{"id":31402,"date":"2016-06-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=31402"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:35:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:35:42","slug":"easy-red-velvet-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=31402","title":{"rendered":"Easy Red Velvet Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Mr.Right and I are celebrating our anniversary, and I have a special dessert for him.\u00a0 He absolutely loves red velvet cake, and I absolutely don’t love making it.\u00a0 For all of the years we have been married, I have made a red velvet cake from scratch, and it never seems to turn out looking very pretty.\u00a0 I does taste great, though.\u00a0 I am a “from scratch” cook and don’t like to use cake mixes.\u00a0 However, when it comes to red velvet cake, I have decided a cake mix is the only way to go.\u00a0 I used a recipe from this book<\/a>, which has been around forever, but I tweaked her recipe some.\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Right doesn’t know that I am now making his favorite dessert from a cake mix, and I’m not about to tell him.<\/h3>\n

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One of the nicest things about red velvet cake is that it is a great dessert for any holiday using red.\u00a0 That means if you stick a little paper flag in it, it’s perfect for July 4th and Memorial Day.\u00a0 It also will be a special dessert for Christmas, and Valentine’s Day, as well as Mr. Right’s birthday.<\/h3>\n

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EASY RED VELVET CUPCAKES<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Source – The Cake Doctor<\/p>\n

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Makes 24<\/h3>\n

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1 package red velvet cake mix<\/h3>\n

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1 cup sour cream<\/h3>\n

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1\/2 cup water<\/h3>\n

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1\/4 cup vegetable oil<\/h3>\n

3 large eggs<\/h3>\n

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1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/h3>\n

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Cream cheese frosting (below)<\/h3>\n

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Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix till well-blended, 2 – 3 minutes.<\/h3>\n

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Put in standard cupcake papers and bake in a 350 degree oven for 14 – 16 minutes.\u00a0 Let cool and then frost.<\/h3>\n

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\u00a0\"Easy<\/h3>\n

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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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1 8-ounce package regular cream cheese, softened at room temperature<\/h3>\n

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8 tablespoons butter, softened<\/h3>\n

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3 3\/4 cups powdered sugar<\/h3>\n

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1 teaspoon vanilla<\/h3>\n

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Combine all ingredients and beat with electric mixer till fluffy.\u00a0 Spread onto cooled cupcakes.<\/h3>\n

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\u00a0We are having dinner out at a new restaurant here in Lexington.\u00a0 I made the reservations two months ago, and we hope it lives up to its reputation.\u00a0 See you tomorrow.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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Today Mr.Right and I are celebrating our anniversary, and I have a special dessert for him.\u00a0 He absolutely loves red velvet cake, and I absolutely don’t love making it.\u00a0 For all of the years we have been married, I have made a red velvet cake from scratch, and it never seems to turn out looking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[30,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31402"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31402"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32950,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31402\/revisions\/32950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}