Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, moist and flavourful cake paired with the best cream cheese frosting. It's a classic and rich dessert recipe
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Calories: 278kcal
Ingredients
FOR THE CUPCAKES:
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 yolk eggs divided
- 2 Tablespoon red food colouring
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 Tablespoon cocoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
FOR THE FROSTING:
- 8 ounces PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
FOR THE CUPCAKES:
- Preheat oven to 350 and line muffin tins with cupcake liners
- Using a mixer, cream together the butter, oil and sugar
- Add the eggs one at a time, and mix well
- Add in the food colouring, buttermilk, vinegar and vanilla - and allow to mix once again
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda - then in small batches, add the dry mixture to the batter
- Divide the batter into the cupcake liners, and bake for 14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
FOR THE FROSTING:
- Using a mixer on medium speed - beat the cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
- Gradually add in the icing sugar until combined and then add the vanilla and mix again until fluffy
- Frost the cooled cupcakes, decorate as desired and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 24cupcakes | Calories: 278kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 308mg | Sugar: 27g