Today’s recipe for red velvet cupcakes is one that I saw 10 years ago on Love My Philly. When I saw it, I knew I had to make it for my mom for her birthday which would also allow me to share the recipe with you just in time for Valentine’s Day. However, I did make a slight adaptation to the original recipe. I must say I love a recipe that begins with a cake mix. It makes life easy and it’s so convenient.
Now, I do know it is hard to locate a red velvet cake mix here in Utah, but I have always been able to locate one at Walmart. If you can’t find the red velvet mix, you can substitute a Betty Crocker German chocolate cake and add 1 oz bottle of red food coloring and 1 Tbsp cocoa powder to the mix.
The cupcakes themselves turned out delicious.
To begin, you help doctor them up by adding a dry box of pudding mix, which I love. I love it when you can add another ingredient or two to make the cake mix even better. They turn out moist and tasty. Yum!
Now on to the frosting. I think it just may be my new “go to” cream cheese frosting. What makes this frosting extra special is the addition of a little cool whip. LOVE IT! As a result, you still get that yummy delicious cream cheese flavor, but the cool whip adds a nice lightness to the frosting. You get a winning combination when you put the cake and the frosting together. I make these often.y are one of my favorite cucpakes ever!
I used my “Best Ever Cupcake Icing Kit” that I purchased from Bake It Pretty. Their jumbo tips are WAY bigger than the usual cake decorating tips. Their kit make decorating these cupcakes easy and beautiful. I used the close star tip. The kit is well worth the investment if you love to make cupcakes like I do. Your cupcakes will look professional.
So celebrate Valentines by giving your loved ones a little sweet treat and if red velvet cupcakes aren’t your thing here are a few more sweet treat ideas that would also work great for Valentine’s Day.
- Brownie Bites – who wouldn’t love brownies topped with ganache in a bite sized form.
- Perfect Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream – a great combination of sweet with a little sour.
- Perfect Cake Mix Cupcakes topped with Strawberry Jam Butter Cream– I made these oneyear for Valentine’s Day. They bring together the great tastes of chocolate and strawberry. You could even finish them of with a chocolate dipped strawberry on top. These screams Valentine’s Day.
- Basic White Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream – if you are feeling kind of nutty they co with this combination. Clasic white cupcakes finished off with coconut flavored butter cream and toasted coconut.
- Moist Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream – a classic of chocolate and chocolate.
- Molten Lava Cakes – who doesn’t love a molten lava cake. I served this to my Hubby for Valentine’s years ago. I love mine served with vanilla ice cream.
- Eclairs – my own version using instant pudding mix to help make the filling.
- Eclair Torte – an even easy version of an eclair.
- Chocolate Mousse Filled Cream Puffs – these cream puffs are filled with a delicious no cook mousse that is a cinch to make.
- Cookie Sundae – this easy dessert starts with a cookie mix. It’s simple to make but looks impressive.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Total Time: 40 minutes plus cooling time
- Yield: 2 dozen 1x
Ingredients
- 1 (2-layer size) pkg. red velvet cake mix
- 1 (3.9 oz.) pkg. JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1 (16 oz.) pkg. powdered sugar (about 4 cups)
- 1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
- 1 square BAKER’S White Chocolate, shaved into curls (or whatever you want to go on top such as a chocolate heart or Valentine’s sprinkles)
Instructions
- Prepare cake batter and blend dry pudding mix into batter before spooning into prepared muffin cups. Bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes. Cool.
- Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Gradually beat in sugar. Whisk in COOL WHIP. Spoon frosting into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag (or use a cake decorating bag with tip). Cut small corner off bottom of bag and insert tip.
- Frost cupcakes with frosting. Top with chocolate curls.(I tried to do chocolate curls. I used a potato peeler on the square of Baker’s chocolate. I ended up the more like shaved chocolate, not curls here. You probably have to do curls the old fashioned way it you want nice curls) Keep refrigerated.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Cake
- Cuisine: American
The box is a Mary Engelbreit design. Love Mary Engelbreit. Look how the box says Queen of the Kitchen.
These are the original photos from this post when it was first published in February 2010.
24 comments
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This frosting was perfect! My daugher’s 10th birthday cake was simply outstanding. Sprinkles in the white cake, this wonderful whipped cream cheese frosting and finished with colored nonpareils. Pretty to look at and pretty delicious!
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I made these tonight for a valentine treat and they were a hit. I thought they were delish! I ended up grating some chocolate on top of the iciing, yum!
I made these tonight for a valentine treat and they were a hit. I thought they were delish! I ended up grating some chocolate on top of the iciing, yum!
I love red velvet cupcakes! I never mind taking a hand from a mix! Love your blog!
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How in the world am I supposed to choose which treat to make for my hubby and sons? They all sound de-vine!!
How in the world am I supposed to choose which treat to make for my hubby and sons? They all sound de-vine!!
My six year old daughter and I made the Red Velvet Cupcakes last night. What a great treat!
My six year old daughter and I made the Red Velvet Cupcakes last night. What a great treat!
Where did you get the cute boxes
Where did you get the cute boxes
They look delicious!
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They look delicious!
I’m stopping by from Cupcake Friday and am now following you through netblogs and look forward to see what you’ll blog about next.
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