Description
Spooky and delicious Red Velvet Vampire Cupcakes with a bloody raspberry filling and classic cream cheese frosting — perfect for Halloween parties, kids’ treats, or a gothic-inspired dessert.
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups cake flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon red food coloring, plus a drop for filling
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg, at room temperature
One 3-ounce semisweet chocolate bar
1 teaspoon coconut oil
1 cup raspberry jam
8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed, room temperature
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
2. Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in one bowl. Whisk buttermilk, oil, sour cream, food coloring, vinegar, vanilla, and egg in another.
3. Combine wet and dry mixtures, stir gently, and divide into liners. Bake 16–18 minutes. Cool completely.
4. Microwave chocolate and coconut oil until smooth. Cut plugs in each cupcake, brush holes with chocolate, freeze until set.
5. Mix jam with a drop of food coloring and water. Fill chocolate-lined holes with jam.
6. Beat cream cheese until fluffy, add butter, then confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Pipe frosting over cupcakes.
7. Use a straw to poke two vampire bite holes, drizzle jam into them for a bloody effect.
Notes
Use gel food coloring for a deeper red velvet shade.
Freeze chocolate-lined holes to prevent jam leakage.
Store frosted cupcakes in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
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