How to Make Tasty Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes.

You can have Red Velvet Cupcakes using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cupcakes

1. 🢂 2 1/2 cups of flour.
2. 🢂 1/2 cup of cocoa powder.
3. 🢂 1 tsp of baking soda.
4. 🢂 1/2 tsp of salt.
5. 🢂 1 cup of softened butter.
6. 🢂 2 cups of sugar.
7. 🢂 4 of eggs.
8. 🢂 1 cup of sour cream.
9. 🢂 1/2 cup of milk.
10. 🢂 1 ounce of red food coloring.
11. 🢂 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
12. 🢂 1 pkg (8 oz) of cream cheese.
13. 🢂 1/4 cup of softened butter.
14. 🢂 2 tbsp of sour cream.
15. 🢂 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
16. 🢂 16 oz of powdered sugar.

step by step Red Velvet Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl..
2. Cream together softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in eggs..
3. Mix in sour cream, milk, vanilla, and food coloring. Beat in dry mixture until just blended, do not overmix..
4. Spoon batter into around 26 regular size muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes, or for 12 minutes if using mini muffin cups..
5. Beat softened butter with vanilla until smooth, then add sifted confectioners sugar until a thick buttercream forms..
6. Add room temperature cream cheese last and beat on the lowest setting for one minute until just combined..
7. Pipe cream cheese frosting onto cooled cupcakes and decorate as desired..