This easy Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe will win the hearts and taste buds of all your friends and family no matter what their diet is. It seems like just about everyone loves Red Velvet Cupcakes, especially when they are topped with sweet Cream Cheese Frosting. Now you can have one of the most popular cupcake recipes without the gluten!
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This website focuses on comfort food. And you can’t any more comforting than a delicious dessert. Whether it’s cake, cupcakes or cookies, enjoying a sweet treat is sure to be the cure for just about anything that ails you. And, when you add Red Velvet Chocolate into the mix, you get a rich, comforting dessert that’s to die for! We recently made these Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies and they are one of our most popular dessert recipes for Valentine’s Day! But, if gluten is what ails you, that could be a problem. This is why we have come up with this gluten free red velvet cupcake recipe!
What Is Red Velvet Cake?
A lot of people wonder if there is really any difference between red velvet cake and chocolate cake other than adding some red food coloring. The answer is: yes! Traditionally, red velvet cake has less cocoa powder in it than a chocolate cake. A red velvet cupcake will still have a chocolate taste to it due to the cocoa powder, but not nearly as much as your traditional chocolate cake or cupcake.
A red velvet cupcake recipe also usually includes buttermilk, which gives it that deliciously light and fluffy texture. And red velvet cake is most often topped with white cream cheese icing, which rounds out that iconic flavor that we all know and love.
Gluten Free Red Velvet Cake Recipe
The list of ingredients is pretty easy and basic. The one curve ball is to make sure that you use the gluten free baking flour, which is easy to find at your local supermarket. Other than that, learning how to make red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting is pretty easy! First, just gather up the ingredients.
Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcakes Ingredients:
- sugar
- butter, room temperature
- eggs
- cocoa powder
- Red gel food coloring
- Gluten free baking flour
- Salt
- Buttermilk
- Vanilla extract
- Baking soda
- White Vinegar
Red Velvet Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients:
- Cream cheese, softened
- Butter, softened
- Vanilla
- Powdered sugar
A Perfect Valentine’s Day Recipe
I love the look of that dark, deep red color with the bright, white icing! This makes it a perfect Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipe. Either make them for a loved one, have a romantic date in the kitchen or even make these with your kids! I’ve got some great Valentine’s Day desserts on this site too, like these Brown Sugar Blondies, Valentine’s Day Pudding Parfait and Cupid’s Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies.
I hope you enjoy them! Let me know what you think in the comments!
Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients
Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcakes Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 sticks butter room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 6 drops red gel food coloring
- 2 ½ cups gluten free baking flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
Red Velvet Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients:
- 1 8- ounce package cream cheese softened
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 to 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Red Velvet Cupcakes Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
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Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat until fluffy.
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Add the eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition.
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Add cocoa powder and mix until combined.
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Add food coloring and stir, adding more coloring if needed until desired color is reached.
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In a separate bowl, sift together flour and salt.
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Add flour mixture to butter mixture one cup at a time, alternating with ½ cup buttermilk until all of both ingredients are added.
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Mix in vanilla extract.
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In a small bowl, combine baking soda and vinegar. Add mixture to batter and mix well.
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Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners. Fill each liner 2/3 of the way full with batter.
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Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
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Allow to cool in the pan for a few minutes, then transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature.
Cream Cheese Frosting Instructions:
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In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Beat until combined and fluffy.
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Add in powdered sugar ½ cup at a time, mixing well between each addition, until desired consistency is reached.
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Pipe the icing onto each cupcake.
Glafira says
In fact I used dairy free milk for the gluten free mini red velvet cupcakes pictured above. While the gluten free mini red velvet cupcakes are dairy free, I did use my easy cream cheese frosting .
Elizabeth says
Hi! I’m about to make these and I’m putting together my shopping list. But you don’t specify
*what type of vinegar* to use!!!
White? Apple cider vinegar?
Kathy says
Hello. We just mean White Vinegar. Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll clarify it in the recipe.
Elizabeth says
Thank you! I’ll let you know how they turn out. I’m planning on frosting them with a buttercream recipe that uses 1/2 butter & 1/2 cream cheese. Hopefully, the best of both worlds!
Kathy says
Yes, please let us know!