Red Velvet Cupcakes Wcream Cheese Center Recipes

MINI RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 30 mini muffin cups.
• Sift flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and cocoa powder together in a bowl.
• Beat oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vanilla extract, and vinegar together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Slowly add the flour mixture; beat on low speed until batter is just moistened and still airy. Pour batter into the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert cupcakes carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 15 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese and butter together in a clean stand mixer bowl. Slowly add confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract. Mix on low until smooth. Spread icing over cooled cupcakes.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES W/CREAM CHEESE CENTER

Steps:

• 1. This is the up side of the muffing pan I used to make the cupcakes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• 2. This is the down side of the muffin pan, it is made by WILTON & called DIMENSIONS CELEBRATION BAKEWARE. Each compartment holds 1 1/2 cups of cake batter. But you can also use regular cup cake pans with liners if desired.
• 3. In a large bowl add the cake mix, eggs, oil, coffee creamer, coffee flavoring, and water, then beat with mixer till completely blended.
• 4. Prep the cup cake pan with nonstick cooking spray or use paper liners.
• 5. These are the ingredients to make the cream cheese centers.
• 6. Add the cream cheese egg, sugar and vanilla bean paste or extract to a medium size bowl, & beat till blended together and creamy. If you look closely you can see the specks from the Vanilla Beans in the cream cheese mixture.
• 7. Pour about half of a muffin cup with batter, then spoon In a tablespoon or so of the cream cheese mixture as close to the center of the cupcake as possible. Then add more muffing batter. After filling all of the cupcakes , I had a bit left over and added it to the tops of each muffin.
• 8. Place in preheated 350 degree F. oven and bake according to directions on box. My cupcake were larger than most muffin tins and took 30 minutes before they were completely cooked. Remove from oven when cooled, and place on a cooling rack, Serve plain or frost with your favorite frosting.
• 9. Can you tell how moist these cupcakes were. My husband preferred them plain and without frosting, but I preferred them with the frosting, so do what ever pleases your family the most.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING AND FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs, cocoa and food color on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full). Bake and cool completely as directed on box for cupcakes.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on high speed until fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in 1 tablespoon of the milk. Add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until frosting is piping consistency.
• Fit round tip (opening about 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter) in decorating bag. Spoon about 1 1/4 cups frosting into bag. Insert tip in center of 1 cupcake, about halfway down. Gently squeeze decorating bag, pulling upwards until cupcake swells slightly and filling comes to the top. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
• Fit round tip (opening about 1/2 inch in diameter) into decorating bag. Spoon remaining frosting into bag; generously pipe frosting in circular motion on top of each cupcake, leaving 1/4-inch border around edge. Top with colored sugar. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING FOR RED VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Place butter in bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add cream cheese, and beat until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes more. Add sugar and vanilla, and beat until combined, about 2 minutes. Fold in walnuts.