Red White And Blue Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting Food

RED-WHITE-AND-BLUE RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 standard 12-cup cupcake tins with liners.
• For the cupcakes: Add the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on low for 1 minute to combine.
• In a large bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk together the oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vanilla and vinegar. Add to the dry ingredients and mix on low to combine. Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula. Raise the mixer speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes. Scrape the bowl then mix on low for 1 minute.
• Use a 1/4-cup scoop to fill each cupcake liner two-thirds of the way full. (If any batter is leftover, bake in a second batch.) Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out with moist crumbs attached, 20 to 22 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store unfrosted cupcakes covered, at room temperature for up to 2 days.
• For the cream cheese frosting: Beat the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth and satiny, about 2 minutes. Scrape the bowl and paddle with a rubber spatula. Add the cream cheese and mix on low to combine. Raise the speed to medium and beat until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Add the vanilla, salt and half the confectioners' sugar and beat on low until you no longer see any sugar. Add the remaining sugar and blend on low to combine. Scrape the bowl and paddle well. Increase the mixer to medium speed and beat until the frosting is smooth and lightened, about 1 minute. Test the consistency of the frosting by lifting a small portion out of the bowl with a rubber spatula: if it holds its shape and doesn't drip off the spatula, it is ready. If it is loose and doesn't hold its shape, place the frosting in the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Transfer half of the frosting to a small bowl and use gel food coloring to tint blue. Transfer half of the remaining frosting to a separate small bowl and use gel food coloring to tint red. Place the blue, red and white frostings in separate piping bags fitted with large, open star tips. Decorate half of the cupcakes with the blue frosting and sprinkle with the white star sprinkles if using. Decorate the remaining cupcakes with three layers of alternating red and white stripes.
• Enjoy the frosting on cupcakes the day that they are frosted or store any leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE VELVET CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and line a 12-cup cupcake tin with cupcake liners.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan). Line a standard 12 hole muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• Sift Dry ingredients together into a bowl.
• Cream butter: Put the butter in a separate bowl and beat on speed 2 for 1 minute with an electric mixer or stand mixer (paddle attachment).
• Cream sugar: Add sugar then beat for a further 2 minutes, same speed, until the butter is very pale yellow, almost white.
• Beat in eggs: Add the eggs one at a time beating for 30 seconds on speed 1 after each addition.
• Add remaining Wet ingredients: Add oil, buttermilk, vanilla and red food colouring then beat on Speed 1 until incorporated and the batter is smooth.
• Beat in flour: Sprinkle the Dry ingredients across the surface and mix on Speed 1 for just 20 seconds. Scrape down sides of the bowl, then mix again for 10 seconds. The batter should now be smooth - few small lumps is ok. Do not keep beating - overworks batter = cupcakes not as soft!
• Fill pan: Divide the batter between the 12 cupcake liners - it should fill 3/4 of the way, but it depends on the size of the cupcake liners you use.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the middle cupcake comes out clean.
• Cool: Immediately remove cupcakes onto a wire rack. Cool completely before frosting with cream cheese frosting.
• Cream butter: Place butter in a bowl and beat for 1 minute until it's smooth and starts to become paler in colour - speed 6 on stand mixer, speed 9 for electric beater.
• Cream cream cheese: Add cream cheese then beat for a further 1 minute on the same speed until smooth.
• Add icing sugar: Add icing sugar in 4 batches, beating in between until incorporated, starting on speed 1 so you don't get a dust storm in your face!
• Beat until fluffy: Add vanilla and salt, then beat for 2 minutes until fluffy - speed 6 with stand mixer, speed 9 with electric beater. It should be creamy but still hold its shape in a peak (see video). If it's too sloppy, place in fridge for 30 minutes, then beat again.
• Pipe: Transfer into piping bag with desired piping tip. Pipe onto cupcakes - makes enough to generously frost 12 cupcakes as pictured in post.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift the first five ingredients together. In another bowl, slowly mix together the rest of the ingredients for the cupcakes. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until well combined.
• Fill paper lined muffin tins about 2/3 full. Bake for 20-22 minutes, turning the pans once at the halfway mark. Stick a toothpick in the middle of one to see if it comes out clean for doneness. Cool before frosting.
• For the frosting,.
• Mix cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Add the sugar slowly. Mix on high until it's fluffy.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• NOTE: Before starting to make these cupcakes, it helps if all the ingredients are at room temperature. Also, if you don't have a stand mixer, just use a hand mixer. I don't recommend mixing this by hand.
• Cream cheese frosting:
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together butter, cream cheese and vanilla.
• Slowly add powdered sugar. Mix until smooth.
• Refrigerate until it will hold its shape.
• Red Velvet Cupcakes:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line cupcake pan(s) with liners.
• In a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, mix the butter and sugar until well creamed together, about 5-10 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, until well incorporated. Add oil.
• Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
• Mix together vinegar and red food coloring.
• Slowly add flour mixture, red food coloring mixture and buttermilk mixture, alternating between all three and ending on the buttermilk mixture. DO NOT OVER MIX!
• Scoop dough into lined cupcake pans. Or fill until about 2/3s full.
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of cupcake comes out clean.
• As soon as cupcakes come out of the oven, put one cupcake in the freezer.
• Allow cupcakes to cool (about 1 hour) and either using a star-tip filled pastry bag or an ice cream scooper, frost cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
• Take the frozen cupcake and grate or food process until you get fine crumbs. Sprinkle over cream cheese frosting as a garnish.
• ***NOTE: If you can wait, these taste even better after being refrigerated overnight!