Valentine’s Day Red Velvet Cupcakes

Valentine’s Day Red Velvet Cupcakes are moist and delicious! This dessert is easy to prepare and always seem to be a big hit at Valentine’s day parties or to give to a special someone.

You often see red velvet cupcakes all the time at the cupcake stores and on restaurant menus. So I decided to give it a try and make some at home! This is a really easy make at home version that costs a fraction of the price that the expensive in-store versions cost.

For the frosting I used my recipe ==> Homemade Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting. Did you know that you can freeze cream cheese?  It works great and saves money!  I like to purchase cream cheese in bulk on sale and stockpile it for recipes.  Check out this post Can You Freeze Cream Cheese to find out how!

I love how simple and easy this recipe is to prepare. This is my husbands favorite dessert because his Mom used to make them all of the time. Be sure to give this recipe for Red Velvet Cupcakes a try for Valentine’s Day!

Red Velvet Cupcakes

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Prep Time:20 minutes mins

Cook Time:20 minutes mins

Total Time:40 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1 ounce bottle McCormick® Red Food Color
• 2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract

Instructions

• 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 Homemade Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting.

Servings: 30 cupcakes

Author: Allrecipes.com

Valentine’s Day Recipes:

Valentine Hugs Cookies

Valentine Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Valentine Strawberry Mini Pies

Valentine’s Day Pancakes

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Shelley King

Shelley is a boy mom, marine wife, and is blessed with an amazing family. She loves sharing recipes, travel reviews and tips that focus on helping busy families make memories.