Moist and flavorful red velvet cupcakes frosted with a decadent cream cheese icing and toasted pecans!!
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Happy December Folks!! How were your Thanksgiving gatherings this past week? We had a delicious keto friendly meal with cajun turkey wings, greens, green beans, leftover dressing (for those non keto) and a keto lemon pound cake. So yummy and I didn’t feel deprived one bit.
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The week before we also enjoyed a huge Friendsgiving where I was strongly coerced to bring my most requested dessert EVER!!! Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and toasted pecans.
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Let me tell you…these Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting will clear a room when their arrival is announced as everyone is ready to take their place in line to grab one. Seriously!!! Almost like a Walmart Black Friday Door Buster if you will. Watch your back when serving!!! Lol!!
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I accidentally forgot to separate the eggs and thought I would have a disaster on my hands. Lo and Behold!!! These cakes were still nothing short of amazing and so I revamped the recipe. One less step needed!!! Woohoo!!!
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These Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting will be the perfect addition to your Christmas parties this holiday season. You may get a few new best friends too!! Say Grace and enjoy!!
P.S. If you love these Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting as much as I do, be sure to try my Red Velvet Waffles, hot chocolate and ice cream milkshake!!!
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The BEST Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
Red Velvet Cupcakes
- 3 c. cake flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 c. sugar
- 1 c. canola or vegetable oil I used canola
- 4 eggs room temperature
- 1 T. vanilla
- 1 tsp. white vinegar
- 1.5 oz. red food coloring
- 1 c. buttermilk room temperature
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 8 oz. cream cheese bars very cold
- 1 and 1/2 sticks butter unsalted, room temperature
- 3 c. powdered sugar sifted
- 1 T. vanilla
- 1 c. chopped pecans toasted and cooled
Instructions
Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line 28 cupcake wells with liners
- Sift cake flour into a large bowl along with baking soda, cocoa powder, and kosher salt. Set aside.
- Place butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on high for about a minute.
- Add sugar and continue to beat them together until creamed for about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the oil and mix on high for 2 minutes. It will look like bright, white sour cream.
- Add the eggs one at a time just until the yellow disappears and then the vanilla seeds until combined.
- Add in the vinegar and red food coloring until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients (flour mixture) and the wet (buttermilk) to the batter in intervals beginning and ending with the dry.
- Pour batter into cupcake wells until 2/3 full.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a clean toothpick comes out clean. Check at 15. My convection oven took about 16 minutes. Cool pans on a wire rack for 5 minutes and them remove the cakes and completely cool on the rack.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Combine all ingredients in mixer and beat until smooth and creamy. Place the icing in a piping bag.
- Pipe the icing on top of the cooled cupcakes and then top with toasted pecans.
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