Best Ever Red Velvet Cupcakes

Hello Lovely's

Red Velvet is the mother load of amazingness. Our top tier of our wedding cake was actually red velvet- we kept the top and devoured it on our wedding night. Amazingness. The one thing about Red Velvet anything is the cream cheese frosting makes it all. Please for the love of god, if you are going to make Red Velvet anything do not skimp on the cream cheese frosting!! Don't do anything low fat or organic, just get some real butter and real cream cheese.
I remember the first time I made this recipe, my husband professed his undying love for me and my ability to make these cupcakes...lol. Also, we had just gotten our dog, Owen. I had found him through a foster home site for abandoned dogs. My husband told me the whole time we went to meet him, "We're just going to look" Long story short we were there not even 15 minutes and Owen was in the car with us. I was in love with him, and while it took a good year or so for everyone to adjust he has been a great addition to our family.

Their 1st official picture together

Anyways, one of the first memories I have of Owen was when I made these Red Velvet Cupcakes. I had made them, Olivia put the sprinkles on then off she went and to take a nap. I ran around cleaning, and blah blah blah and went downstairs to do laundry, came upstairs and  found Liv in her underwear, eating red velvet cupcakes with the dog sitting and waiting patiently for a crumb to drop. Being that she was 3, it wasn't unusual to find her running around with no clothes on- it's a total toddler thing. Back to the point: the reason I love this picture so much is that even though Liv was 3, from day one of having Owen she has totally bossed him around and owned him. He barely listens to the hubby and I but when it comes to the little one- he is deathly afraid of her. He listens to her. Watches over her. And sleeps in her room every night. I'm so lucky that those two have each other. 

Being that in a couple days it will be the 3 year anniversary of getting him- I figured I would share the recipe. It's from the queen of butter herself, Paula Deen's Red Velvet Cupcakes. Couple of notes: when it says room temperature, make sure you actually get the ingredients to room temperature because it will help the cupcakes come together better. Also, use a mixer to make the frosting- so much easy than mixing by hand. And like I said, do not skimp on anything. Use real cream cheese, real butter and real buttermilk!

Happy Red Velveting!!