Red Velvet Elf Cupcakes

Name: Red Velvet Elf Cupcakes
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 1 container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting; 2 eggs; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 6 rolls chewy fruit snack, any flavor (from 4.5-oz box); 12 larges orange fruit gumdrops; 12 smalls green gumdrops, cut in half; 12 smalls red gumdrops, cut in half; 198 grams pouch red cookie icing; 28 grams bottle red food color; 1 teaspoon salt; 48 semisweet chocolate chips; 296 milliliters sugar; 59 milliliters unsweetened baking cocoa; 2 teaspoons vanilla

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Red Velvet Elf Cupcakes a try. This recipe makes 24 servings with 765 calories, 7g of protein, and 31g of fat each. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. valentin day will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up eggs, vanilla, gumdrops, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. In small bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, beat sugar, butter and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in food color and vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk just until blended. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Food Color

Vanilla

Butter

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

Equipment you will use

Hand Mixer

Muffin Liners

Bowl

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely. Set aside 1 tablespoon frosting; frost cupcakes with remaining frosting.

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Cupcakes

Frosting

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Toothpicks

Oven

Cut each orange gumdrop in half; shape into triangles.

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Gum Drops

Orange

Place 2 pieces on each cupcake for ears.

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Cupcakes

Cut each fruit snack into 4 triangles.

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Fruit

Place 1 triangle on each cupcake for hat, folding pointed end over. With reserved frosting, attach 1 green gumdrop half to pointed end of hat. Use red gumdrops halves for nose and chocolate chips for eyes. Pipe red icing for mouth.

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Chocolate Chips