Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 24 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons real vanilla extract
• 5 lbs cream cheese (i recommend philadelphia brand)
• 4 lbs powdered sugar, sifted
• 4 cups unsalted butter
• 6 cups sugar
• 8 large eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 10 cups cake flour
• 10 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups buttermilk
• 1/2 cup red food coloring
• 4 tablespoons vinegar or 4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

Recipe

• 1 note: before starting to make these cupcakes, it helps if all the ingredients are at room temperature. also, if you don't have a stand mixer, just use a hand mixer. i don't recommend mixing this by hand.
• 2 cream cheese frosting:
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, mix together butter, cream cheese and vanilla.
• 4 slowly add powdered sugar. mix until smooth.
• 5 refrigerate until it will hold its shape.
• 6 red velvet cupcakes:.
• 7 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 8 line cupcake pan(s) with liners.
• 9 in a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, mix the butter and sugar until well creamed together, about 5-10 minutes.
• 10 add eggs, one at a time, until well incorporated. add oil.
• 11 sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
• 12 mix together vinegar and red food coloring.
• 13 slowly add flour mixture, red food coloring mixture and buttermilk mixture, alternating between all three and ending on the buttermilk mixture. do not over mix!
• 14 scoop dough into lined cupcake pans. or fill until about 2/3s full.
• 15 bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of cupcake comes out clean.
• 16 as soon as cupcakes come out of the oven, put one cupcake in the freezer.
• 17 allow cupcakes to cool (about 1 hour) and either using a star-tip filled pastry bag or an ice cream scooper, frost cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
• 18 take the frozen cupcake and grate or food process until you get fine crumbs. sprinkle over cream cheese frosting as a garnish.
• 19 ***note: if you can wait, these taste even better after being refrigerated overnight!