Red Velvet Cheesecake Cupcakes
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- Total Time
- 55mins
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- Serves
- 18
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- Calories
- 399
These fun cupcakes are deceptively easy to make but look impressive. We have used a cream cheese icing to top the cakes, but you could also use fresh whipped cream with a little icing sugar and vanilla. Try to use a red food colouring gel for these cakes for a better colour.
recipe updated 24 Feb 2026
Ingredients
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- Espresso
- 35 g
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- Icing sugar
- 180 g
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- Egg
- 4
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- Vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons
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- Lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon
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- Plain flour
- 355 g
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- Cream cheese
- 710 g
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- Golden caster sugar
- 310 g
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- Fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon
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- Cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons
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- Bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon
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- Buttermilk
- 200 g
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- Vegetable oil
- 220 g
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- White wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon
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- Red food colouring
- 1 teaspoon
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- Vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon
Tools
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Oven
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Prospero
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Cupcake pan - 12 cup
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Medium bowl
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Jug
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Piping bag
Step preview
- Making the cheesecake filling:
- Preheat the oven - 180ºC
- Line the cupcake tins with paper cases
- Fit the K-Beater
- Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
- Mix until combined - about 2 minutes, speed 3
- Transfer the filling into a clean bowl and cover
- Chill in the fridge until needed
- Making the cupcakes:
- Clean the appliance bowl and fit the K-Beater
- Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
- Mix until combined - about 30 seconds, speed Min
- Add the next ingredients into a jug and mix to combine
- The transfer the mixture into the appliance bowl
- Mix until combined - about 2 minutes, speed 2
- Spoon the batter into the cupcake cases, filling just under half full
- Pipe about 1 Tbsp of filling into the middle of each case
- Then spoon over a little more batter to cover the filling, making sure each cupcake case is no more than 3/4 full
- Bake until a skewer inserted comes out clean - 25 minutes, 180ºC
- Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin - 10 minutes
- Making the icing:
- Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Whisk Tool
- Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
- Whisk until combined - about 30 seconds, speed Min
- Whisk until smooth - about 2 minutes, speed 3
- Spoon the icing on the cupcakes and smooth with the back of a spoon
- Serve