Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners in a 24 count cupcake pan 
• In a large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients which include the flour, sugar and baking soda 
• In a separate bowl, add the 1 cup heavy whipping cream and 2 Tbs lemon juice. Mix and then let sit for at least 5 minutes until it thickens 
• Add the rest of the wet ingredients (butter, eggs, oil and vanilla) to the bowl with the cream. Mix on low speed until well combined 
• Add the cocoa powder and continue mixing on medium speed until well combined and smooth 
• Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix on medium speed until smooth 
• Start adding the food coloring little by little until you reach the desired red color. Please note that cupcakes will darken after they bake. Even if the batter looks “dark pink” it will be red once baked so don’t worry! 
• Separate the batter evenly between all 24 cupcake liners. Make sure not to overfill. Each liner should be about 3/4 of the way filled, max
• Place in oven on the middle rack and bake for 20 minutes. Make sure a toothpick inserted comes out clean before removing from oven 
• Once done baking, let sit at room temperature until completely cool 
• While cupcakes are cooling, start preparing the frosting: Add the softened butter, softened cream cheese and 2 tsp vanilla to a bowl. Mix on low speed until smooth. Then add the powdered sugar one cup at a time. Mix on medium speed in between each cup added. Keep adding more powdered sugar until you reach the consistency and taste you want. Frosting should be somewhat thick, sturdy and not runny. 
• Add frosting to a large pastry bag with your choice of tip. Pipe the frosting on top of each cupcake. If you don’t have a pastry bag, you can just use a butter knife to spread frosting on each cupcake 
• Top with red sprinkles or you could crumble one of the cupcakes and use those crumbs to sprinkle on the rest of the cupcakes (you can see from the pictures, that’s what I did) 
• Enjoy!