Comments on: Red Velvet Hi-Hats

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:48:40 +0000

We had the same problem with the cake – ours was dense like a muffin would be.. but they had a great taste still :)

By: Sneakpeak into Baking for Haiti! « Shoecakes.

Sneakpeak into Baking for Haiti! « Shoecakes. — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:55:48 +0000

[...] SO MANY CUPCAKES! There are the chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes that I also made on NYE. And the red velvet cupcakes, both with plain cream cheese (well, I shouldn’t call them plain. Cream cheese frosting is ALWAYS yummy!) and hi-hat style! (a trick I learned from Clara, at I Heart Cuppycakes). [...]

By: CB

CB — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:35:34 +0000

Yes, red velvet has cocoa so it will have a chocolate taste. I don’t remember this recipe being dense though. Sorry to hear that. Dense cupcakes are the worst! What food coloring do you use? I use Ateco super rouge food coloring gel. I think the pink wouldn’t give you the red color you are going for unless you use alot. Hope that helps!

By: CB

CB — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:29:25 +0000

Bummer! Did you freeze the cupcakes so that the frosting could set before dipping per my instructions? I think it helps keep the frosting from “melting” and “sliding” while dipping.

By: Delilah

Delilah — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:34:12 +0000

Hi, so I just finished making the red velvet cupcakes…and I didn’t have a great turn out. I’ve only had RV once and I don’t remember if they’re supposed to have a chocolate taste. And they were a bit dense. And to top that off after I added the coloring they stood its original color of brown. It might be my food coloring. I used a deep pink that was gel based. I triple checked to make sure I did everything you said and checked the measurements as well. Any feed back will be GREATLY appreciated.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:39:41 +0000

This is really late in the game, but I made these a few months ago, but couldn’t dip the cupcakes, because the frosting kept sliding off. Do you know how I could prevent that?

By: CB

CB — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:22:18 +0000

Awesome about your cousin! I’d love to pick her brain about those lemon+lemon curd cupcakes you mentioned. Any chance she might share her recipe? ;)

By: CB

CB — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:21:35 +0000

Totally guilty pleasure of mine. I am so bummed it’s cancelled. What mindless show about bunnies will I watch now? haha

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:42:11 +0000

I love the Girls too… my favorite guilty pleasure.
I am going to make these cupcakes. My cousin, a pastry chef, started a cupcakery and made red velvet cakes with CC frosting (sans chocolate dip of course) a couple of months ago and they were amazing. Now all I can think about are cupcakes. She also made some that were lemon and had homemade lemon curd inside and big sugar on top- huge granulated sugar. It had a lovely crunch! I am off to peruse your blog in search of lemon cuppycakes.

By: kim

kim — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:42:45 +0000

I love the Girls Next Door!