Indulge in the delightful symphony of flavors presented by our Red Velvet Cupcakes with Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting. These captivating cupcakes boast a moist and tender red velvet sponge, perfectly complemented by the light and fluffy marshmallow buttercream frosting. Each bite is an explosion of sweet and tangy notes, creating an unforgettable taste sensation. Our recipe provides step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process of crafting these delectable treats, ensuring successful baking outcomes. Additionally, we have included variations for a gluten-free version and a cream cheese frosting option, catering to diverse dietary preferences. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice, these recipes will empower you to create stunning and delicious red velvet cupcakes that will impress your family and friends. So, prepare to embark on a culinary journey filled with indulgence and delight, and let the sweet symphony of red velvet and marshmallow buttercream tantalize your taste buds.
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RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Recipe video above. What's so special about Red Velvet Cupcakes, anyway? It's the crumb. True to its name, it's "velvety" and soft, with a hint of vanilla and chocolate flavour, not to mention the striking vibrant red colour! Frosted with fluffy cream cheese frosting, this is a cupcake that likes to steal the lime light. And we happily let it!Adapted from my Red Velvet Cake recipe, a long standing reader favourite!
Provided by Nagi
Categories Cupcakes Sweet Baking
Number Of Ingredients 17
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 392 kcal, Carbohydrate 48 g, Protein 4 g, Fat 21 g, SaturatedFat 14 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 68 mg, Sodium 93 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 37 g, UnsaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 serving
RED VELVET CUPCAKES
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
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
RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH MARSHMALLOW BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
Marshmallows are the sweet secret to the buttercream frosting that tops colorful chocolate cupcakes.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups. In small bowl, mix flour, cocoa and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until mixed. Add eggs; beat 1 to 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Stir in food color and vanilla.
- Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk on low speed just until blended. Beat in baking soda and vinegar until well blended. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
- Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Remove from pan to wire racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Remove lid and foil seal from jar of marshmallow creme. Microwave on High 15 to 20 seconds to soften. In large bowl, beat marshmallow creme and 1 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar until smooth. Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon frosting onto each cupcake, swirling frosting with back of spoon.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 280, Carbohydrate 39 g, Cholesterol 50 mg, Fat 2 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 250 mg, Sugar 28 g, TransFat 1/2 g
RED VELVET CUPCAKES
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.
MAGNOLIA RED VELVET CUPCAKES W/ VANILLA BUTTERCREAM AND/OR CREAM
The famous Magnolia Red Velvet Cupcakes with the original Vanilla Buttercream Frosting or try Cream Cheese Frosting for a little variation, mix-n-match, or even try swirling the two on top in a sort of ying/yang or marbled pattern...if you add a little bit of food coloring to one of them you can make a very unique treat. I've done it with hues of soft yellow, pink, purple, green, etc depending on the occasion where I was serving it!
Provided by GoldsmithLissa
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 24 cupcakes, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- CUPCAKES:.
- Preheat oven to 175°C Grease and lightly flour 2 cupcake pans.
- In a small bowl, sift the cake flour and set aside.
- In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the red food colouring, cocoa, and vanilla.
- Add to the batter and beat well.
- In a measuring cup, stir the salt into the buttermilk. Add to the batter in three parts alternating with the flour. With each addition, beat until the ingredients are incorporated, but do not overbeat.
- In a small bowl, stir together the cider vinegar and baking soda. Add to the batter and mix well.
- Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the batter in the bowl, making sure the ingredients are well blended and the batter is smooth.
- Divide the batter among the prepared pans.
- Arrange the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and bake the cupcakes, switching positions of the pans halfway through baking, until a tester comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Cool the cupcakes in the pan 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely on a rack before icing.
- Fill a piping bag with the icing and spread over cakes. Big and swirly is the key!
- ICING OPTIONS:.
- Nota bene: Use and store the icing at room temperature because icing will set if chilled. Icing can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
- VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:.
- Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 4 cups of the sugar and then the milk and vanilla. On the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy, about 3-5 minutes.
- Gradually add the remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition (about 2 minutes), until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency. You may not need to add all of the sugar. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring and mix thoroughly.
- CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:.
- With an electric mixer, blend together cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Pour in powdered sugar, salt and vanilla extract.
- Turn mixer on high and beat until light and fluffy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.2, Fat 21.9, SaturatedFat 13.6, Cholesterol 84.8, Sodium 281.5, Carbohydrate 75.4, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 61, Protein 4.4
RED VELVET CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
Very moist red velvet cake -- with excellent buttercream frosting. A family tradition, as well as a favorite. Great for holidays!
Provided by rlroth
Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings Chocolate
Time 2h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans. In a bowl, sift together the cake flour, chocolate pudding mix, cocoa powder, and salt.
- In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup of butter with 1 1/2 cup of sugar with an electric mixer until creamy; beat the eggs in, one at a time, and beat until the mixture is fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in the flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, in several additions. Mix in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and the red food color until the batter is uniformly colored. In a bowl, stir the baking soda with vinegar, and gently fold the foamy mixture gently into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- For frosting, place all-purpose flour in a saucepan, and gradually whisk milk into the flour, about 2 tablespoons at a time, until smoothly combined. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat, whisking constantly until thickened and smooth; allow to cool completely. Beat 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 1 minute, and gradually beat in the cooled milk mixture; add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Beat the frosting until fluffy and spreadable, 1 to 2 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 529.4 calories, Carbohydrate 72.9 g, Cholesterol 94.4 mg, Fat 25 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 15.4 g, Sodium 634.5 mg, Sugar 50 g
MARSHMALLOW BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
This extraordinarily silky version of buttercream gets its texture and soft sweetness from marshmallow creme and is one of the Betty Crocker™ Kitchen's favorite scratch frostings. Perfect for cakes, cupcakes, layer cakes-or sometimes sneaking a spoonful. We're pretty sure once you try it, you'll feel the same way!
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 10m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In large bowl, beat marshmallow creme, softened butter, vanilla and 1 tablespoon milk with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Beat in powdered sugar until fluffy. If necessary, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time, until thin enough to spread.
- Fills and frosts 1 (8-inch) two-layer cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 270, Carbohydrate 34 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Fat 3, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 10 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 130 mg, Sugar 30 g, TransFat 1/2 g
Tips:
- To achieve the vibrant red color, use high-quality red food coloring. Gel food coloring is more concentrated and provides a deeper hue compared to liquid food coloring.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing can result in dense and tough cupcakes. Mix just until the ingredients are well combined.
- For a moist and tender crumb, use buttermilk in the batter. Buttermilk reacts with the baking soda, creating a light and fluffy texture.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting. This prevents the frosting from melting and becoming runny.
- For a smooth and creamy frosting, use a combination of butter and cream cheese. Beat the butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy before adding the powdered sugar.
- To achieve stiff peaks in the frosting, make sure the butter and cream cheese are cold before whipping.
- Add a touch of vanilla extract or almond extract to the frosting for extra flavor.
- Decorate the cupcakes with sprinkles, mini marshmallows, or chocolate chips for a festive touch.
Conclusion:
Red velvet cupcakes with marshmallow buttercream frosting are a delightful treat that combines the classic flavors of red velvet cake with the fluffy sweetness of marshmallow frosting. By following the tips and instructions provided in this recipe, you can create these delectable cupcakes at home and impress your friends and family with your baking skills. Whether you're celebrating a special occasion or simply indulging in a sweet treat, these cupcakes are sure to be a hit.
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