How to Make Red Velvet Cupcakes

Have you had Red Velvet before? If not these Red Velvet cupcakes will make you want to have them more. This delicious red cupcake will have your taste buds glowing in seconds right after you bite into them.

Kroger is the perfect place to find all food items you will need. The main ingredient to make these perfect red velvet cupcakes is a red velvet Duncan Hines cake box mix. The box looks like the one shown above. Once you find that at your nearest grocery store, grab it off the shelf!

There is a few other ingredients when it comes to using a cake box mix. You can't just pour the powder into the muffin pan and bake that. As shown on the box the other ingredients you will need is, a measuring cup to measure the 1 cup of water, and 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, and finally 3 large eggs. You will also need a bowl and hand held mixer to blend together the cake mix, water, and oil and eggs.

Next you are going to want to read the cake box, and preheat the oven to time shown on box. I am using a metal pan so I am heating mine up to 350 (Fahrenheit) degrees. If you are using a dark coated pan preheat yours to 325 (Fahrenheit) degrees. Finally open your cake box and pour the powder into your designated bowl.

Mixing the ingredients together is a very important step. You are going to want to start by measuring the 1 cup of water, and then adding that to the cake box mix. Next you measure out the 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, and adding that to the mix. Finally, grab 3 eggs and crack those and add them to all the other ingredients. After you have all the ingredients in the bowl you can use a hand held mixer or a stand mixer or just a plain big spoon. Mix all of the ingredients together.

To start step 5 off, I grabbed my muffin paper cups and 12 cup muffin pan. I put the paper cups into my pan. Then I divided my batter into twelve. I put those into the muffins spots on the pan. Hopefully by now your oven is heated to the correct temperature. I then placed my cupcakes in the oven for 17 minutes.

Normally while my cupcakes are baking I get started on making the icing for these cupcakes. For my Red velvet cupcakes the perfect icing is a cream cheese icing. To make this you are gonna wanna get out these ingredients. The following ingredients are: 1 stick of butter, 8oz cream cheese, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 4 cups powdered sugar. Then grab your mixer i am using a stand mixer for this.

You are going to want to start by combining the butter and cream cheese, mix these till creamy. Then, add your 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Then slowly add your 4 cups of powdered sugar, until at a good consistency. Once done put in piping bag.

Before you ice cupcakes they have to cool. Grab your cupcakes out of the oven, and make they are done with a toothpick. Then you can put them on a drying rack like I did to cool them.

Grab your piping bag and a cupcake and start icing your cupcakes. You can do whatever design you desire too. There are multiple different nozzles and patterns. All cupcakes can be decorated differently. I took my piping bag and decorated all of cupcakes.

To match my red cupcakes I decorated the icing/top with red glass like sprinkles. This made my cupcakes look so much better. Then my family is a huge chocolate loving family. I then also sprinkled some chocolate chips on some of the icing/top. Now my cupcakes look so appealing and good!!

You can't make cupcakes and not eat them. Your next step might be your favorite. Eat your cupcakes!! They are so good and moist. They even taste better than they look!