Red velvet valentine cupcakes
Delight your special someone with red velvet Valentine cupcakes! These delicious treats are the perfect way to show how much you care!
Equipment
- electric mixer
Ingredients
For cupcakes
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large beaten egg
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- red food coloring
For filling
- 4 tbsp salted caramel
For frosting
- 1 cup cream cheese
- 2/3 cup whipping cream
- 3 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 360F. Pour flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder into a deep bowl.
- Thoroughly mix everything with a whisk
- In another bowl, mix buttermilk, vegetable oil, and egg.
- Add coloring to the liquid ingredients and mix until there are no lumps left.
- Add dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients, stir until fully combined.
- Place paper cups in a cupcake pan and fill each cup with batter to the top half an inch. Bake at 360F for 20 minutes.
- To check the readiness of the cupcake, pierce it with a wooden skewer - it should remain dry.
- Remove the finished cupcakes from the oven, let them cool, then cut off the tops and remove the middle to place the caramel inside.
- It is most convenient to place the caramel inside the cupcake using a piping bag.
- To make the cream, pour the whipping cream into a bowl, add the powdered sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla.
- Beat with a mixer until a thick, fluffy, homogeneous cream is obtained.
- Transfer the cream to a piping bag fitted with a cream scoop.
- Spread the cream on top of the cupcakes. Decorate additionally with candy sprinkles.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 212kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 126mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 487IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 1mg
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