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Three red velvet cupcakes on a round white plate with red embellishments in the photo.

The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Tiffany
This recipe will show you how to make the best red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting from scratch that melts in your mouth. Yields: 24 cupcakes
4.50 from 206 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 24 Cupcakes
Calories 311 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Red Velvet Cupcakes

  • ¼ cup Unsalted Butter
  • ½ cup Vegetable or Canola Oil
  • 1 ½ cups Granulated White Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon White Vinegar
  • 2 ½ cups Cake Flour can substitute with all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 3 tablespoons Red Food Coloring

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 4 cups Confectioners' Sugar
  • 8 ounces Cream Cheese room temperature
  • ½ cup Butter room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1-2 tablespoons Milk

Instructions
 

Red Velvet Cupcakes

  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Prepare regular-sized muffin pans with cupcake liners.
  • Cream butter and sugar together in a mixer or in a medium-sized bowl with a hand mixer. Add eggs one at a time to the mixer. Add oil, vanilla, and vinegar. Sift dry ingredients together into a bowl. Alternate adding buttermilk and dry ingredients into the mixing bowl and mix well after each addition.
  • Add red food coloring to the cupcake batter and blend well. Spoon about 3 tablespoons of batter into each cupcake liner in the muffin pans.
  • Place pans in the oven and bake for 14-16 minutes until the tops spring back when you lightly touch them, or a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and place on cooling racks. Allow to fully cool before frosting with cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Add cream cheese, butter, 1 tablespoon of milk, and vanilla to a mixing bowl. Slowly begin adding powdered sugar, a cup at a time, until well combined.
  • If too thick, add another tablespoon of milk.
    If too thin, add more powdered sugar.

Nutrition

Calories: 311kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 4gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 165mgPotassium: 69mgFiber: 1gSugar: 33gVitamin A: 283IUCalcium: 39mgIron: 0.3mg