Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Provided by: Woman's Day

2 hr 30 mins total 40 mins prep 319 calories/serving Full Screen

Servings

Ingredients

• 24 chocolate Hershey’s Kisses or Hugs candies
• Batter
• 11/2 sticks (¾ cup) butter, softened
• cups granulated sugar
• cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 Tbsp (1 oz) liquid red food color
• 2 tsp white vinegar
• 21/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
• Frosting
• 2 bricks (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
• 1 stick (½ cup) butter, softened
• cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Garnish: heart-shaped decors

Directions

• Heat oven to 350°F. You’ll need 24 regular-size (21⁄2-in. diameter) muffin cups lined with foil liners. Put 1 candy in center of each.
• Batter: In a large bowl with mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla 2 minutes until creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until blended. Stir buttermilk, food color and vinegar in a 2-cup measure until well blended. With mixer on low speed, beat in flour in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk mixture in 2 additions, beating just until blended. Spoon a scant 1⁄4 cup batter over candy in each cup, keeping candy in center.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in center of cupcakes comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 5 minutes, then remove from pan to rack. Cool completely.
• Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. On low speed, add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Increase speed to high and beat until smooth and fluffy.
• Frost cupcakes and sprinkle with heart-shaped decors. Refrigerate until serving.
• Planning Tip: Store unfrosted cupcakes covered at room temperature up to 1 day or freeze airtight up to 1 month. Thaw before frosting. Frost up to 1 day ahead.

• Filed under:
• Egg,
• Chocolate,
• American,
• Baking,
• Dessert,
• Winter,
• Entertaining

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Comments

[tlee83]

08:13 PM on 05/22/2012

Under the Ingredients for the Cupcake Batter there isn't a "cup" amount for the 1) granulated sugar 2) unsweetened cocoa powder

Under the Ingredients for the Frosting there isn't a "cup" amount for the confectioners' sugar