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    Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes topped with delicious marshmallow fondant and sugared cranberries. They are perfect for your holiday desserts.

    My family loved these Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes with marshmallow fondant and sugared cranberries.

    My family loved these Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes with marshmallow fondant and sugared cranberries.

    Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes

    Oh! I loved these Red Velvet Christmas cupcakes! Aren’t they just so elegant?? These Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting topped with Marshmallow Fondant and Sugared Cranberries were great for my Thanksgiving dinner guests! That’s right! I made cupcakes for Thanksgiving dessert. No pie. I just could not bring myself to make a dessert that I couldn’t photograph. The final dress up and photo shoot was done at noon on Thanksgiving when I really should have been cleaning… oh well! It all got taken cake of.

    There's nothing better than a Red Velvet Cupcakes all decorated for Christmas.

    Do you feel totally rushed during the Christmas season? I know the feeling well. Between baking and creating recipes for the blog, taking care of the house, getting my kiddo to all her activities, and Christmas shopping – not to mention present wrapping, moving the Elf every night, and taking care of all the animals – it’s a crazy time.

    I try my best to take a night off and relax each week and decompress. No responsibilities or requirements to take care of. Ahhh! Do you take a night off of adulting? You should!

    There's nothing better than a Red Velvet Cupcakes all decorated for Christmas.

    These Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes would be a perfect treat for a night off! Or take them to the office party or a holiday gathering. They are absolutely stunning to serve, and everyone will be blown away with the beautiful details. You can’t get cupcakes this tasty and this lovely at the bakery without costing an arm and a leg!

    My family loved these Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes with marshmallow fondant and sugared cranberries.

    This recipe is part three of a thee part series including White Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant  and the Sugared Cranberries.

    Red Velvet Cupcakes, Sugared Cranberries and homemade White Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant.

    Yield: 12

    Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes

    My family loved these Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes with marshmallow fondant and sugared cranberries.

    These beautiful, festive red velvet cupcakes will be the hit of the party!

    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes

    Ingredients

    For the Red Velvet Cupcakes

    • 4 eggs
    • 3/4 cup superfine sugar
    • 1 tablespoon oil
    • 2 tablespoons buttermilk
    • 1 teaspoon vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) red food coloring
    • 3/4 cup cake flour
    • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt

    For the Frosting

    Instructions

    1. Begin by preheating the oven to 350. Place liners into the cupcake pan.
    2. Beat eggs with whisk attachment for 5 minutes.
    3. Slowly add oil and sugar, beating well, then add buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and red food coloring.
    4. Switch to the paddle attachment and add dry ingredients, beating until combined.
    5. Using an ice cream scoop, measure the batter into the cupcake liners.
    6. Bake for 15 minutes.
    7. Set aside and cool.
    8. Combine all frosting ingredients until desired consistency is reached. Put in a piping bag fitted with a Wilton 1M tip. Frost the cupcakes and decorate with some white sugar sprinkles. Set aside.
    9. Take your 2" fondant circle and add a touch of corn syrup. Attach 3 sugared cranberries and a leaf. Place the fondant circle on top of frosting.

    Notes

    Cupcake and Frosting recipe from SprinkleBakes: Dessert Recipes to Inspire Your Inner Artist

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    © Karyn Granrud 2023
    Category: Cupcakes


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    235 thoughts on “Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes”

    16. Ruth Quintana
      Reply

      i would make all kinds of cupcakes, but i really wanna try red velvet…..and also cake pops, I’ve made them once and they didn’t come out too goos, maybe with new supplies they would 🙂 wink wink

    23. Lisa@hooplapalooza
      Reply

      look at these cupcakes.
      just LOOK at them!
      they are found in the dictionary under “heavenly gorgeous cupcakes”!!!
      simply beeeeeeUUUUUUUteeeeefulll!!!!
      THANK YOU Karyn for putting this whole giveaway together! i know i thanked you already but i can’t help myself :>D

    25. Aneta
      Reply

      Actually – I can’t wait to try this recipe! So I will definitely make the red velvet ones first! Such a cute idea to put the sugared cranberries on top!! Love it!

