Easy Red Velvet Cupcakes

Hey whats the issue with 2 bottles of red food coloring. It makes a nice dark red color. Just what you want for Red Velvet cake!!!! Even when I use the Duncan Hines Red Velvet mix I add more coloring and cocoa it makes it wonderful.................

Easy to make and taste so good.

[2.13.12] Everyone wanted these again this year! Used the advice of the (Duncan Hines Red Velvet Cake mix+2 T. of cocoa)+I added (1 1/2 t. instant espresso powder) to bump up the choco flavor even more and it did:)----- [2.17.11] Thanks for the advice of the "French Vanilla" flavored cake mix...that is what I had on hand. I only had an "almost full" bottle of red food coloring and the cupcakes were RED. Too much cream cheese icing, will 1/2 the recipe next year. 7 yr old granddaughter dipped them in red sugar crystals;)

The good news is, there is an even easier way and you don't have to concern yourself over the amount of red food coloring to use. Duncan Hines makes a Red Velvet Cake mix that is very good and is great for quick cupcakes. I always add 2 TBS. Hershey's cocoa to the mix to improve the chocolate flavor. And, if you are really, really in a rush, you can use a packaged icing - either vanilla or cream cheese. Not my favorite way to go, but sometimes saving the time it takes to make a 'real' icing is the only choice. I discovered this shortcut once when I was on vacation and the rented condo wasn't equipped for scratch baking. Another shortcut is to frost the cupcakes with Cool Whip if you are going to serve them soon.

very easy to make but was expecting it to be more chocolatey. this was our first time makng these so we didnt know what to expect but it was still good!