Red Velvet Cupcakes (Doctored Cake Mix)
These Red Velvet Cupcakes are rich, moist, and topped with a silky cream cheese frosting! This easy recipe uses a few simple upgrades to make a boxed cake mix taste homemade.
Servings: 20 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- 3 eggs large
- ½ c butter melted
- ½ c sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ c milk
Cream cheese frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ¼ c unsalted butter softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. and line two muffin pans with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the cake mix, eggs, butter, sour cream, vanilla extract and milk. Don’t overmix.
- Fill the cupcake liners about halfway through with the cupcake batter.
- Bake the cupcakes for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a baking rack before frosting.
- While waiting for the cupcakes to cool, let's make our cream cheese frosting! In a large mixing bowl combine the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Mix with a hand or stand mixer until smooth.
- Now frost the cupcakes using a piping bag or an icing spatula.
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Nutrition
Serving: 20cupcakes | Calories: 291kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 266mg | Potassium: 120mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 452IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg