Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

January 14, 2013 by • 6 Comments

I {Heart} Cupcakes!  I love them so much…I had one for breakfast this morning.  And I’m not telling you how many Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting I had yesterday.  Yes, I know it’s January and I should be really healthy, but Valentine’s Day is around the corner and I’m choosing to be a little more like Hobby Lobby…I’m choosing to start celebrating early!

Red Velvet Cupcakes Cream Cheese Frosting BarnsandNoodles

 Here are the ingredients to make this Tasty Valentine’s Day Treat!

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting BarnsandNoodles
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
 
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Serves: 20

Ingredients
  • Cupcakes:
  • 2½ cups flour
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 oz. red food color
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ——–
  • Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • 1 pkg. softened cream cheese
  • 4 tbsp. softened butter
  • 2 tbsp. sour cream
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions
  1. Red Velvet Cupcakes:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
  4. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes on a medium speed or until light and fluffy.
  5. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
  6. Then mix in your sour cream, milk, food color, and vanilla.
  7. Slowly beat in flour mixture on low speed.
  8. Fill each paper liner ⅔ full.
  9. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
  10. Remove from pans and let cool completely before frosting.
  11. ———
  12. Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting:
  13. Beat cream cheese, softened butter, vanilla, and sour cream until light and fluffy.
  14. Slowly beat in 2 cups of powdered sugar until smooth.

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Comments

6 Responses to “Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting”
  1. Jen @ Jen's Favorite Cookies says:
    January 14, 2013 at 10:59 am

    Love the sour cream idea! It’s hard to go wrong with red velvet!

    Reply
  2. Wendy says:
    January 14, 2013 at 10:48 pm

    Ummm…… yes, lets celebrate v-day early! Yum!

    Reply
  3. Judy says:
    January 15, 2013 at 7:18 pm

    Love them, I had just been thinking about making these for Valentine’s Day.

    Reply
  4. val says:
    January 22, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Red Velvet Cupcakes is my favorite.

    Reply
  5. Karen@itsallgoodhome says:
    January 23, 2013 at 6:50 pm

    Great timing… my daughter turns 13 in late February and she just asked if we could make cheese cake but also have cupcakes for those friends that don’t like cheese cake. She requested Red Velvet! So excited to try the recipe. Thanks a million!
    Karen

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  6. Melanie {Reasons To Skip The Housework} says:
    February 12, 2013 at 9:09 am

    I’d love for you to come link this up at my Tuesday Time Out I love it!

    Melanie Reasons To Skip The Housework

    Reply

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