Individual red velvet cakes with flowing cream cheese frosting? Do ya think this would work

[Marg CDN]

instead of the normal white frosting?

I would use my mini tube pans and would like to just drizzle the 'frosting' over each, but I"m kind of fond of cream cheese in frosting although I haven't tried it with red velvet.

 

[tessie-in-cincy]

I know it would work...

Last Monday night I made my first batch of Red Velvet mini-cupcakes w/ Cream Cheese frosting and they were delicious.

They were for middle-school age kids so I opted for the Paula Dean recipe which calls for oil vs. butter and regular flour vs. cake flour.

I was happy w/ the cake part and the frosting was really yummy.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/red-velvet-cupcakes-with-cream-cheese-frosting-recipe/index.html

 

[angak]

go for it. I added some white chocolate chips to some cream cheese and heated it in the microwave a

bit to soften and melt. then added the butter and powdered sugar till I had a soft icing consistency. The white chocolate helped it "set up" and be nice and smooth.

 

[dawnnys]

Me too! It gave it a nice texture didn't it.

 

[dawnnys]

You mean Paula Deen went for the no-butter version?! ;o)

 

[angak]

yes. kept the icing nice and smooth, firm but not hard. does that make sense?

 

[richard-in-cincy]

Marg, my grandma always put cream cheese icing on the red velvet cakes...

I've never had them any other way and didn't know that wasn't how they were "supposed" to be until just a few years ago. : )

 

[tessie-in-cincy]

Don't be silly...she doesn't make anything without it, does she?

 

[Marg CDN]

Oh good. Thanks all.