Sutter Home Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Sutter Home Sweet Red Velvet Cupcakes are the perfect dessert! I found this recipe while searching online for something completely different! Pair these with a glass of chilled Sutter Home Sweet Red. Here is the link to the Sutter Home page that I found this on. Enjoy!




Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour


1 tsp. baking soda


3/4 tsp. salt


1 tsp cocoa powder


1 1/4 cups sugar


1 cup oil


1/3 cup Sutter Home Sweet Red


3/4 cup buttermilk


2 large eggs


1 tbsp red food coloring


1 tsp. white vinegar


Sweet Red Cream Cheese Frosting (See Below)


Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 cupcake pans with liners. Combine first 5 ingredients and sift. Combine next 6 ingredients and mix until blended. Mix wet ingredients into dry and mix until just blended. Scoop into prepared cupcake page, filling each 3/4 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until done. Let completely cool to frost.  Makes 12-18 cupcakes.


Sweet Red Cream Cheese Frosting:
4 oz. cream cheese – room temperature


4 oz. butter – room temperature


2 tbsp. Sutter Home Sweet Red


1/2 tsp. vanilla


2 cups powdered sugar


Combine cream cheese and butter, mixing well. Add Sweet Red and vanilla, mix together. Add powdered sugar and whip until smooth and light. Frost cooled cupcakes.