Green Velvet Cupcakes

A fun play on the traditional red velvet cupcakes, these just use green food coloring instead of red for a festive holiday treat.

Red/Green Velvet Cupcakes
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 heaping tsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup oil
2 eggs
2 Tbsp food coloring
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla

Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda in salt in a bowl and set aside.  In a stand mixer, combine buttermilk, oil, eggs, food coloring, vinegar & vanilla on low speed until combined.  Slowly add in the dry ingredients with the mixer on low, mixing until thoroughly combined.  Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes.

The cupcakes pictured were topped with cream cheese frosting, but I also used a 7 minute frosting for some as well!

Cupcake recipe adapted from Paula Deen

Disney Cars themed cupcakes

I made these fun cupcakes for a Disney Cars themed baby shower.  The hostess didn't want to overdo the theme, so she chose fun, bright, colorful liners and threw in a few of the licensed Cars liners.  A cute racing flag topper for each cupcake tied it all together!  Red Velvet cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream are in the red liners, and Vanilla Bean cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Swiss Meringue Buttercream are in the yellow liners:

photo credit to Derek McNelly

Marbled Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies

A brownie that really tastes like a Red Velvet Cupcake, complete with the Cream Cheese Frosting!  No really, these brownies are the real thing!

The bottom layer is a red velvet tasting brownie, with a creamy cheesecake layer, swirled with more of the red velvet brownie mixture.  Bake these in a jelly roll pan and you can cut out cute shapes like I did!

Recipe from The Novice Chef

Red Velvet Wedding Cake Pops

These little beauties were given as wedding favors.

Red Velvet cake & cream cheese frosting cake truffles, covered in white chocolate & sprinkled with silver and gold chunky sugar.  As elegant as a cake pop can get!