Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting In Red Velvet Cupcakes #valentine #cupcakes

crimson Velvet Cupcakes with Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting add a little Christmas taste to the conventional southern dessert. With the red color and peppermint flavor, this is a festive holiday dessert.

The batter for those cupcakes is a widespread crimson velvet cake batter with cocoa powder, pink meals coloring, buttermilk, and a touch vinegar. A aggregate of butter and vegetable oil facilitates keep these cupcakes splendidly wet.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 (1-ounce) bottle red food coloring
• 1/4 cup Vegetable oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons white vinegar

Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• crushed hard peppermint candies for decorating
• 1/2 cup butter, softened

commands

1. Preheat oven to 350 tiers and line 2 12-be counted muffin tins with cupcake liners.
2. Beat the butter, oil, and sugar together until mild and fluffy.
3. upload the eggs separately.
4. Beat in the meals coloring and buttermilk.
5. In a medium bowl, whisk collectively flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda.
6. step by step upload in the flour aggregate, beating simply till it's miles integrated.
7. blend in vinegar,
8. mix in vanilla. Do now not overmix.
9. Divide batter lightly among the 24 muffin cups. Bake for 15 mins, or until a toothpick inserted inside the middle comes out easy.
10. To make frosting, beat cream cheese and butter till easy. steadily beat in powdered sugar. Beat in extract. 
11. transfer frosting to a pastry bag equipped with a huge star tip and pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes.
12. Sprinkle with crushed peppermint goodies.

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