 😀 Glad you like them ^^ I thought they matched well with Red Velvet :p
LikeLike