Creations Red Velvet Cupcakes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Serves: 18 Large or 36 standard cupcakes
Soft, moist, rich and oh-so-easy! The perfectly decadent cupcake treat for any occasion.
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
500g Snowflake Creations Red Velvet Cupcake Mix
3 extra large eggs
100ml cooking oil
250ml milk
For the cream cheese icing
125g cream cheese
80g butter/baking margarine
300g icing mix (supplied)
Method
- First bake the cupcakes...
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC
- Beat eggs, oil and milk with a whisk, then add cupcake mix and mix by hand until just combined (do not overmix)
- Place paper cups into the muffin tins and spoon equal quantities of batter into the paper cups until half full
- Bake for about 12 minutes
- Cool completely on a wire rack before icing
- ... then make the cream cheese icing
- Beat cream cheese and softened butter/baking margarine with an electric mixer for about 1 minute on high speed until creamy
- Add icing mix to cream cheese and butter/baking margarine and beat on low speed until it resembles breadcrumbs
- Mix for about 2 minutes on high speed until creamy
- Decorate cooled cupcakes with icing and sprinkles
