Best 6 Beet Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipes

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**Indulge in a delightful culinary journey with our exquisite Beet Red Velvet Cupcakes, a captivating combination of earthy sweetness and velvety indulgence.**

These mesmerizing cupcakes embody the essence of culinary artistry, boasting a vibrant crimson hue derived from the natural goodness of beets, perfectly balanced with the decadent richness of red velvet. Each bite promises a symphony of flavors, as the moist and tender crumb crumbles effortlessly in your mouth, releasing a burst of sweet and tangy notes. The luscious cream cheese frosting adds a layer of creamy elegance, complementing the earthy undertones of the beetroot, while the optional sprinkle of cocoa powder adds a touch of sophistication.

Our carefully curated collection of recipes within this article caters to every baker's skill level and preference. Whether you're a seasoned pastry chef or just starting your baking adventure, we have the perfect recipe for you. Discover the classic Beet Red Velvet Cupcakes recipe, a timeless favorite that showcases the harmonious blend of flavors and textures. For those with a penchant for vegan delights, our Vegan Beet Red Velvet Cupcakes offer a guilt-free indulgence, crafted with plant-based ingredients without compromising on taste or texture.

If you're seeking a gluten-free option, our Gluten-Free Beet Red Velvet Cupcakes provide a delectable alternative, ensuring that everyone can savor the goodness of these extraordinary treats. And for those who love the convenience of a quick and easy dessert, our Beet Red Velvet Cupcakes from a Cake Mix offer a delightful shortcut that doesn't skimp on flavor or presentation.

No matter which recipe you choose, our Beet Red Velvet Cupcakes promise an unforgettable taste experience that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more. So gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and embark on a delightful baking journey that will produce cupcakes that are not only visually stunning but also irresistibly delicious.

Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!

RED VELVET CAKE WITH BEETS



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After reading about the history of the popular red velvet cake, I wanted to try the version with beets. It has a beautiful color and tastes divine with or without frosting. This recipe makes one sheet cake, a 2-layer cake, cupcakes, or even cake pops.

Provided by sopenia

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Sheet Cake Recipes

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup pureed cooked beets
½ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon red food coloring
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch cake pan with parchment paper.
  • Sift flour and baking powder together in a large bowl.
  • Whisk sugar, buttermilk, beets, oil, eggs, cocoa powder, red food coloring, vanilla extract, vinegar, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Add flour mixture gradually to the bowl, stirring after each addition just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan. Tap pan firmly to settle the batter and remove large bubbles.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 385.6 calories, Carbohydrate 62.5 g, Cholesterol 38.2 mg, Fat 12.8 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 6.4 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 509.8 mg, Sugar 32.8 g

BEET RED VELVET CUPCAKES



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At The Sylvia Center, teens learn to use only natural ingredients, replacing artificial and harmful substances, like food coloring, with plant-based ingredients. For these red velvet cupcakes, students made safe, natural food-coloring using beets.

Provided by Thesylviacenter

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup beet, uncooked, peeled and diced
3/4 cup butter, plus more for greasing pan
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 lemon, juiced
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract (optional)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour, sub with APF
3 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 1/8 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350º F and position a rack in the center of the oven. Prepare cupcake pan and line with cupcake liners.
  • Add the uncooked beet, buttermilk, lemon juice, and extracts to a food processor fitted with the steel blade and process until very smooth.
  • Sift the cake flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Beat the sugar, and butter together in a large bowl until creamy, then add the eggs one at a time, mixing for 30 seconds after each addition.
  • Alternate adding the flour mixture and beet mixture to the bowl, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Divide between the cups and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Cool the cupcakes on a rack for 20 minutes then invert onto the rack to cool completely. Once cupcakes are cool, snip off the tip of the plastic bag and squeeze out icing onto the cupcakes.
  • FROSTING.
  • 10 ounces of cream cheese (such as Philadelphia), room temperature.
  • ¼ cup of pure maple syrup.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 500.6, Fat 19.9, SaturatedFat 11.9, Cholesterol 116.4, Sodium 641.2, Carbohydrate 75.9, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 47, Protein 6.9

RED VELVET CUPCAKES



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Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     dessert

Time 55m

Yield 15 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Pernigotti
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk, shaken
1 tablespoon liquid red food coloring
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
Red Velvet Frosting, recipe follows
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (3/4 pound)

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tins with paper liners.
  • In a small bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large measuring cup, combine the buttermilk, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed for 1 minute, until light. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until combined. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients alternately in 3 parts, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, and mix until combined. Stir with a rubber spatula to be sure the batter is mixed.
  • Scoop the batter into the muffin cups with a 2 1/4-inch ice cream scoop or large spoon. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean. Cool completely in the pans and frost the cupcakes with Red Velvet Frosting.
  • Place the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and mix on medium speed just until combined. Don't whip! Add the sugar and mix until smooth.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 2h15m

