Red Dragon Cupcakes Recipe By Tasty

CHOCOLATE SNACK CUPCAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
• Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. Add the sugar and whisk to combine.
• Add the warm water, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla and whisk until combined.
• Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.
• Scoop the batter into prepared muffin tins, filling each cup a little more than halfway.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, until the tops of the cupcakes spring back when gently pressed. Let cool completely.
• Make the marshmallow filling: In a medium bowl, whip the heavy cream with an electric hand mixer until soft peaks form. Add the marshmallow cream and whip until stiff.
• Transfer the filling to a piping bag fitted with a medium round tip or a zip-top bag with a corner snipped off.
• Use the end of a whisk or another utensil to push down the center of each cupcake.
• Pipe the filling into the cupcakes, leveling off the tops if needed. Freeze for 15 minutes while you make the ganache and icing.
• Make the ganache: Add the chocolate chips and heavy cream to a medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second increments, until melted. Mix together until smooth.
• Make the icing: In a medium bowl, stir together the powdered sugar and milk until smooth. The icing should fall off the spatula in ribbons. If it is too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar.
• Transfer the icing to a piping bag fitted with a small tip or a zip-top bag with a corner snipped off.
• Dip the top of each cupcake in the ganache, then set aside to dry for 10 minutes.
• Pipe icing curls across the center of the cupcakes and let dry for 15 minutes at room temperature.
• Enjoy!

VEGAN RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line with paper liners.
• In a liquid measuring cup or small bowl, combine the almond milk and lemon juice, stir with a fork, and set aside for 5-8 minutes until it appears curdled.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and coconut oil with an electric hand mixer until smooth.
• Add the the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla, apple cider vinegar, red food coloring, applesauce, and almond milk mixture, and stir with a rubber spatula until well combined.
• Use an ice cream scoop to fill each muffin cup about ¾ of the way.
• Bake for 20- 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean
• Make the frosting: In a large bowl, cream the vegan butter with an electric hand mixer until smooth. Add the vegan cream cheese. Sift in half the powdered sugar and beat to combine. Sift in the rest of the powdered sugar and beat again.
• Fold in the vanilla and lemon zest with a rubber spatula until well combined.
• Scoop about 2 tablespoons of frosting onto each cupcake and smooth out with a butter knife. Use a wooden skewer and more red food coloring to decorate to your liking.
• Enjoy!

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan). Line a standard 12 hole muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• Sift Dry ingredients together into a bowl.
• Cream butter: Put the butter in a separate bowl and beat on speed 2 for 1 minute with an electric mixer or stand mixer (paddle attachment).
• Cream sugar: Add sugar then beat for a further 2 minutes, same speed, until the butter is very pale yellow, almost white.
• Beat in eggs: Add the eggs one at a time beating for 30 seconds on speed 1 after each addition.
• Add remaining Wet ingredients: Add oil, buttermilk, vanilla and red food colouring then beat on Speed 1 until incorporated and the batter is smooth.
• Beat in flour: Sprinkle the Dry ingredients across the surface and mix on Speed 1 for just 20 seconds. Scrape down sides of the bowl, then mix again for 10 seconds. The batter should now be smooth - few small lumps is ok. Do not keep beating - overworks batter = cupcakes not as soft!
• Fill pan: Divide the batter between the 12 cupcake liners - it should fill 3/4 of the way, but it depends on the size of the cupcake liners you use.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the middle cupcake comes out clean.
• Cool: Immediately remove cupcakes onto a wire rack. Cool completely before frosting with cream cheese frosting.
• Cream butter: Place butter in a bowl and beat for 1 minute until it's smooth and starts to become paler in colour - speed 6 on stand mixer, speed 9 for electric beater.
• Cream cream cheese: Add cream cheese then beat for a further 1 minute on the same speed until smooth.
• Add icing sugar: Add icing sugar in 4 batches, beating in between until incorporated, starting on speed 1 so you don't get a dust storm in your face!
• Beat until fluffy: Add vanilla and salt, then beat for 2 minutes until fluffy - speed 6 with stand mixer, speed 9 with electric beater. It should be creamy but still hold its shape in a peak (see video). If it's too sloppy, place in fridge for 30 minutes, then beat again.
• Pipe: Transfer into piping bag with desired piping tip. Pipe onto cupcakes - makes enough to generously frost 12 cupcakes as pictured in post.

RED VELVET CHEESECAKE 'BOX' CUPCAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
• In a large bowl, prepare the red velvet cake batter.
• In a separate bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla, stirring until there are no lumps.
• Divide the batter evenly among a lined muffin tin, filling halfway.
• Spoon some of the cream cheese mixture onto the batter.
• Top with remaining batter, filling about ¾ of the way up.
• Bake for 20 minutes, then cool.
• Pipe the cream cheese frosting onto each cupcake, then top with red velvet crumbs.
• Enjoy!

GLOW-INSPIRED CUPCAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Divide the cream cheese frosting evenly between 3 medium bowls. Add each food coloring to a bowl of frosting and mix well.
• Set a sheet of plastic wrap on a flat surface and pour each frosting color into adjacent stripes. Fold the plastic wrap over the frosting and roll into a log shape. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Squeeze the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
• Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes.
• Using a pastry brush, sprinkle edible glitter over the frosting.
• Enjoy!

MELTING SNOWMAN CUPCAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Make the frosting: In a medium bowl, mix together the frosting and white food coloring gel until well combined. Add the powdered sugar and mix again until fully incorporated and smooth.
• Make the royal icing: Sift the powdered sugar into a medium bowl and add the salt. To one side of the bowl, add the vanilla and egg white powder. Starting from that side, begin whisking the powdered sugar into the vanilla, gathering more as you whisk to prevent lumps from forming. Add water, 1 teaspoon at a time as needed, and continue whisking until all of the powdered sugar is incorporated. Divide the icing between 2 smaller bowls. Add the orange food coloring gel to one bowl and the black food coloring gel to the other and mix well. Transfer to 2 separate piping bags fitted with small round tips or zip-top bags with a corner snipped off.
• Assemble the cupcakes: Cut the donut holes in half. Spread frosting over a cupcake. Place 2 donut hole halves on the cupcake. Cover with frosting. Repeat with the remaining cupcakes, donut holes, and frosting.
• Using the black frosting, pipe eyes and buttons onto the snowmen. Use the orange frosting to pipe carrot noses.
• Enjoy!