Red
Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting
1
2/3 cups Cake Flour
1/3 cup Butter
1 1/8 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Tbsp Watkins Natural Red Food Coloring
1 1/2 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1
Tbsp Watkins Red Velvet Extract
1/2 tsp Watkins Vanilla Extract
3/4 tsp Salt
3/4 cup Milk
3/4 tsp White Vinegar
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 cup Butter
4 oz Cream Cheese
1 tsp Watkins Vanilla Extract
2 1/4 cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 Tbsp Milk, more if needed
Colored
Sugar, optional
Preheat oven to
350 degrees F. Line muffin tin with paper liners.
In a mixing
bowl, add 1/3 cup butter and 1 1/8 cups sugar. Using an electric mixer, mix on
medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well with
each addition. Add vinegar and mix.
In a different
bowl, whisk food coloring, cocoa powder, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and red velvet
extract together. Add to previous mixture and stir until well mixed.
Whisk baking
soda and cake flour together.
Add salt to 3/4
cup milk and stir. Add milk to batter in three parts, alternating with the cake
flour/baking soda mixture. Start and end with flour.
Fill cupcake
liners 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until toothpick comes
clean. Let cool completely.
In a large
mixing bowl, add 1/2 cup butter, cream cheese, and 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix
until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar, one cup at a time, with each addition
mixed well. If frosting is too thick, add a little milk.
Frost
cupcakes. Sprinkle with colored sugar, optional. Makes 18 cupcakes.
 |
| Watkins Red Velvet Flavor |
 |
| Watkins Natural Red Food Coloring
|
 |
| Watkins Natural Food Coloring Kit |
Order Watkins Products at http://www.watkins1868.com/eleisiawhitney
Enter
at WinFreeVanilla.com/335001
Sign up for free Watkins products. Two assortments worth $100 each are given away every month
Posts