    32. Brandi Davis Bryant
      Reply

      I would try these wonderful looking red velvet cupcakes if I won the cupcake supplies pack. Then I would try some caramel ones. Thanks for these great giveaways. Good luck everyone.

    33. Brandi Davis Bryant
      Reply

      If I won the mixer I would make cupcakes first. Then I would make cookies,brownies, and other goodies. I don’t have instagram. I noticed all of these recipes are influencing what I am craving or drooling for at the time. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway. Good luck everyone.

    39. Lily (maykaileiacakepops)
      Reply

      I would love to win this mixer because I would like to try different flavor of up cakes and Cakepops without using my hand mixer lol

    40. MaryB
      Reply

      I’d make chocolate cupcakes because that is my hubby’s favorite. These Christmas cupcakes of yours are beautiful! Thanks for offering the chance to win.

    46. Ericka G. Perez-Bermudez
      Reply

      I’ve never made red velvet cupcakes, so why not take advantage of your awesome recipe plus the new supplies and give it a try!!!

    51. Laura Aya J
      Reply

      I would try these wonderful looking red velvet cupcakes if I won the cupcake supplies pack. Then I would try some lemon curd ones. Thanks for these great giveaways. Good luck everyone.

    56. Heather K Miller
      Reply

      Something with chocolate for sure would be first on my list, since that is the only kind of cupcake my husband likes (strange, I know)!

    66. Monique Montes
      Reply

      I will make a chocolate Grand Marnier infused cupcake with tiny Grand Marnier liquor shooters inserted in them- OH YUM! 🙂

    67. Barbara Bradford
      Reply

      I’m a chocolate kind of girl… so I would make chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting, maybe some chocolate fudge filling… oh and a few chocolate sprinkles on top !!

    69. Maggie May
      Reply

      This looooookkkkkksssss Amazing!! gotta try it… Thanks Living Locurto for hooking me up with dieters downfall!!!! Can’t wait to try it out!!

    75. Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes}
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      Thank you so much for linking up to The Weekend re-Treat Link Party this week on The Best Blog Recipes! Wanted to stop by and “Pin” your post to our Link Party Boards (Recipes or Crafts) while I was here ! AND… I am on my way to enter to win right now! I would love a mixer since I don’t have one and I would probably go crazy baking, lol!

      Shauna @ The Best Blog Recipes

    84. Holly Garrett
      Reply

      I love (and wrote about) Ina Garten’s Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting and I cannot get over how wonderful the cupcakes are! They are always a must around the holidays, so I plan on making those next. I can’t wait!

    88. Julie BG
      Reply

      Snicker doodle cupcakes are delicious and perfect this time of year. All of the supplies will make beautiful cupcakes for the holidays.

    124. Shalena
      Reply

      Mmm that’s a hard question, because there’s so many recipes I’ve been dying to try, but if I had to choose my first would be a Caramel cupcake with butter rum frosting.

    132. Popistry By Sabrina
      Reply

      I’ll surely be making red velvet..Popistry client fav. Gonna try your recipe. Glad I found you, you got some cool stuff and mad skills! Thanks

    151. Robin
      Reply

      Nothing beats a Kitchen Aid mixer. Would love to win this one so I can try all the cool recipes on your site that would be so much easier with a Kitchen Aid!

    153. Suzanne
      Reply

      LOVE THIS! Thanks for coordinating all of these sites that I may not have visited before! Your red velvet cupcakes look devine and I will definitely have to give them a shot. (No guarantees that mine will look as good as yours though!)

    167. thoughtwarrior
      Reply

      I would make cocoa cupcakes… my kids found a recipe and they have been begging me to make them… seems like we would ALL win in this case! 🙂

      Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome giveaway and I LOVE your blog!

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