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Favorite Family Recipe ~ Red Velvet Cupcakes From Scratch

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It’s time for our monthly blog hop challenge! This month, the challenge is to share a favorite family recipe. We’re sharing my sister’s recipe for Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Making the recipe as cupcakes means they are easy to share! Making them from scratch means you get the real red velvet taste and texture. 

Red Velvet Cupcakes on heart plates

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We’re delighted to be joining some talented bloggers for this month’s challenge!

Please visit the links below for more Favorite Family Recipes!

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Coastal Bohemian Greek Butter Cookies

Purple Hues and Me Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Kristin’s Peppermints and Cherries Carrot Souffle 

Two Chicks and a Mom Taco Soup

Olives & Okra Italian Easter Sweet Bread

Our Crafty Mom French Canadian Meat Pie

Stone Cottage Adventures  Basic Corn Bread

Intelligent Domestications Low Country Boil

Almost everyone has their favorite recipe for Red Velvet Cake. There are lots of variations of the recipe that I’ve seen on line. This recipe is one that my sister made every year for Christmas for years. It’s moist and flavorful, so I’ve never seen the need to switch anything up. I’ve been making it for the holidays for years now and while it’s a Christmas favorite, it’s perfect for Valentine’s Day, too! The taste and  texture of a red velvet cake made from scratch is nothing like a mix from a box. I tried one of those-nothing about it tasted like a real red velvet cake. Using a box mix for lots of cakes can be a quick alternative, but to get a true red velvet cake, skip the boxed mix. 

Slice of red velvet cake

 

For Valentine’s Day, I decided to make cupcakes instead of a cake. This way, I can conveniently share them with friends and family. 

Favorite Family Recipe ~ Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes on heart plates with heart toppers

 

While the cake is delicious, the butter cream frosting is definitely “icing on the cake!” I use this recipe for almost all cakes I make.  For a red velvet cake, I combine pecan chips with the frosting, but for cupcakes, I sprinkled mixed nuts on top on some of them. 

Red Velvet Cupcakes Frosting

 

One of the fun parts about making a velvet cake is that you can make it any color you’d like. Want a Green Velvet Cake for St. Patrick’s Day? A Pink Velvet for Easter? An Orange Velvet for Halloween? Since the coloring doesn’t alter the taste or texture of the cake, it can be any color you want. 

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frostingp

 

If you’re looking for a dessert or delicious cupcakes, you can’t go wrong with this recipe!

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Favorite Family Recipe ~ Red Velvet Cupcakes From Scratch

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting with Heart Pick Toppers

 

 
 
Red Velvet Cupcakes on heart plates with heart toppers
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Red Velvet Cupcakes

A delicious, made from scratch family recipes. These red velvet cupcakes are perfect for sharing on Valentine's Day.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Red Velvet Cake, Valentine's Day Desserts
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 24 cupcakes
Author Beverly

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Cocoa
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 1/2 Cups Canola Oil
  • 1 tsp White Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup Buttermilk
  • 1 One Ounce Bottle Red Food Coloring

Frosting

  • 1/2 Cup Butter softened
  • 1 8 ounce package Cream Cheese softened
  • 5 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup Chopped Nuts optional

Instructions

  1. Cupcake Directions: 

    Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Line cupcake pan with baking cups.

  3. Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa, and salt together.

  4. Cream sugar and eggs together in large mixing bowl. 

  5. Alternately add small amounts of the dry mixture to the mixing bowl along with small amounts of buttermilk. Start and end with the dry ingredients. 

  6. Beat on medium speed for two minutes. 

  7. Pour batter into baking cups. Fill each cup about 2/3 of the way full. 

  8. Make sure to get rid of any air bubbles by lightly dropping the pans onto a dish cloth on a counter.

  9. Bake for 20 minutes. Use a toothpick to test for doneness. Return to oven for 2 minutes if needed.

  10. Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool completely on wire racks before frosting. 

Frosting Directions:

  1. Allow butter and cream cheese to soften.

  2. Sift powdered sugar.

  3. Cream butter and cream cheese.

  4. Add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time to mixture. Beat on medium to blend. 

  5. Add vanilla to mixture. Stir with large spoon to incorporate into the frosting. 

  6. If the frosting is too thick, add a small amount of milk and mix.  If it's too thin, add more powdered sugar and mix.

  7. If you want to have some colored frosting, separate the frosting and add drops of food coloring. Stir until well combined. Add frosting to icing bags or use a freezer bag with the tip cut off. Generously frost each cupcake. Sprinkles nuts on top.  

Be sure to stop by the blogs listed above to check out their favorite family recipes!

 

We’ll be sharing with lots of these great parties. 
 
 
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Comments

  2. Gail @Purple Hues and Me says

    That’s one yummy family favorite tradition to make for Valentines as cupcakes! I can almost taste them!

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    • Beverly says

      Thank you! Gloria is a talented cake decorator. I’m better at baking though. 🙂 If she had decorated these, they would have perfect frosting done up in swirls. Thanks so much for pinning, Kristin.

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  4. Shirley Wood says

    It has been such a long time since I have enjoyed Red Velvet Cake! It never crossed my mind to make them into cupcakes. These are perfect for Valentine’s dessert. I love that this is your sisters recipe too. We all have family members who make the best of this or that! My Mom used to be our Red Velvet Cake maker.

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    • Beverly says

      Oh, I can’t let too much time pass between having red velvet cake! It’s one of my favorites. My sister’s recipe is the only one I’ve ever used-it’s great. It’s funny how it becomes tradition for one person in the family to make a particular dish. I guess it happens in most families. 🙂

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    • Beverly says

      Thanks, Laurie! These are a great Valentine’s Day treat! I made these last week and shared them, so needless to say they were gone well before Valentine’s Day though. 🙂 Thanks for pinning!

      Reply

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