Valentine's Day Treats!!!!

The way to a man heart is through is his stomach, right? And what better way to get to his stomach and with red velvet cupcakes? Not too long ago my mom found the best red velvet recipe ever!!!! It’s easy to make and everyone loves it!!! I what your thinking, “Danni didn’t you just put up a post about getting into shape?” Yes, this is true but no said I was eating the cupcakes. Well at least not all of them.lol 
Cupcake Ingredients 
2 ½  cups cake flour
2 tbsp insweetened cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 ½ cups sugar
1 ½ cups of vegetable oil
2 tsp white vinegar
2 eggs 
1 tsp red gel-paste food coloring
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk 
1 ½ tsp baking soda

Cream Cheese Frosting
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
12 oz cream cheese, room temperature
4 cups confectioners sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract







Cupcake Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper liners
  2. Sift cake flour into a mixing bowl, add cocoa and salt. Set aside. Using an electric mixture set on medium- high speed, whisk sugar and oil together until combined. Add eggs , one at a time, beating until incorporated, scraping the side of the bowl occasionally. Mix in food coloring and vanilla.
  3. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture in thee batches, alternating with the buttermilk. Whisk well to combine. In a small bowl, stir together baking soda and vinegar, and add to batter. Mix on medium speed for 15 seconds.
  4. Divide batter among the lined tins, filling each one ¾ full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through the baking process, for about 20 minutes or until a cake tester(toothpick) inserted in the center comes out clean.
  5. Transfer tins to a wire rack to cool completely before removing cupcakes and decorating.

Cream Cheese Directions
Using an electric mixer on medium on medium-high speed, beat butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add sugar ½ at a time. Add vanilla and mix until mixture is smooth, scrapping down the sides or the bowl as necessary.




If you make these cupcakes I promised you won’t be disappointed!! Hope you guys have a great Valentines Day!!!


Peace,
Danielle

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