Week 17: Red Velvet Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

My mom makes me a devil's food cake for my birthday every year...with vanilla icing. It's my favorite! So I thought I'd try a red velvet cupcake to see if it's similar. This receipe is so cool. The batter was bright red. I've never seen that before. I was like OMG! what is this going to look like? It was awesome looking! Then it darkens up but still has a reddish tinge...pretty cool! If you make these, you don't need cupcake liners. Just be sure to spray the pan so they are easy to get out. I used that Pam spray for baking and they literally fell out of the pan.

The frosting is creamy with a hint of vanilla and was very easy to work with on the cupcakes.

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11 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:49 PM

    These look and sound delish!

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  2. Anonymous11:59 PM

    And your Mom found Elvis!! I knew he was still around somewhere :p Hee hee.

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  3. Talk about timing - I just finished writing up my post on red velvet cupcakes for tomorrow! They look good. Good enough to send me over to the kitchen to hunt down some of my leftovers!

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  4. Stopping by to say hello....

    Oh. My. Word. A lovely blog devoted to cupcakes? Yes, I just heard angels sing.

    These look wonderful!

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  5. Hello,

    WoW, how did you maneged to put your recipes in a word and PDF format? i would likt to lean

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  6. Nice. My husband made me red velvet for my birthday cupcakes. Our recipe is a little more chocolate though. http://coconutlime.blogspot.com

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  7. Anonymous6:58 PM

    I was just looking at the Sept. issue of InStyle magazine. They say cupcakes are "what's hot now." (WHATever. I think they're always "hot.") It's a 2-page spread featuring 7 cupcakes from bakeries in NYC and LA, along with the celebrities who love them. One of them is a red velvet w/cream cheese frosting (that's the one Courteney Cox is said to prefer, I guess). This one sounds good to me--vanilla-apple cake topped with vanilla buttercream frosting with caramel.

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  8. Anonymous6:59 PM

    I meant to add, the cupcakes are on pages 376 & 377

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  9. that is so cool...thanks for letting me know about this article...I'll go out and get a copy!

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  10. Anonymous8:08 PM

    Hi, Cupcake Queen! I've got another cupcake sighting to tell you about. Today, on the Food Network, the show Top 5 ("Whistlestop Eats" episode) featured Lulu's Patisserie in Scarsdale, NY. Their cupcakes are classically and beautifully decorated. The kicker is they're 1/2 pound each! A must-visit bakery the next time you're in, uh, Scarsdale. www.sweetsbylulu.com

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  11. Hi, I was googleing for red velvet cupcakes when i found this blog. I'm going to try make some asap. Hope they are as good as they look.

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