Red Velvet Cupcakes
Great for a Valentine's Sweet Treat! Straight from Miss Iris' cookbook.
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Step 1 - Gather Ingredients
1 (18.25 oz.) box butter recipe yellow cake mix
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 stick butter ( no substitute), softened
1/2 cup milk
1 (1 oz.) bottle red food coloring
3 eggs
(See icing ingredients in Step 3, or in the printed shopping list.)
Step 2 - Mix Ingredients
With electric mixer, blend dry cake mix, cocoa, softened butter, milk, coloring and eggs until moistened. Beat at medium speed 4 minutes.
Put cupcake wrappers in muffin tin. Fill wrappers half way with batter. Bake in a 350 degree oven. 20-25 minutes. Let cool before icing.
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Step 3 - Frosting
Frosting Ingredients:
1 (16 oz.) box confectioners' sugar
1 stick butter (no substitute), softened
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2-1 cup pecans, finely chopped
Beat the frosting ingredients in a mixer just until smooth and even, saving the pecans to sprinkle on top of cupcakes last. Cover and keep refrigerated.
Step 4 - Final
This recipe is out of Iris Harvey Smith's Harveys Best cookbook, found on page 44. Pick up a copy today!
Gather Ingredients
Mix Ingredients
Frosting
Final