Red velvet valentine cupcakes

🧂 Ingredients

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large beaten egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• red food coloring
• 4 tbsp salted caramel
• 1 cup cream cheese
• 2/3 cup whipping cream
• 3 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 360F. Pour flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder into a
  deep bowl.
• 2 Thoroughly mix everything with a whisk
• 3 In another bowl, mix buttermilk, vegetable oil, and egg.
• 4 Add coloring to the liquid ingredients and mix until there are no lumps left.
• 5 Add dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients, stir until fully combined.
• 6 Place paper cups in a cupcake pan and fill each cup with batter to the top half
  an inch. Bake at 360F for 20 minutes.
• 7 To check the readiness of the cupcake, pierce it with a wooden skewer - it
  should remain dry.
• 8 Remove the finished cupcakes from the oven, let them cool, then cut off the tops
  and remove the middle to place the caramel inside.
• 9 It is most convenient to place the caramel inside the cupcake using a piping
  bag.
• 10 To make the cream, pour the whipping cream into a bowl, add the powdered sugar,
  cream cheese, and vanilla.
• 11 Beat with a mixer until a thick, fluffy, homogeneous cream is obtained.
• 12 Transfer the cream to a piping bag fitted with a cream scoop.
• 13 Spread the cream on top of the cupcakes. Decorate additionally with candy
  sprinkles.

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