Yield 16 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 16

15 1/2 ounces all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 1/4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
13 ounces granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
3 eggs
2 tablespoons, plus 2 teaspoons red food coloring
1 1/4 teaspoons vinegar (white or apple cider can both work)
1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 cup water
1 1/2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature
1 pound butter, room temperature
2 pounds powdered sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • For the cupcakes:
  • Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
  • Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder into a bowl and set aside.
  • In a mixer fitted with paddle attachment, mix oil, sugar, and buttermilk until combined. Add eggs, food coloring, vinegar, vanilla and water and mix well. Add the dry ingredients a little bit at a time and mix on low, scraping down sides occasionally, and mix until just combined. Be sure not to over mix, or the batter will come out tough.
  • Line a 16-cup cupcake pan with paper liners, scoop the batter into the liners and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 30 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.
  • For the cream cheese frosting:
  • Whip the butter and cream cheese together in a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until creamed. Gradually add powdered sugar to the mixture and scrape down the bowl as needed. Add the vanilla and mix until combined.
  • The frosting can be used right away, or stored in the refrigerator up to a week.
  • Frost cooled cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting.

BEET RED VELVET CAKE



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Pamela Moxley, the pastry chef at Miller Union in Atlanta, developed this cake as part of a book project for Steven Satterfield, the co-owner and chef. She uses dutched, nonacidic cocoa powder so she punched up the acid with extra lemon juice, which helps with the bright red color. She adds goat cheese to her cream cheese frosting, to play against the subtle beet flavor. The chef liked it so much that he added it to the restaurant menu.

Provided by Kim Severson

Categories     dessert

Time 2h

Yield 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 medium beets
3/4 cup/ 170 grams butter, plus more for greasing pan
3/4 cup/180 milliliters buttermilk
Juice of 1 large lemon
2 teaspoons/10 milliliters white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons/7 milliliters vanilla extract
2 cups/200 grams cake flour (sift before measuring)
3 tablespoons/24 grams Dutch process cocoa powder
1 1/8 teaspoon/6 grams baking powder
1 teaspoon/6 grams salt
1/2 teaspoon/3 grams baking soda
1 3/4 cup/350 grams granulated sugar
3 eggs
Cream cheese frosting (see recipe), or other fluffy white icing

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Wash beets and wrap in aluminum foil. Bake until the tip of a knife slides easily into the largest beet, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool until beets can be handled, then peel. (This may be done up to a day ahead.)
  • Butter two 9-inch cake pans. Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment and then butter again.
  • In a food processor, chop beets to pieces about the size of finely diced onions. Measure 1 cup and set aside (remaining beets can be reserved for another purpose). Return cup of beets to the food processor. Purée with buttermilk, lemon juice, vinegar and vanilla until smooth.
  • Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter until soft. Slowly add sugar and beat until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
  • Alternate adding flour mixture and beet mixture to butter mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, and beating for 10 seconds after each addition. Scrape down the bowl after each addition of the wet ingredients.
  • Divide batter between prepared cake pans, smoothing the tops. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove pans from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
  • To assemble, remove one cake from its pan and peel away parchment. Place flat side down on a serving platter. Drop about 1 cup of icing onto cake and, using a flat spatula, spread evenly over top. Remove the second cake from its pan and remove parchment. Place flat side down on top of first layer. Use remaining frosting to cover top and sides of cake.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 376, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 56 grams, Fat 16 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 326 milligrams, Sugar 38 grams, TransFat 1 gram

RED VELVET CUPCAKES



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This mini version of the classic Red Velvet Cake is one of the more popular offerings in bakeries all across the country. Whip up a batch this holiday season or anytime of the year.

Provided by McCormick Spice

Categories     Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips     McCormick®

Time 40m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 16

2 ½ cups flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs eggs
1 cup sour cream
½ cup milk
1 (1 ounce) bottle McCormick® Red Food Color
2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
  • Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in sour cream, milk, food color and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until just blended. Do not overbeat. Spoon batter into 30 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full.
  • Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely. Frost with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting.
  • Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat cream cheese, softened, butter, sour cream and McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract in large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 276.5 calories, Carbohydrate 37.8 g, Cholesterol 57.5 mg, Fat 13.1 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Sodium 173.6 mg, Sugar 28.3 g

Tips:

  • Use fresh beets: Fresh beets have a more vibrant color and flavor than canned beets. If you can't find fresh beets, you can use canned beets, but be sure to drain and rinse them well before using.
  • Don't overcook the beets: Overcooked beets will lose their color and flavor. Cook them just until they are tender when pierced with a fork.
  • Let the beets cool completely before using: This will help to prevent the cupcakes from becoming too wet.
  • Use a good quality cocoa powder: A good quality cocoa powder will give the cupcakes a rich, chocolatey flavor. Look for a cocoa powder that is labeled "natural" or "unsweetened."
  • Don't overmix the batter: Overmixing the batter will make the cupcakes tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
  • Bake the cupcakes at a moderate temperature: A moderate temperature will help to prevent the cupcakes from becoming dry.
  • Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting: This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.

Conclusion:

These beet red velvet cupcakes are a delicious and festive treat that is perfect for any occasion. They are moist, fluffy, and have a beautiful red color. The cream cheese frosting is the perfect complement to the cupcakes, and it adds a touch of sweetness and tanginess. If you are looking for a unique and delicious cupcake recipe, these beet red velvet cupcakes are a must-try!

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